Aanchal (1980 film)

Aanchal
Poster
Directed byAnil Ganguly
Written byTarasankar Bandyopadhyay (story)
Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)
Based onChampadangar Bou (1954)
Produced byTapan Chatterjee
Ramesh Bhatia
Mohan Lalwani
Prem Lalwani
StarringRajesh Khanna
Raakhee
Rekha
Prem Chopra
Amol Palekar
CinematographyDilip Ranjan Mukherjee
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byR D Burman
Distributed byBaba Digital Media
Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 18 September 1980 (1980-09-18)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aanchal is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anil Ganguly. It was a remake of Bengali film Champadangar Bou (1954), which itself was based on a novel of the same name by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. It stars Rajesh Khanna, Raakhee and Rekha in leading roles and supported by Prem Chopra and Amol Palekar. This story basically revolves around a divine relationship shared by Rajesh Khanna with Raakhee. The music is by R. D. Burman. The songs are sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangehkar and Asha Bhonsle.[1][2]

  1. ^ movie-tv-episode-database.com, Aanchal (1980), Retrieved 10-22-2008
  2. ^ ultraindia.com Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, film information on Aanchal, Retrieved 10-22-2008