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Wikipedia article
'Apnapan' ( 'Kinship') is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by J. Om Prakash under the FILMYUG Pvt. Ltd. banner. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy and Sulakshana Pandit, and has music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a 'Super Hit' at the box office. This film was remade in Telugu as 'Illalu' (1981).
Roy played a selfish gold-digger who abandons her husband and child, which garnered her critical acclaim and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, she rejected the award citing that she was among the film's protagonists and not supporting actors, thus becoming the second actress (after Vyjayanthimala for 1955's 'Devdas') to decline a Filmfare Award.
Plot
Kamini (Reena Roy) abandons Anil Mehra (Jeetendra) and their baby son Prakash for her own selfish reasons. A few years later, Anil falls in love with Radhika (Sulakshana Pandit) and marries her. Radhika treats Prakash as her own son, who is now a six-year-old. Radhika meets Kamini in a store and they become friends, not knowing about each other's histories. Soon, Kamini realizes that Radhika is Anil's second wife and her own son's stepmother. She longs to be with Prakash and be a mother to him again. When he has an accident, she donates her own blood to save him and in the process, leaves behind her selfish nature. In the end, Anil doesn't give her the second chance to be a mother to Prakash. Heartbroken, she says goodbye to her son as he leaves with Anil and Radhika.
Cast
* Jeetendra as Anil Mehra
* Reena Roy as Kamini Agarwal
* Sulakshana Pandit as Radhika Sharma
* Sanjeev Kumar as Raja Yashpal Singh (Special Appearance)
* Iftekhar as Kishan Agarwal
* Pinchoo Kapoor as Mr. Desai
* Aruna Irani as Gangubai
* Birbal as Ronak Singh
* Sudhir Dalvi as Beggar
* Nivedita Joshi-Saraf as Beggar
* Raj Mehra
* Master Bittu as Prakash
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Awards
'26th Filmfare Awards:[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]'
'Won'
* Best Supporting Actress Reena Roy (refused)
'Nominated'
* Best Lyricist Anand Bakshi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"
* Best Male Playback Singer Mohammed Rafi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"
References
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