The Extended Canon
Aradhana
आराधना · 1969
A widow gives up her son to protect his future and spends a lifetime near him without saying so. Rajesh Khanna becomes India's first superstar.
- Director
- Shakti Samanta
- Year
- 1969
- Genre
- Romance · Drama
- Cast
- Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore
Why it's in the canon
'Roop Tera Mastana' in a single take, and the launch of Kishore Kumar's second career.
A widow gives up her son to protect his future and spends a lifetime near him without saying so. Rajesh Khanna becomes India's first superstar.
Aradhana sits in the 1960s alongside Mughal-e-Azam and Guide — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Shakti Samanta.
- Released in 1969, in the 1960s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Romance, Drama.
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Film record Wikipedia — Aradhana (1969) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial Inclusion in the extended canon, unranked — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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