Tapasya (1976 film)

Tapasya (transl. Penance) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama directed by Anil Ganguly and produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshree Productions. It was a remake of the Bengali film Baluchori (1968), which was based on a story of the same name by Ashapurna Devi.

Tapasya
Directed by	Anil Ganguly
Written by	M. G. Hashmat (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Anil Ganguly
Story by	Ashapurna Devi
Based on	Baluchori (1968)
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions
Starring	Raakhee Parikshat Sahni Asrani A. K. Hangal Nazir Hussain
Cinematography	Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Distributed by	Rajshri Pictures
Release date	1976 (1976)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The film stars Raakhee in the lead role with Parikshat Sahni, Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, A. K. Hangal, and Asrani. The film's music is provided by Ravindra Jain. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for the year.

Cast

• Raakhee as Indrani Sinha
• Parikshit Sahni as Dr. Sagar Varma
• Asrani as Vinod Sinha
• A. K. Hangal as Chandranath Sinha
• Gayatri as Chanda Sinha
• Manju Asrani
• Om Shivpuri
• Lalita Pawar
• Urmila Bhatt
• Nazir Hussain
• Viju Khote
• C. S. Dubey
• Sunder
• Manju Bhatia as Pinky
• Lalita Kumari
• Birbal
• Shubhari Devi as Shubham Kaushik

Music

All lyrics are written by M. G. Hashmat; all music is composed by Ravindra Jain

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Bachcho Tum Ho Khel Khilone"	Aarti Mukherjee	3:58
2.	"Bhabhi Ki Unglee Mein"	Hemlata, Chandrani Mukherjee	5:01
3.	"Do Panchhi Do Tinke"	Kishore Kumar, Aarti Mukherjee	3:44
4.	"Jo Raah Chuni Tune"	Kishore Kumar	6:13

Awards

24th Filmfare Awards:

Won

• Best Actress – Raakhee

Nominated

• Best Film – Rajshri Productions
• Best Story – Ashapoorna Devi

23rd National Film Awards:

• National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Anil Ganguly

External links

• Tapasya at IMDb