Later in 2011, she recounted Aandhi as one of few films she regretted not doing besides Mr and Mrs 55 (1955) by Guru Dutt and Bandini (1963) by Bimal Roy, "I admired Indiraji (Gandhi) so much so that I got cold feet when the role was offered to me." The lead role of Aarti Devi was offered to actress Vyjayanthimala, who refused as she was fazed by physical resemblance of her character with Indira Gandhi. Along with Khushboo, Aandhi also released in the same year 1975 proving to be the most prolific for director-screenwriter Gulzar's career. Subsequently, the film was written simultaneously along with another Gulzar film, Mausam (1975), which was also written by Bhushan Banmali and Gulzar. He later went on to write a full-fledged novel, Kali Aandhi (Black Storm), which is quite different from the film. Hindi writer Kamleshwar joined as the writing crew, as the film started shooting. He had an idea of an estranged couple meeting in a hotel after years, and started developing it. ScriptĪn early version of the film's story was written by veteran screenwriter Sachin Bhowmick, however it did not go well with Gulzar. He wanted to make film about modern Indian politician, and so he modelled the character on Indira Gandhi and to some extent on noted parliamentarian from Bihar, Tarkeshwari Sinha.
Gulzar said the film had no semblance with the personal life of then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Om Prakash as Lallu Lal, Campaign Manager.She wins the election and lives happily ever after also reaches there and supports her, she is very happy and leaves the spot. People believe her and are really impressed by her speech and sacrifice. Despite the separation, both of them feel the closeness but fearing that her name might be tarnished and jeopardise her career, Aarti does not want to step forward.īut at last when the opposite party holds a rally to defame Aarti Devi and insults her, She reaches there and explains to the public and voters that she left her husband and family to serve the people of this country. and Aarti meet again when she is an established politician. After few years, the married couple face many differences due to which they decide to separate. and both get married in a small ceremony. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a politician's drunk daughter, Aarti ( Suchitra Sen). (played by Sanjeev Kumar) is a Hotel manager.
The film itself won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. At the 23rd Filmfare Awards, she was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award, while Sanjeev Kumar won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. It proved to be an important film in the career of Sen, and also her last Hindi film, as she retired from films altogether in 1978. After her defeat in the 1977 national elections, the ruling Janata Party cleared it and had it premiered on the state-run television channel. The ban immediately made the film a national topic. The ban got further added with the declaration of National Emergency. So Election Commission stopped the film from releasing.
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This film was banned on the alleged grounds of violation of the Model Election Code of Conduct, claiming it can cause damage to the reputation of the Congress party. The film was banned during the national emergency of 1975 a few months after its release.
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The movie was not allowed a full proper release when Mrs. Suchitra Sen, the noted actress from Bengali cinema, who also worked in a few Hindi films, played the lead role of Aarti Devi. The movie is noted for its songs composed by Rahul Dev Burman, written by Gulzar and sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. The story is based on a chance meeting of an estranged couple after several years, when wife Aarti Devi, now a leading politician happens to stay in the hotel run by her husband during an election campaign. At the time it was alleged that the film was based on the life of the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her relationship with her estranged husband, but in reality, only the look was inspired by the politician Tarkeshwari Sinha and Indira Gandhi. Aandhi ( translation: Storm) is a 1975 Indian political drama film starring Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen, and directed by Gulzar.