Anand’ is an all-time classic. Here are a few more interesting facts about the movie..

‘Anand’ tells the story of a man who is suffering from an incurable disease and doesn’t have many months to live. Even though Anand (Rajesh Khanna) is on the verge of death, he touches the lives of every person he meets and tells them the way to live life. With a superstar like Rajesh, a brilliant supporting cast, great songs, and an impeccable direction, ‘Anand’ is an all-time classic. Here are a few more interesting facts about the movie most of us are not aware of.

It Opened With Details On Anand’s Death 

Interestingly, the audience from the start knew that Anand, the character played by Rajesh Khanna, will die as Hrishikesh didn’t want to keep this a secret. 

Hrishikesh Mukherjee didn’t want to keep Anand’s death a secret as the movie was about how one should live their life even if it is not for a long time. He instructed hsis writer Gulzar to write the opening lines in such a way that the audience already gets to know that Anand is dead.

There Were No Negative Characters In The Movie 

An interesting fact is that there is not even a single negative character in the movie. 

Lalita Pawar was typecast in playing the role of a vamp in most of her movies but in ‘Anand’, she played the role of a strict but sympathetic nurse D’Sauza. It was not the first time that Hrishida had cast her in a positive role. She played a positive role earlier in Raj Kapoor starrer ‘Anari’, but Hrishikesh Mukherjee always broke the norm and cast actresses typecast as vamps in positive roles like Shashikala in ‘Anupama’, Bindu in ‘Abhimaan’, and ‘Arjun Pandit’.

Rajesh Khanna had no Romantic Angle in the movie.

Rajesh Khanna was a top romantic hero of that era but in two movies ‘Anand’ and ‘Bawarchi’, Hrishikesh Mukherjee didn’t give him a leading lady.

Rajesh Khanna had no leading lady in ‘Anand’ and also in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Bawarchi’. The filmmaker created a situation as he wanted at least one song by his favourite Lata Mangeshkar in the film. Then composer Salil Chowdhary composed the timeless ‘Na jiya lage na’ for ‘Anand’ whose lyrics were by Gulzar.