Color : Colour
Release Date : 1971
Genre : Family Drama
Producer : Hrishikesh Mukherjee & N C Sippy
Director : Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Star Cast :
Rajesh Khanna...... Anand Saigal/Jaichand
Amitabh Bachchan...... Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee/Babu Moshai
Seema Deo...... Mrs. Suman Kulkarni (as Seema)
Sumitra Sanyal...... Renu
Ramesh Deo...... Dr. Prakash Kulkarni
Johny Walker...... Issabhai Suratwala/Muralilal
Lalita Pawar...... Matron D'Sa
Asit Sen...... Seth. Chandranath
Durga Khote...... Renu's Mother (Guest Appearance)
Dara Singh Randhawa...... Papaji (Head of man's gym)
Lalita Kumari...... Mrs. Sanyal
Atma Prakash...... Ranjeet
Dev Kishan...... (as Devkishan)
Savita
Gurnam...... (as Gurnam)
Moolchand...... Overweight Patient (uncredited)
Singers : Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar & Manna Dey
Lyricist : Gulzar & Yogesh
Music Director : Salil Chowdhary
Cinematography : Jaywant Pathare
Editor : Hrishikesh Mukhergee & Subhash Gupta
Screenplay : Hrishikesh Mukherjee & Bimal Dutt
Dialogue : Gulzar
Story / Writer : Hrishikesh Mukherjee

STORY :

A melodramatic tale of a man with a terminal disease. The story begins with Dr Bhaksar winning a literary prize for his book about a patient called Anand. The rest is flashback. Anand, the title character, is suffering from lymphosarcoma of the intestine. He, however appears to be cheerful on the outside and is determined to extract as much pleasure from his remaining lifespan as is possible. Dr. Bhaskar his ...( show more ) physician tends to Anand in his last days. After Anand dies we can however still hear his voice which was recorded on a tape. Dr Bhakser writes a book on his patient and wins a literary prize for it