Annadata - 1972 . Directed By - Asit Sen. Starring : Jaya Bhaduri, Anil Dhawan, Bobby, Om Prakash, Dulari, Krishnakant, Kanhaiyalal, Shamim, Tarun Bose, Devan Varma, Mukri, Anwar Hussain, Rashid Khan, Kundan, Shammi, Sunder, Pal Mohinder Salil Choudhary . Singers : Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Sabita Chowdhary. Synopsis: Om Prakash plays the role of a rich old billionaire - Amba Prasad. He has all the money to buy anything he wants, but what he wants is true love and affection. He goes on a self-exile to a village and finds shelter in the home of Aarti - Jaya Bhaduri, a poor girl who has a disabled brother and is alone in the world, as her parents have passed away. To make ends meet, Aarti does various jobs throughout the day. In just a few days, Amba Prasad gets close to Aarti and her brother and bonds with them as if they were his own children. He then realizes that love and happiness do not necessarily lie where money is. Jaya Bhaduri ... Aarti Anil Dhawan... Arun Om Prakash ... Amba Prasad 'Annadata' Krishnakant ... Pestonji Vasiyatwala Dulari ... Arun's Mother Shamim Asit Sen ... Motu Bhandari Brahm Bhardwaj .. Man who bought Arun's painting Bobby ... Kundan Gopi Krishna ... Dancer 'O Meri Pran Sajni' (as Gopi Kishen) Madhumati ... Champavathi Praveen Paul ... Ratna's Mother (as Praveen Pal) Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi ... Landlord (as Kanahiyalal) Leela Mishra ... Chachi (as Leela Misra) Baby Guddi ... Young Ratna Jaya Bhaduri at her best with a tremendous supporting cast. Terrific tale of an elderly wealthy man who comes to realize that he is valued only for his money even by those closest to him. He becomes distraught and sets out wandering the rural countryside dressed as a pauper to see if he can find just one person who will love him for his inner being, his heart. The story is masterfully told and beautifully acted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annadata_(1972_film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068215/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Prakash Om Prakash (19 December 1919 – 21 February 1998)(aged 78) was an Indian character actor. He was born in Jammu as Om Prakash Chibber. He used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play by the famous Dewan Mandir Natak Samaj Koliwada. He joined All India Radio in 1937 on a monthly salary of Rs 25. He was known as “Fateh Din”, a radio personality and his programmes made him popular all over Lahore and Punjab. Soon after the Partition he came to Delhi and then to Bombay (now Mumbai). Baldev Raj Chopra noticed his talent when he was a film journalist and critic; he urged Prakash to carry on with his acting career. He was sure Om Prakash had the talent to prove himself as a versatile actor. The actor had to face some struggle initially. He got his first big break in Bombay as a villain in a film called Lakhpati. It won him acclaim and got him roles in films like Lahore, Char Din and Raat Ki Rani. It was during this phase in his career that he did Azaad with Dilip Kumar, Sargam with Raj Kapoor and Miss Mary, Bahar, Pehli Jhalak, Asha and Manmauji with Kishore Kumar followed by Howrah Bridge with Ashok Kumar and then Tere Ghar Ke Samne with Dev Anand. He was marked out for his performance in both films in spite of the presence of powerful star personas like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar and Dev Anand. He had developed a style of his own, a style which was going to take him places, make him a big name in the world of film entertainment for the next forty years. Om Prakash soon became a household name. Om Prakash was versatile actor with 307 films to his credit. Om Prakash had special rapport with Amitabh Bachchan and both worked in many successful fims spanning from Zanjeer to Sharaabi. Daasi 1944 TO - Ghar Ki Izzat (1994) He lived in Union Park, Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai. He had no biological children. He lived with his younger brother Bakshi Ram Prakash Chibber (Pachhi) who had five children and treated them as his children. He attended his office regularly till his health started failing. He was confined to his bungalow, where he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, suffered a second heart attack and went into a coma from which he did not recover. He died on 21 February, 1998, aged 78.

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