Ankahee (1985 film)

Ankahee
Ankahee
Directed by	Hindi

Ankahee (English: Unsaid) is a 1984 Indian

C. T. Khanolkar. The film is also noted for its soundtrack, which won two awards at the 32nd National Film Awards, including Best Music Direction for Jaidev and Best Male Playback Singer for noted classical singer Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. Asha Bhosle also sang a song, "Kauno Thagwa Nagariya". Director Amol Palekar's next film in the dual role of actor-director was Samaantar (2009).^[2]

Story

Well known Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi wishes good luck to a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, but also tells him that the patient will not survive. The doctor (a non-believer in Astrology) scoffs at this, and proceeds to the operation theatre. However, just as the astrologer had predicted, the patient dies.

The astrologer lives with his wife, Devaki, and their son, Nandu. The astrologer would like to see Nandu marrying a woman named Indu Agnihotri. But Nandu loves Sushma Chatopadhyay and wants to marry her.

It is at this stage that the father tells his son that he is destined to marry twice in his lifetime, with his first wife dying within eleven months of their marriage, after which he will remarry.

An educated Nandu must now decide, whether to believe his father, let go of Sushma, and explore an option of marrying her after she dies, or, defy his astrological beliefs and marry her, with a possible eventuality of her death within eleven months of their marriage.[3]

Cast

Actor	Role	Other
Amol Palekar	Devkinandan Chaturvedi Nandu
Deepti Naval	Indumati Mishra 'Indu'
Shriram Lagoo	Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi	Nandu's Father
Dina Pathak	Devaki Chaturvedi	Nandu's Mother
Anil Chatterjee	Mishra	Indu's Father
Devika Mukherjee	Sushma Chatopadhyay	Nandu's Love interest
Vinod Mehra	Doctor	In opening scene
Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Patwardhan	Nandu's Cousin
Vidula	Seema	Patwardhan's Wife
Anant Bhave	Psychiatric Doctor