Apnapan

Apnapan (transl. Kinship) is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by J. Om Prakash under the FILMYUG Pvt. Ltd. banner. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy and Sulakshana Pandit, and has music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.^[1] This film was remade in Telugu as Illalu (1981).

Apnapan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Om Prakash
Written by	Kishore Sahu
Produced by	J. Om Prakash
Starring	Jeetendra Reena Roy Sulakshana Pandit Sanjeev Kumar
Cinematography	V. Babasaheb
Edited by	Nand Kumar
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Production company	FILMYUG Pvt Ltd
Release date	28 December 1977 (1977-12-28)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Roy played a selfish gold-digger who abandons her husband and child, which garnered her critical acclaim and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, she rejected the award citing that she was among the film's protagonists and not supporting actors, thus becoming the second actress (after Vyjayanthimala for 1955's Devdas) to decline a Filmfare Award.^[2]

Plot

Kamini (Reena Roy) abandons Anil Mehra (Jeetendra) and their baby son Prakash for her own selfish reasons. A few years later, Anil falls in love with Radhika (Sulakshana Pandit) and marries her. Radhika treats Prakash who is now a six-year-old, as her own son. Radhika meets Kamini in a store and they become friends, not knowing about each other's histories. When Kamini realizes that Radhika is Anil's second wife and her own son's stepmother, she longs to be with Prakash and be a mother to him again. When he has an accident, she donates her own blood to save him. But when she asks Anil to give her son back to her, he doesn't agree. A heartbroken Kamini can only say goodbye.

Cast

• Jeetendra as Anil Mehra
• Reena Roy as Kamini Agarwal
• Sulakshana Pandit as Radhika Sharma
• Sanjeev Kumar as Raja Yashpal Singh (Special Appearance)
• Iftekhar as Kishan Agarwal
• Pinchoo Kapoor as Mr. Desai
• Aruna Irani as Gangubai
• Birbal as Ronak Singh
• Sudhir Dalvi
• Baby Nivedita Joshi
• Raj Mehra
• Master Bittu as Prakash

Soundtrack

Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Dil Pe Zara Hath Rakh Lo"	Asha Bhosle
2	"Is Duniya Mein"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
3	"Ek Din Mein Sau Baar"	Dilraj Kaur, Anuradha Paudwal
4	"Aadmi Musafir Hai" (Sad)	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
5	"Aadmi Musafir Hai" (Happy)	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
6	"Somwar Ko Hum Mile"	Kishore Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit

Awards

26th Filmfare Awards:^[3]

Won

• Best Supporting Actress – Reena Roy (refused)

Nominated

• Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"
• Best Male Playback Singer – Mohammed Rafi for "Aadmi Musafir Hai"