Anokhi Raat is a 1968 Hindi film produced by L. B. Lachman and L. B. Thakur and directed by Asit Sen. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar

Sanjeev Kumar (actor)

Sanjeev Kumar was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.-Personal life and background:Sanjeev Kumar was born as Jariwala in Gujarat to a Gujarati family. His first home was in Surat and family based in Mumbai. A stint in the film school took him to Bollywood, where he eventually...

, Zaheeda Hussain, Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...

, Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...

 and Parikshat Sahni

Parikshat Sahni

Parikshit Sahni is an Indian film and television actor, who is most known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam and Gaatha ....

. It has music by Salil Choudhary and Roshan

Roshan

In Sanskrit Roshan means light particularly the brightness but then its usually referred as light Roshan is also a gotra in the Khatri community in India that is often used as a family name...

. The film has some outstanding songs that include "Oh re taal mile", "Mahalon ka raja mila", "Mile na phool to", and "Dulhan se tumhara milan hoga".

Plot

The events depicted in the film take place on a single night and results in several characters sharing their life stories. It is a fascinating depiction of some of the challenges faced by the poor and by women in Indian society, some of which continue to this day.

Cast

• Sanjeev Kumar
  Sanjeev Kumar (actor)
  Sanjeev Kumar was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.-Personal life and background:Sanjeev Kumar was born as Jariwala in Gujarat to a Gujarati family. His first home was in Surat and family based in Mumbai. A stint in the film school took him to Bollywood, where he eventually...
  
   as Baldev Singh
• Zaheeda Hussain as Rama / Gopa
• Tarun Bose
  Tarun Bose
  Tarun Bose was an Indian film actor, active in Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s.He starred in at least 41 films between 1957 and 1974 and gained a reputation for playing middle class professional figures, particularly doctors and occasionally judges or lawyers...
  
   as Madan Lal
• Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...
  
   as Mrs. Prema Rai
• Parikshit Sahni as Painter
• Anwar Hussain as Ram Das

Awards

• Filmfare Best Art Direction
  Filmfare Best Art Direction
  The Filmfare Best Art Direction Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.Although the awards started in 1953, awards for the best art direction category started only in 1955.-Superlatives:-Awards:...
  
   (black & white)- Ajit Bannerjee
• Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award
  Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award
  The Filmfare Best Cinematography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The awards started in 1953-Superlatives:Most AwardsKamal Bose - 5Radhoo Karmakar - 4Fali Mistry - 3Jal Mistry - 3...
  
   (black & white) - Kamal Bose
• Filmfare Best Screenplay Award
  Filmfare Best Screenplay Award
  The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.-Superlatives:Most AwardsSalim-Javed - 3Basu Chatterjee - 2Mani Ratnam - 2Vijay Tendulkar - 2Rajkumar Hirani - 2...
  
  - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  Hrishikesh Mukherjee ) was a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, and Namak Haraam.Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades,...
  
  
• Filmfare Best Dialogue Award
  Filmfare Best Dialogue Award
  The Filmfare Best Dialogue Award is given by the Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Here is a list of the award winners since 1958 and the films for which they won.-Superlatives:Most AwardsGulzar - 4...
  
  - Anand Kumar