anuradha...sometimes all u need is a kind word

Anuradha....my dad had named me anuradha, it was his mom who shortened it to anita..(to set the record straight, i hasten to add, I love both names).

anyways, the reason im writing this is because i came across this lata number, on Utube..... jane kaise sapon me kho gayi aankiyam, mai toh hoom jaagi mohe so gayi ankhiyaan..from the movie Anuradha.

ive seen the movie years ago, on good old doordarshan..

it is a story of a doctor balraj sahni,, who treats leela naidu, a singer, for a broken leg, falls in love with his patient, woos her, and wins her with his simple honest nature..

the earnest patriot, that he is, he heads for the villages, cause he felt he owed it to the humble impoverished villages. the dutiful wife follows suit..they have a daughter, and life seems rosy.

except that somewhere, the lady, cut away from her real calling, singing, and reduced to a housewife, is slowing wilting away, unappreciated and crowded out by by her selflessly overworked husband's job.

the story moves further, when, abhi bhattacharya, her former unsuccessful suitor, happens to come to the remote village, through his fiancee, who was injured in a car accident , in the same village.

he fires her imagination, when he accuses her of wasting her god given talent to settle for a man who was selfishly unaware of her emotional needs, in his grand scheme of things.

His fiancee's dad, who is also a doctor, wants to meet the doctor, who in a remote village managed to treat his daughter with advanced technology,not easily available in that place, and instantly recognizes the silent suffering of the stifled soul

the movie ends, when instigated by abhi, she first agrees to leave her 'loser' husband behind and restart the life she deserved, but changes her mind, cause she feels rejuvenated, by the kind recognition of the fiancee's father to her contribution/sacrifice in the doctor's life, and in turn the villagers who benefited by his work.

the story is heartwarming in its simplicity..of how sometimes, even true love is not enough, to save a relationship, and yet some other times it takes just a kind word from a stranger, to set the roses blooming again.

the song, and the scenes before and after the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYH2SqwZzzQ