Tapasya (1976 film)

Tapasya (तपस्या, Penance) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshree Productions. The film is directed by Anil Ganguly, who also wrote the screenplay, based on a story by veteran Bengali novelist Ashapurna Devi. The film stars Raakhee, Parikshat Sahni, Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, A. K. Hangal, and Asrani. The film's music is by Ravindra Jain. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for the year. It was remade in Telugu as Sandhya in 1980, starring Sujatha in the title role.

Cast

 * Shubhari Devi as Shubham Kaushik
 * Raakhee as Indrani Sinha
 * Parikshit Sahni as Dr. Sagar Varma
 * Asrani as Vinod Sinha
 * A. K. Hangal as Chandranath Sinha
 * Gayatri as Chanda Sinha
 * Nazir Hussain as Professor Sinha
 * Manju Bhatia as Pinky
 * Om Shivpuri as Pinky's father
 * Sunder as Chacha
 * Lalita Kumari as Chachi
 * Birbal as Chacha's son
 * Viju Khote as Gopi
 * Lalita Pawar as Mrs. Varma
 * Manju Asrani
 * Urmila Bhatt
 * C. S. Dubey

Awards

 * 24th Filmfare Awards :

Won


 * Best Actress – Raakhee

Nominated


 * Best Film – Rajshri Productions
 * Best Story – Ashapoorna Devi

23rd National Film Awards:


 * National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Anil Ganguly