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Anil marries Kamini and the two become parents. An ambitious and liberal Kamini wants to be free and does not want to live in subservience to her husband. When Anil demands that she stay at home and look after the kid she files for divorce. A few years later Anil remarries, this time with a young and principled Radhika who is all willing to be a mother to his six-year-old son. That's when Kamini appears in their life. Her approach has changed and she understands her mistake upon meeting her little son.

This is the basic story of J. Om Prakash's Apnapan, a colourful melodrama involving relationships and social norms of those times. The film is not completely convincing and the script has its share of overdone emotions, but it does manage to move you on several occasions. Apnapan is shot quite beautifully, some of the locations are eye-pleasing, and the music is very melodious. Lovers of Hindi cinema and its unrestrained nature would certainly enjoy watching this movie, but otherwise the movie is a tad too melodramatic at points. That said, some scenes are well handled and the dialogues are generally well written.

The movie stars Jeetendra as Anil. He is quite okay but is not particularly impressive. Sulakshana Pandit is beautiful and lovely as Radhika. Reena Roy is a bit too aggressive in the first portions of the film while playing the noisy wife, but she gets far better in the film's second half, although the transformation itself is not very well done. As a woman who realises her mistake and turns into a tormented mother longing for her son, Roy is credible and exudes warmth. Apnapan could have been better, but as a Hindi movie of its sort, it is quite enjoyable and at times moving.

Reena Roy, Reena Roy and only Reena Roy.... What a performance by her. Indeed, thats the best role of her. Ambitious lady who left her husband and son for fame, money and married to his fathered aged person. But, heart changes when she re meets her husband and son and wants back in her life. Reena Roy showed both the shades Grey and emotional. She is the soul of movie. Sulkshna Pandit and Jeetendra are OK with their role. Not to forget very talented Hari Bhai aka Sanjeev Kumar. He is also impressed in small role. Especially in the plantation scene where he is planting trees for future not for himself. A must see movie with family

Delhi-based Anil Mehra decides to re-locate to Bombay. He is unsure of the location of his workplace, and takes the assistance of Radhika Sharma. She does assist him to find the location. They continue to meet, and are attracted to each other. Anil proposes marriage, and Radhika accepts. Then she finds out that Anil is not a bachelor, he even has a child from a previous marriage, which ended in a divorce.

The story starts from here. Kamini was Anil's first wife was very selfish, gold digger woman who abandons her husband & child. Kamini gets remarried to an old man of her father's age who was very rich. Even her second marriage was at risk. She got money & all the worldly pleasures but not the love & happiness.

She happens to meet Anil & his newly wedded wife & gets to know that her son was happily accepted by Radhika. Here she starts feeling love for her child & regrets all the mistakes done during her first marriage.

Kamini's role was well played by Reena Roy. Her character had multiple shades positive & negative.

For this role she got 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 Vijayanthimala for 1955's Devdas) to decline a Filmfare Award.

She was nominated in both the categories Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress.