Apnapan is a 1977 Indian film produced and directed by J. Om Prakash

J. Om Prakash

J. Om Prakash is a famous Indian film producer. His daughter is married to Rakesh Roshan, making him Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather.-Director:*Afsana Dilwalon Ka *Aadmi Khilona Hai *Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh...

. The film stars Jeetendra

Jeetendra

Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

, 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...

, Sulakshana Pandit

Sulakshana Pandit

Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...

, Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...

, 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...

, Iftekhar

Iftekhar

Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...

 and Pinchoo Kapoor. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant-Pyarelal were a popular Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma . They composed music for about 635 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Feroze Khan, B.R...

. The film became a box office hit. It was remade into the Telugu

Telugu language

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 film Illalu

Illalu

Illalu is a 1940 Telugu Drama film directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam.-The Plot:Murthy is married to Indira and they live happily. Subsequently he falls in love with Leela , an educated and sophisticated lady. He brings her home as his second wife, making Indira unhappy...

(1981) starring Shoban Babu (in Jeetendra's role), Sridevi (in Sulakshana Pandit's role), and Jayasudha

Jayasudha

Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....

 (in Reena Roy's role).

Plot

Kamini (Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...

) abandons Anil Mehra (Jeetendra

Jeetendra

Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

) and their baby son Prakash for her own selfish reasons. A few years later, Anil falls in love with Radhika (Sulakshana Pandit

Sulakshana Pandit

Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...

) and marries her. Radhika treats Prakash as her own son, who is now a six-year old. Radhika meets Kamini in a store and they become friends, not knowing about each other histories. Soon, 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 and in the process, leaves behind her selfish nature. In the end, Anil doesn't give her the second chance to be a mother to Prakash. Heartbroken, she says goodbye to her son as he leaves with Anil and Radhika.

Awards and nominations

• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
  
   for Reena Roy
  Reena Roy
  Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...
  
  . (she refused to accept the same on the ground that she was female lead and not supporting actress).
• Filmfare Best Lyricist Award
  Filmfare Best Lyricist Award
  The Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The awards were first given in 1953, however the Award for the best lyricist was first given in 1958.-Superlatives:...
  
   Anand Bakshi
  Anand Bakshi
  Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...
  
   for the song " aadmi musafir hai"
• Filmfare
  Filmfare
  Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
  
   Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer for Mohd. Rafi for the song "aadmi musafir hai"