Why Anuradha and Anupama are better than Anand

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It's hard to pick a favourite Hrishikesh Mukherjee film. From rib tickling carefree Wodehousian takes on middleclass life and morality to deeply moving, unusually sensitive relationship dramas, to use a cliché, in Mukherjee's body of films there's something for everybody, or rather a film for every mood. One of his films in particular, Anuradha did more than just entertain. It gave me an attitude. I saw the film first as a kid when Doordarshan was the only TV of choice. What struck me then was the gentle, ethereal and most unlike any Hindi film star, heroine I had ever seen. It was Leela Naidu in and as Anuradha, a talented singer who chooses to give up her formidable talent and the chance of a fulfilling career as a singer to follow the man she loves, an idealist doctor who chooses to serve rural India. The story's message....