Ananda Ashram
| Anand Ashram | |
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| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Shakti Samanta Kamleshwar (dialogue-Hindi) Prabhat Roy (dialogue-Bengali) |
| Screenplay by | Shakti Samanta |
| Story by | Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore |
| Cinematography | Aloke Dasgupta |
| Edited by | Bijoy Chowdhary |
| Music by | Shyamal Mitra |
Production company | Shakti Films |
| Distributed by | Shakti Films |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi Bengali |
Ananda Ashram (Hindi: Anand Ashram, English: The Ashram of joy) is a 1977 Indian bilingual romantic drama film made in Bengali and Hindi language simultaneously, co-written and directed by Shakti Samanta. Based on a story by film director and novelist, Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay, it stars Ashok Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Moushumi Chatterjee and Rakesh Roshan (making his debut in Bengali cinema) in lead roles. The same story was earlier filmed as 'Doctor' in 1940 starred by Pankaj Mullick, Ahindra Choudhury and Bharati Devi.