Rajnigandha () is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee. It is based on the short story "Yahi Sach Hai" by noted Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari. The movie starred Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha and Dinesh Thakur in the lead. Rajnigandha went on to win the Best Picture, the Popular Award and the Critics Award at the Filmfare Awards in 1975. It was considered to have a realistic outlook of urban middle class on cinema in 1974, an era when potboilers were ruling Bollywood, a genre which was later called the Middle Cinema. The film was the first screen role of Vidya Sinha and first Hindi film of Amol Palekar, both of whom went on to work with Basu Chatterjee in many films. Rajnigandha was remade into Bengali in 2012 as Hothat Shedin. Plot summary Deepa is a graduate student in Delhi who is in a long-term relationship with Sanjay, whom she plans to marry. Sanjay is a loquacious, humorous, and a good individual who is also rather lackadaisical and forgetful with no sense of punctuality. A job interview call from a college in Mumbai re-acquaints her with Navin whom she had split up with under acrimonious circumstances. Navin is in every way the antithesis of Sanjay: He is very punctual and looks after her during her stay in Mumbai. Navin shows her the city and helps her with the job interview. This rekindles Deepa's feelings for him, and she finds herself torn between the two men and between her past and her present. Upon her return to Delhi, she feels that her first love is her true love. She receives a letter stating that she has got the job in Mumbai. At the same time Sanjay comes to her house and tells her that he has got a promotion, which would require him to stay in Delhi. Deepa then feels that she should forget the past and marry Sanjay, opting not to move to Mumbai for the job. Cast and crew Cast Amol Palekar as Sanjay Vidya Sinha as Deepa Kapoor Dinesh Thakur as Naveen Veena Goud as Deepa's sister-in-law Rajeeta Thakur as Ira Master Chicoo as Bunty Manju Maini as Bunty's mother Satya Prakash Biswajeet (special appearance) Helen (special appearance) Crew Director : Basu Chatterjee Producer : Suresh Jindal Co-Producer : Kamal Saigal Editor : G. G. Mayekar Cinematographer : K. K. Mahajan Costume Designer : Shankhar Gokhale