Trama

The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.

Dr Bhaskar Bannerjee is not happy with his profession as he cant save the lives of people dying of illness due to poverty.His Dr friend Kulkarni charges huge for imaginary illness of rich and uses that money to people who cant afford treatment.Things change when Anand a cancer patients enters Bhaskar's life Anand is cheerful and believes in spreading happiness to everyone as he knows he is on last stage of cancer and has few months to live.Bhaskar and Anand bond very well Anand also gets Bhaskar's love life back on track and Bhaskar doesn't want him to loose anymore.As time passes Anand's condition starts to deteriorate and everyone around him is just hoping for a miracle.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com

After winning a literature award a young doctor describes the inspiration for his book: Anand, a terminally-ill man who is determined to live life to the fullest. Anand's postive behaviour soon rubs off on the rather dour, by-the-book doctor.—grantss

A melodramatic tale of a man with a terminal disease. The story begins with Dr Bhaksar winning a literary prize for his book about a patient called Anand. The rest is flashback. Anand, the title character, is suffering from lymphosarcoma of the intestine. He, however appears to be cheerful on the outside and is determined to extract as much pleasure from his remaining lifespan as is possible. Dr. Bhaskar his physician tends to Anand in his last days. After Anand dies we can however still hear his voice which was recorded on a tape. Dr Bhakser writes a book on his patient and wins a literary prize for it—Anonymous

Dr. Prakash Kulkarni (Ramesh Deo) is a skilled doctor working to assist the poor and needy, however, there is a weakness in him, which is to over-charge his more wealthy clients, even encourage and magnify minor aches and pains, much to the dislike of his more enthical colleague Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee (Amitabh Bachchan). It is because of his "charitable disposition" that both get to meet their new, terminally ill patient, Anand Saigal (Rajesh Khanna), who is aware that he has only a short time to live, but even during this short period he will manage to bring about positive change in the lives of both the doctors as well as the people around him.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Film starts with Bhasker being awarded at a literary fest. He admits that his book is just a few pages of his personal diary.

Bhaskar Banerjee (Amitabh Bachchan), an oncologist, treats the poor for no charge, but is often disheartened by the fact that he cannot cure all the ailments in the world which are mostly driven by poverty. He becomes pessimistic after seeing the suffering, illness and poverty all around him. He is straightforward and won't treat the imaginary ailments of the rich. His friend, Dr. Prakash Kulkarni (Ramesh Deo) follows a slightly different path. He treats the imaginary illnesses of the rich and uses that money to treat the poor.

One day, Kulkarni introduces Bhaskar to Anand Sehgal (Rajesh Khanna), who has Lymphosarcoma of the intestine, a rare type of cancer. Anand has a cheerful nature and despite knowing the truth that he is not going to survive for more than six months, he maintains a nonchalant demeanor and always tries to make everyone happy around him. "Life should be large, not long".. Anand is kept in Prakash's hospital under eyes of Mother Matron D'Sa (Lalita Pawar), who orders him not to speak. Anand wins her over with his simplistic charm, but cannot stay quiet and hence runs away from the hospital and stays with Bhaskar. Prakash is married to Suman (Seema Deo). Matron is horrified to hear that Anand is suffering from terminal cancer.

His cheerful and vibrant nature soothes Bhaskar, who has a contrasting nature and they become good friends. Anand has rare quality to attract people and befriend them. In one of such encounter he meets Isa Bhai (Johnny Walker), a theater actor. They enjoy each other's company and create an emotional bond. Anand learns from Bhaskar's caretaker Raghu Kaka (Dev Kishan) that Bhaskar used to like a girl, and she liked him too. But Bhaskar was too shy to say anything and the girl left after a while as she got tired of Bhaskar not saying anything at all.. Anand discovers that Bhaskar has strong feelings for Renu (Sumita Sanyal), whom he treated previously for pneumonia. When Anand insists Bhaskar admits that he likes Renu (Sumita Sanyal). He helps Bhaskar to express his love and convinces Renu's mother (Durga Khote) to bless their marriage. But the marriage cannot be hold for another 3 months, since her father died only 9 months ago.

Anand's condition gradually deteriorates, but he does not want to spend his remaining time in a hospital bed; he instead roams freely and helps everyone. He tells Bhaskar that everyone should remember him as a lively person and not as a cancer patient. His end comes and he dies amongst his friends and everyone remembers him as a vibrant and lively person. Bhaskar becomes more philosophical and continues to help the helpless with more empathy and maturity. Renu, D'Sa, Suman all have super empathy for him and want him to live. Renu one day almost finds the name of the girl whom Anand loved, but Anand begs Renu to let go as he wants his ex-girlfriend to move on with her life. He reveals that she got married the day he came to meet Bhaskar and Prakash. Anand records his voice for Bhaskar as he knows his death will impact him the most.. Anand dies ..