Rakhwala (1971 film)

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Rakhwala
Kalyanji Anandji
Release date
  • 17 September 1971 (1971-09-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Rakhwala (transl. Protector) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language

action thriller film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. The film stars Dharmendra, Leena Chandavarkar and Vinod Khanna. It is a remake of the 1967 Tamil film Kaavalkaaran.[1]

Cast

  • Dharmendra ... Deepak Kumar
  • Leena Chandavarkar ... Chandni
  • Vinod Khanna ... Shyam
  • Madan Puri ... Boxing Chairman Jwalaprasad
  • Jagdeep ... Gopi
  • Rakesh Pandey ... Suresh
  • Rajan Haksar ... Jwalaprasad's Manager
  • Keshav Rana... Police Commissioner
  • Randhir ... Dr. Girdharilal
  • Shyam Kumar (as Sham Kumar)
  • Raj Kishore ... Bartender
  • Sanjana ... Girija
  • Baby Gayatri ... Pinky

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Kalyanji Anandji. The author Sujata Dev stated that the song "Rehne Do Gile Shikwe", a Rafi-Asha duet, is an "excellent example of the adeptness in unifying classical and contemporary music in the same song."[2]

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Rahne Do Gile Shikwe" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
2 "Mere Dil Ne Jo Maanga" Lata Mangeshkar
3 "Tere Nain Mere Nain Ek Ho gaye" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
4 "Tere Umar Ki Phoolwari" Lata Mangeshkar
5 "Tu Itna Samajh Le Sanam" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
6 "Ye Kaisa Maine Madhur Si" Mohammed Rafi

Reception

Vijay Lokapally of The Hindu said the film, "had its bright moments in the presence of Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna, two evergreen stars of Indian cinema."[3]

References

  1. ^ Rao, Gayatri (1 October 2016). "Mere dil ne jo manga mil gaya – Lata – Kalyanji-Anandji – Leena/Dharmendra | Rakhwala (1971)". LemonWire. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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  3. ^ Lokapally, Vijay (28 April 2017). "Rakhwala (1971)". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

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