Andaz (1971 film)

Andaz
Directed by Ramesh Sippy
Produced by G. P. Sippy
Written by Salim-Javed[1]
Gulzar
Screenplay by Salim-Javed[1]
Sachin Bhowmick
Story by Salim-Javed[1]
Sachin Bhowmick
Starring Shammi Kapoor
Hema Malini
Rajesh Khanna
Simi Garewal
Music by Shankar-Jaikishan
Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics)
Cinematography K. Vaikunth
Edited by M. S. Shinde
Distributed by Sippy Films
Release date
 30th April 1971
Running time
 166 min.
Country India
Language Hindi-Urdu[2]

Andaz (English: Style) is a 1971 Indian Bollywood romantic drama film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, and written by Salim-Javed, Gulzar and Sachin Bhowmick.[1] It stars Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna and Simi Garewal.

The film was a considerable success and was important in the career of Malini as an actress.[3] The film features "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana", one of the best known Bollywood yodels which also featured on the soundtrack of Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala.[4] The song fetched singer Kishore Kumar a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. When this film released, films of Shammi Kapoor were not doing well at the box office. The 10-minute cameo of Rajesh Khanna is credited for turning Andaz (1971) into a hit film.[5] This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.[6] Further, this film is the first of the successful script writing that Salim-Javed started.

Plot

This film tells the story of a widow Sheetal (Hema Malini) who is left devastated after the death of her husband Raj, (Rajesh Khanna). She is left with a son to take care of for life. By profession, she is a teacher in a school. One of her students is the daughter of widower Ravi (Shammi Kapoor). The children become instrumental in getting the single parents to meet and fall in love with each other.

Andaz was one of the last movies for which the great music directors duo, Shankar- Jaikishan composed music together. Jaikishan died of liver cirrhosis on 12 September 1971 at the young age of 42. "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" (Life is a beautiful journey) turned out to be the last song that Jaikishan recorded before his death.

Andaz also proved to be the last hit for Shammi Kapoor as a lead. The success of this movie is credited to the Rajesh Khanna Mania of the 70s, as Rajesh Khanna only appeared for 15 minutes in the movie, and still created a stir. However, Shammi's performance was well received and it is considered to have been one of the most uncharacteristic roles in his acting career. So also, Ajit played a sympathetic man who repents for his mistake not to accept Hema Malini as his daughter in law after the death of his son Rajesh Khanna.

Cast

Soundtrack

#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Re Mama Re Mama Re" Mohammed Rafi
2 "Dil Use Do Jo Jaan De De" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
3 "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" Kishore Kumar
4 "Hai Na Bolo Bolo" Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur, Sushma Shrestha, Pratibha
5 "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (II)" Mohammed Rafi
6 "Mujhe Pyas Aesi Pyas Lagi Hai" Asha Bhosle
7 "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (III)" Asha Bhosle

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Aḵẖtar, Jāvīd; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2003). Talking films: conversations on Hindi cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Lal, Vinay; Nandy, Ashis (2006). Fingerprinting Popular Culture: The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0195679180.
  3. ↑ Dawar, Ramesh (1 January 2006). Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow. Star Publications. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Plantenga, Bart (2004). Yodel-ay-ee-oooo: the secret history of yodeling around the world. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-415-93990-4. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. ↑ SALAM, ZIYA US. "The first superstar".
  6. ↑ "Eight lesser known facts about Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary". 18 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Andaz".
  8. 1 2 "List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953-2005" (PDF).
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