Film Andaz clocks 52 years- it’s a Ramesh Sippy directorial

Film Andaz clocks 52 years- it’s a Ramesh Sippy directorial

When Andaz was being made Rajesh Khanna was a Superstar.It was in 1971. Rajesh Khanna had just 15 minute cameo appearance but.it turned the film into a blockbuster.

While the film featured Shammi Kapoor and Hema Malini, but, Rajesh Khanna dominated. He had only 3 scenes in the film and had the song “Zindagi ek safar hai suhana” picturised on him with Hema Malini on a motorbike riding through the city.The posters had him wearing goggles on the front edge of his nose and his head tilted. This drove fans crazy and created a pre-release hysteria.

This is the first time a movie turned out to be blockbuster on the shoulder of a guest appearance! At that time around, Rajesh Khanna was riding high on his wave of super-duper-stardom.
A special appearance was created for Rajesh Khanna who had become a superstar following Aradhana and Do Raaste. flashback. While Shammi played a mature role in Andaz and this was his last hit as a hero Rajesh Khanna walked away with all the whistles and claps.

The film got Shammi Kapoor his last hit as a hero and critical acclaim. It also peaked Hema Malini’s career. Mumtaz was offered the lead role but declined because of a prior problem with Shammi Kapoor. Andaz is also remembered as the last film of the great Shankar-Jaikishan duo. Soon after Jaikishan died at 42 .

Ramesh Sippy’s first film as director. Also Salim Khan’s and Javed Akhtar’s first film as writers before they became the ‘Salim-Javed’ team.

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