Aakhri Khat | |
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Directed by | Chetan Anand |
Written by | Chetan Anand |
Produced by | Himalaya Films |
Starring | Rajesh Khanna Indrani Mukherjee |
Cinematography | Jal Mistry |
Edited by | Jadav Rao |
Music by | Khayyam |
Distributed by | Prabha Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Aakhri Khat (transl. The Last Letter) is a 1966 Bollywood film written and directed by Chetan Anand. This film marked the debut of Rajesh Khanna.[1] The music of the film is by Khayyam and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi; it includes the song "Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sanwaro", sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Chetan Anand, started the film with a bare outline of a script and a 15-month-old infant who he let loose in the city, following him with his camera, mostly a hand-held camera, taking in all the city sounds, under the cinematic direction of Jal Mistry[2][3] The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967, but was not nominated.[4]
The film was remade in Tamil as Poonthalir starring Sivakumar and Sujatha in 1979, in Telugu as Chinnari Chitti Babu in 1981[5] and in Turkish as Garip Kuş in 1974