Rakhwala (1971 film)

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Rakhwala (1971 film)

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.

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Rakhwala
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Directed byAdurthi Subba Rao
Screenplay byInder Raj Anand
Prem Kapoor
R.M. Veerappan
Produced byT. Govindarajan
S. Krishnamoorthy
StarringDharmendra
Leena Chandavarkar
Vinod Khanna
CinematographyRoy P.L.
Edited byT.Krishna, BA
Music byKalyanji Anandji
Release date
  • 17 September 1971 (1971-09-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
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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."[1]

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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
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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."[2]

References

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