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Rakhwala
Directed byAdurthi Subba Rao
Produced byT. Govindarajan
S. Krishnamoorthy
Written byInder Raj Anand
Prem Kapoor
R.M. Veerappan
StarringDharmendra
Leena Chandavarkar
Vinod Khanna
Music byKalyanji Anandji Lyrics - Indeevar,Hasrat Jaipuri & Rajendra Krishan
CinematographyRoy P.L.
Edited byT.Krishna, BA
Release date
  • 5 May 1971 (1971-05-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Rakhwala (Hindi: रखवाला) is a 1971 Bollywood musical film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Dharmendra, Leena Chandavarkar and Vinod Khanna. It is a remake of the 1967 Tamil movie Kaavalkaaran.

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

# 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[edit | edit source]

The Hindu said the film, "had its bright moments in the presence of Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna, two evergreen stars of Indian cinema."[1] The author Sujat 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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Lokapally, Vijay (28 April 2017). "Rakhwala (1971)". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. Mohammed Rafi Voice Of A Nation. Om Books International. October 2015. p. 95. ISBN 9789380070971.

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