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  The musical superhit film directed by Nasir Husain featured Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, and Aruna Irani completed 50 years on 5th Nov 2021 and was a super hit in India. You would be surprised to note that it was a super-duper hit in China when it was released  eight years after its Indian release.  In fact,  Caravan , believe it or not, sold 19 million tickets in India – and  100 million  tickets in China! One hundred million broke all records in China  for a foreign film.   One of the earliest Indian films to earn the big bucks in Chinese domestic markets was  Raj Kapoor's 1951 Indian classic  Awara . released in 1955. Caravan ‘s amazing success in China was matched only thirty years later by Nasir Husain's nephew, Amir Khan with his  3 Idiots. The movie’s storyline was nothing great. A runaway heiress joins a passing caravan of gypsies, to escape the villain who murdered her father, then falls in love with the leading man, who event...

  A super hit movie of 1971 starting Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, and Vinod Khanna shot in Rajasthan is  sheer eye candy.  It has its romance, its moments of comedy, and its melodrama, but ( Vinod Khanna) Jabbar Singh vs. Ajit(Dharmendra) is, eventually, the focus of the film.    it has a lot of the tropes and motifs of the Clint Eastwood films.  The film was a huge blockbuster at the box office cementing Vinod Khanna's place as a top actor. Dharmendra plays Ajit, an orphan, who is reformed by an ex-soldier Jayant. The village is repeatedly looted and savaged by Jabbar’s gang and Ajit stands up to wage a lone fight. Asha Parekh is the heroine of the film but has nothing to do except singing one or two songs.  Worth mentioning is Laxmi Chhaya.  She gets to lip-sync to three of the film’s most famous songs— Maar diya jaaye ya chhod diya jaaye ,  Aaya aaya atariya pe koi chor  and  Apni prem kahaaniyaan —and dances up a storm in each of th...

  Nasir Hussain  (16 November 1926 – 13 March 2002),   started his career as a story writer  in 1948. He remained there till he  started his own Nasir Hussain Films and turned producer-director. He made musical hits like  Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai  (1961),    He introduced Asha Parekh in Dil Deke Dekho (1959), she was the heroine of his first production  Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai  (1961),   she was the heroine for all his films like    Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon  (1963),  Teesri Manzil  (1966),  Baharon Ke Sapne  (1967),  Pyar Ka Mausam  (1969),  Caravan  (1971),   After a gap of 13 years, she did a cameo in his film   Manzil Manzil   (1984).  With Teesri Manzil he associated with music director R D Burman and after that RD was the music director of all his films like    Baharon Ke Sapne  (1967),  Pyar Ka Mausam  (196...

  Kati Patang was released on 29th Jan 1951.By that time Rajesh Khanna was the Super Star of Bollywood. All of his films were making Jubilees   T he Rajesh Khanna phenomenon was at its peak. This was the third picture of Shakti Samanta and Rajesh Khanna together and the second film of the trio of Shakti Samanta, Rajesh Khanna and R D Burman. The film was tragic in nature with a non-glamorous heroine role but became hit because of its music.  The film gave us evergreen hits like  Yeh Shaam Mastani, Pyar Diwana Hota Hai  and  Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai. all sung by Kishore Kumar. One song 'Jis Gali Me Tera Ghar Na Ho Sajna' was sung by Mukesh. The film was b ased on the novel by Gulshan Nanda, the 1971 film features the story of the double life of Madhavi, played by Asha Parekh, who got her first Filmfare Award of the Best Heroine for this role. Sharmila Tagore who was a favourite heroine of Shakti Samanta did not get this role because she was pregnant at that ...