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  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...

  Raj Khosla (  31 May 1925 – 9 June 1991)  came to Bombay to become a singer but he became an ace Director  In his autobiography, Romancing With Life, Dev Anand mentions meeting a wannabe singer, Raj Khosla at a coffee joint around Mumbai's Flora Fountain.  Dev Anand helped him and gave him a job as an assistant to Guru Dutt for the Navketan film Baazi 1951. He assisted Guru Dutt in  his subsequent films.  Guru Dutt who was producing CID (1956), had the confidence of Raj Khosla's capabilities and the Golden Touch. His early background in classical music ensured that most of his films excelled in music. Art of picturizing a song he learned from Guru Dutt.  Most of his films would be remembered for their lovely songs. In this blog, I have selected such beautiful songs from his films. Song of CID 1956 Song of Kala Pani (1958) Song of Solva Saal (1958) Song of Bombai Ka Babu (1960) Song of Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) Song of Woh Kaun Thi? (1964) Song...