Aakhri Khat (1966..Rajesh Khanna’s 1st movie )
Great Acting by the Child Star !
Although, this is the debut film of Rajesh Khanna who was offered the role by winning the finalist position in the All India Talent Contest held in 1965 by Film Fare and United Producers. But it was essentially the wonderful real/natural acting of the child star - Bantu who steals the show by his extremely innocent and pretty demeanor. Bantu is the real protagonist instead of his father, Govind played by Rajesh Khanna.
The song number "Aye baharo mera jeevan bhi sawaro....." is superbly sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The script by Chetan Anand renders purpose and meaning to the story while music by Khayyam adds suspenseful rhythm to its sentimental flow of events. A really nice art movie of the yore worthy to be awarded the Academy Award in Best Foreign Film category.
The song number "Aye baharo mera jeevan bhi sawaro....." is superbly sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The script by Chetan Anand renders purpose and meaning to the story while music by Khayyam adds suspenseful rhythm to its sentimental flow of events. A really nice art movie of the yore worthy to be awarded the Academy Award in Best Foreign Film category.
Aakhri Khat was the India's official entry under Best Foreign Language Film category from India at the 40th Academy Awards (1968). It was nominated under the name 'The Last Letter'.
This was the debut movie for Rajesh Khanna.
Master Bunty 18 years later he was Introduced By Dev Anand in the film Hum Naujawan released in year 1986. He was introduced as Bunty Behl. He did lead role opposite Richa Sharma in Hum Naujawan