Aakhri Khat

Aakhri Khat (transl. The Last Letter) is a 1966 Bollywood film written and directed by Chetan Anand. This film marked the debut of Rajesh Khanna. The music of the film is by Khayyam and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi; it includes the song "Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sanwaro", sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Aakhri Khat
Directed byChetan Anand
Written byChetan Anand
Produced byHimalaya Films
StarringRajesh Khanna
Indrani Mukherjee
CinematographyJal Mistry
Edited byJadav Rao
Music byKhayyam
Distributed byPrabha Pictures
Release date
  • 30 December 1966 (1966-12-30)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chetan Anand, started the film with a bare outline of a script and a 15-month-old infant who he let loose in the city, following him with his camera, mostly a hand-held camera, taking in all the city sounds, under the cinematic direction of Jal Mistry The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967, but was not nominated.

The film was remade in Tamil as Poonthalir starring Sivakumar and Sujatha in 1979, in Telugu as Chinnari Chitti Babu in 1981 and in Turkish as Garip Kuş in 1974

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