Safar

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Super Star Rajesh Khanna's Safar - 1970

Star Cast :

Super Star Rajesh Khanna ... Avinash
Sharmila Tagore ... Mrs. Neela Shekhar Kapoor
Feroz Khan ... Shekhar Kapoor
I S Johar ... Kalidas
Aruna Irani ... Laxmi
Nadira ... Mrs. Kapoor
Ashok Kumar ... Dr. Chandra

Supported by Mahesh Kumar, Brahmchari, Iftikar, Birbal, Master Sachin, Jagdish Raj, Ratan Gaurang, Parsuram, Narbada Shanker, Avtar Singh & Oscar.

Film Crew's :

Producer: Mohammad Riaz
Director: Asit Sen
Story: Ashutosh Mukherjee
Screenplay: Asit Sen
Dialogues: Inder Raj Anand
Lyrics: Indeevar
Music: Kalyanji Anandji
Choreography: Kamal Bose
Editing: Tarun Dutta
Costume Design: Shalini Shah

Reeiption & Receiption :

Safar became the tenth highest grossing film of the year in India.

Safar received two nominations at the annual Filmfare Awards and won one award. Asit Sen received his first Best Director award (he was previously nominated in this category for Mamta in 1967), though the film was not nominated for the Best Film award. Sharmila Tagore received her second Best Actress nomination (she won the previous year for Aradhana). Awards and nominations are listed below:

Won, Filmfare Best Director Award - Asit Sen
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Shrmila Tagore

The Bengal Film Journalists' Association acknowledged Safar as the eighth best Indian film of 1970, and gave it three more awards:

1) BFJA Awards, Best Screenplay (Hindi) - Asit Sen
2) BFJA Awards, Best Dialogue (Hindi) - Inder Raj Anand
3) BFJA Awards, Best Editing (Hindi) - Tarun Dutta

Music Soundtracks :

The soundtrack of the film contains 5 songs. The music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji, with lyrics authored by Indeevar.

S.No. Song Title Singer(s)

1) "Hum The Jinke Sahare" - By Lata Mangeshkar
2) "Jeevan Se Bhari" - By Kishore Kumar
3) "Jo Tumko Ho Pasand" - By Mukesh
4) "Nadiya Chale" - By Manna Dey & Rajesh Khanna
5) "Zindagi Ka Safar" - By Kishore Kumar

Summary :

Avinash (Super Star Rajesh Khanna)and Neela (Sharmila Tagore) are medical students, and they quite sympathise with each other. However, Avinash lives a poor lifestyle and does not want Neela to live this kind of life. Actually, the main reason behind his unwillingness to live with Neela is that he comes to know that he is cancer patient and that he will not be able to go with Neela very far which he hides from everybody including Neela. When Neela meets one of her students' elder brother, businessman Shekhar (Feroz Khan), she instantly catches his eye. He goes to propose marriage to her but her brother, Kalidas (I S Johar) advises him to first meet with Avinash. Shekhar meets Avinash, tells him of his feelings and intentions, and Avinash immediately approves of him. Shekhar and Neela get married, and cannot understand why Avinash did not attend the ceremony. After a successful honeymoon, both return to their regular lives, and Shekhar wants Neela to continue with her medical studies. It is then that he suspects that Neela has been meeting with Avinash, and asks his brother to spy on her. The information that Shekhar finds lead him to the conclusion that Neela is in love with Avinash, and confronts her. An intense argument is followed by Shekhar drinking his medicine, and passing away. The next day Neela is arrested on the charge of murder. Surprisingly, Avinash is nowhere to be found. Neela has now to face the trial all alone.

Mrs Kapoor (Nadira) testifies in favor of Neela, the court acquits her and Dr Chandra (Ashok Kumar) takes her in his guidance for making her a top surgeon.