This Superhit film was released on 30th April 1971. It was the last movie of Shammi Kapoor as a romantic hero. It was the last movie of the great Shankar-Jaikishan duo. Soon after Jaikishan died of liver cirrhosis, he was only 42.It was the first movie of Ramesh Sippy as Director and also the first script of Salim Javed,
The film is about a widower(Shammi Kapoor) who has a kid from his now-dead wife(Simi Grewal) and a young widow(Hema Malini) who has a young son from her now-dead lover(Rajesh Khanna) and how their lives meet and end up in romance.
This was the golden age of Rajesh Khanna, whatever the superstar touched it turned into gold. Here also in 15 minutes guest appearances stole the show. He appears on screen for only a few minutes with the famous Kishore Kumar yodel “Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana” and a couple of other scenes.
The story is a formula-based one but the skilfully written screenplay is able to entertain the viewers throughout. This was the first signal of a great script and screenplay writer of Bollywood in making. Their first film as an independent screenplay writer was to release soon and to be the top-grossing film of 1971.
It was the last movie of Shammi Kapoor as a romantic hero and his role demanded maturity not only on the face but also in performance. And Shammi Kapoor has done it perfectly. Nowhere is he over the top and portrayed the widower and an affectionate father on the screen with finesse, bringing all his experience as a hero over the previous 18 years into his performance.
The film features "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana", one of the best known Bollywood yodels This song was nominated in the best singer category for Kishore Kumar. Hasrat Jaipuri was awarded the best lyricist for this song.
This is an entertaining family drama If you have not seen it earlier, you must see it now.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Re Mama Re Mama Re" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 2 | "Dil Use Do Jo Jaan De De" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
| 3 | "Hai Na Bolo Bolo" | Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur, Sushma Shrestha, Pratibha |
| 4 | "Mujhe Pyas Aesi Pyas Lagi Hai" | Asha Bhosle |
| 5 | "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" | Kishore Kumar |
| 6 | "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (II)" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 7 | "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (III)" | Asha Bhosle |
