manoharv2001 says:
I haven’t seen another review of this, one of my favorite early RKs so thanks very much. This was a film, I thought, that was an exception to the rule about the second half which really clipped along nicely. Alas for the last few minutes as you’ve noted. It’s the first time that RD and RK came together, fabulous songs but ‘Kya Janu Sajan’ of Lata’s and Rafi’s ‘Zamane ne mare jawan kaise kaise’ are simply sublime.

This was also the first time that RK and Asha Parekh worked together and their only flop (Aan Milo Sajna and Kati Patang were big hits). And both are very, very attractive though hers was a small role. A very intense, young, conflicted RK, all bearded as he becomes a ‘mazdoor’ :-).

Regarding the German review, the Google Translate tool calls RK ‘bildschön’ which is either beautiful or amazing, you choose! He’d have been 24-25 then? The translation was really a hoot, here is a part of it (reworked!) on RK.

“Rajesh Khanna who debuted a year earlier, really masters the leading role with subliminal force which reminds one of the gentle rebels of American cinema. And the young Khanna is bildschön, no wonder he rapidly developed to become the superstar and scaled in 1969 with Aradhana the top of the popularity scale among all Bollywood actors.”

This is now my new favorite word to describe RK :-)

Reviewed by: SUHAN