Andaz

Awards

Song Awards:
• 1971 - Filmfare Awards - Best Lyricist - Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (Male) - Hasrat Jaipuri

Trivia

Album

• This was the last film of Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal of the Shankar - Jaikishan duo. He passed away a few months after its release. Shankar composed by himself after this but continued to use the Shankar - Jaikishan moniker.
• Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar were credited for the "Additional Script Work" of this film along with Satish Bhatnagar. Although they were not credited for it, they had worked earlier on the script of the film "Adhikar" (1971). The opening credits of "Adhikar" (1971) had credited Ramesh Pant for the film's "shooting scripts, dialogues & lyrics". However, its script was in fact written by Salim - Javed, who till that time had not even considered teaming up to write for films. They had completed the film's script in twelve days for a fee of Rs. 5000. Salim - Javed would officially debut later that year with the screenplay for the film "Haathi Mere Saathi" (1971).[1][2][MR34]
• This was Ramesh Sippy's directorial debut.
• This film may have been inspired by the French film "Un Homme Et Une Femme" (1966).
• Shammi Kapoor had asked director Ramesh Sippy if he really wanted to have him play a role contrary to his flamboyant image in his film. Sippy had told him that he wanted to make a film with Kapoor but wanted the actor to do something he had never done before. Sippy had wanted Nutan for the film's female lead but was advised against casting mature actors for both the lead roles. It was then that he cast the much younger Hema Malini as the film's female lead.[3]
• It was while Hema Malini was dubbing for this film that Ramesh Sippy offered her the lead role in "Seeta Aur Geeta" (1972). He had previously offered the role to Mumtaz, who had turned it down since she was very busy then and also because Sippy couldn't pay her the fee she was expecting. Hema Malini was still new to the industry and wasn't sure if she could pull off such a demanding role, but eventually agreed to come on board. "Seeta Aur Geeta" (1972) would go on to be counted as one of her career-defining films.[4][5]

Song

• Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (Male) - Rajesh Khanna's cameo appearance, in general, and this song, in particular, is credited with the enormous success of this film.
• Dil Usse Do Jo Jaan De De - The mukhda of this song was based on The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" (1967).[6]
• Hai Naa Bolo Bolo - Singer Sushma Shreshtha, who later took on the stage name Poornima, debuted in this Hindi film song at the age of 9.

1. ^ Adhikar (1971)
2. ^ Haathi Mere Saathi (1971)
3. ^ The man behind Gabbar
4. ^ When a Girl Whipped a Boy
5. ^ Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
6. ^ With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles