Rajesh khanna’s Anand released 50 years ago on this day in 1971

Rajesh Khanna’s ‘ANAND’ was released on this day 50 years ago in 1971.Rajesh Khanna is considered as one of the biggest stars of all times. Rajesh Khanna has given several blockbusters but to remember one its 1971 release Anand. The actor won hearts with his performance in Anand. Amitabh Bachchan also featured in a key role. It is said that director Hrishikesh Mukherjee had legendary actor Raj Kapoor in his mind while writing the story.However, the industrys superstar couldn’t do the movie due to his professional commitments.Interestingly, Anand was also Rajesh’s first collaboration with Amitabh Bachchan. While Big B’s performance in Anand gained appreciation. However, he went on to become as a superstar with his 1973 release ‘Zanjeer’.Also, Amitabh and Rajesh Khanna collaborated for the last time in 1973 release ‘Namak Haram’.50 years on, Anand’s music, dialogues and casting seems like perfection. However, a frequent collaborator of Hrishi da, as the director was popularly called actor Dharmendra, he was a different opinion.In 2019, while promoting his grandson’s film on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, Dharmendra shared that he was really upset when he found out that the director was making Anand with Rajesh Khanna, and not him and after some days. At the insistence of Rajiv Gandhi, he started campaigning for Congress after 1984. In the election for New Delhi seat in the 1991 Lok Sabha election, Khanna lost to L.K. Advani by a narrow margin of 1589 votes, after which Khanna stood on the grounds at the counting station insisting that he had been cheated of a win. Then Khanna won seven All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Awards and received 10 nominations. He won four Best Actor Awards in the Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards and received 25 nominations. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards, one Filmfare Special Guest Actor Award in 1973, and received a Filmfare Special Award in 1991 after 25 years in the Hindi film industry. He received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 50th anniversary Filmfare Awards ceremony in 2005. He also received the IIFA Lifetime Achievement award in 2009.