Rajnigandha

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Rajnigandha
Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Produced by	Suresh Jindal
Written by	Manu Bhandari (story) Basu Chatterjee
Starring	Amol Palekar Vidya Sinha Dinesh Thakur
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Release date(s)	1974
Running time	110 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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Rajnigandha is the name of a Hindi movie released in 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee. It starred Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha and Dinesh Thakur in the leading roles. "Rajnigandha" won the Best Picture at the Filmfare Awards in the year 1975.

"Rajnigandha" was considered as a fresh outlook on cinema in 1974 where blockbusters were ruling over Bollywood. Actor Amol Palekar later on worked with Basu Chatterjee in subsequent films and Amol's hits include Choti si Baat (1977), Chitchor (1977), Gharaonda (1980) and later Golmaal (1980). After his time as actor on the big screen, Amol Palekar grew as an excellent director with films like Akriet (1987), Thodisi Roomani Ho Jaye (1991) and Paheli (2005). Dinesh Thakur played minor rules but starred in the first episodes of Indian soap Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000) while Vidya Sinha played marvellously in Tyaag Patra (1978)and Pati, Patni aur Woh (1979) opposite Sanjeev Kumar.

"Rajnigandha" has an impressive title song including a wonderful Mukesh single "Kai Baar Yuheen Dekha hai". The film is worth watching and characterises an era of simple, short and low-budget movies that India made in the 1970s. Some Rajshri films follow the trend. The music director of this film was Salil Chawdhury, an extremely talented musician from Bengal. Music of this movie has always been considered an exceptionally influencing.