Khilona (1970 film)

Khilona
Theatrical release poster from the movie
Directed byChander Vohra
Written byAghajani Kashmeri (dialogues)
Screenplay byGulshan Nanda
Story byGulshan Nanda
Based onPunarjanma (1963)
Produced byL. V. Prasad
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Mumtaz
Shatrughan Sinha
Jeetendra
CinematographyDwarka Divecha
Edited byShivaji Awdhut
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 April 1970 (1970-04-10)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office3,50,00,000[1]

Khilona (transl. Toy) is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by L. V. Prasad under the Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd. banner and directed by Chander Vohra. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz, Jeetendra in lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a "Super Hit" at Box Office India.[1] The film was a remake of the Telugu film Punarjanma (1963) and it was simultaneously made in Tamil as Engirundho Vandhaal and in Malayalam as Amrithavaahini (1976).[2]

The film received six nominations at the 18th Filmfare Awards in 1971, of which it won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mumtaz. Other nominations were for Best Actor (Sanjeev Kumar), Best Comic (Jagdeep), Best Story (Gulshan Nanda) and Best Male Playback Singer (Mohammed Rafi).[3]

  1. ^ a b "Box office 1970". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. ^ K. Jeshi (2 November 2013). "Released on Deepavali". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Filmfare Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2021.