Dharmendra Movie Aankhen Kissa: You must have often heard that a film became a superhit, but the actor working in it was not the first choice of the makers. It has been heard many times that the makers think of making that film with someone else in mind, but when that actor refuses, then the film is offered to another actor. Something similar happened with the film Aankhen, released about 56 years ago. When Ramanand Sagar had thought of making this film with some other actor but Dharmendra completed it.
Well-known producer and director of Hindi cinema, Ramanand Sagar wrote the script of the film Aankhen in the year 1967. With which he took to the popular actor of that time, Raj Kumar. After this, what was his reaction after hearing this script, what did he say to Ramanand Sagar and how Dharmendra got the film, let us tell an interesting story.
If this actor had said yes then Dharmendra would not have been in ‘Aankhen’
Raj Kumar was known for his wit in the 60’s and 70’s. If he did not like someone’s words or the story of a film, he was a person who would say it openly. This is the story of around the year 1967 when Ramanand Sagar took the script of his film Aankhen to the house of the best artist of that era, Raj Kumar.
After hearing the script from Ramanand Sagar, Raj Kapoor called his pet dog and asked him, ‘Will you do this film?’ According to reports, as soon as Raj Kapoor did this with the dog, it started moving its face here and there. Then Raj Kumar looked at Ramanand Sagar and said, ‘Look…even my dog doesn’t want to do this film, so how should I do it?’
It is said that Ramanand Sagar felt very bad about this and he went back home from there, after this Ramanand Sagar never worked with Raj Kumar. Someone suggested Ramanand Sagar to talk to Dharmendra. Dharmendra’s name was also in the headlines during that period, he did this film and the film Aankhen was released in the year 1968. This film got included in the list of Dharmendra’s successful films.
What was the star cast, director and collection of ‘Aankhen’?
Amazing actors like Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, Kumkum, Daisy Irani, Lalita Pawar, Sujit Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Madan Puri worked in the film Aankhen (1968) directed by Ramanand Sagar. According to Sacnilk, the budget of the film Aankhen (1968) was around Rs 80 to Rs 1 crore, while the film collected Rs 6.40 crore at the box office. This film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office.