Rajesh Khanna disclosed in an interview,"I consider “Aakhri Khat” a memorable film of my initial days.
And after a long time of wandering here and there, and with the help of some people, he ultimately reaches home to find a statue of his lost mother, and a new lady, who is now his new mother. The child is then rescued by a man who is a staff member of an orphanage nearby. Later, he shows the Police inspector Naik, (Manvendra Chitnis), the statue of Lajjo he has kept in his studio. He soon realizes his mistake and with the help of police tries to find his wife and son, though only finds his wife's body. Meanwhile, Govind becomes aware of everything through a letter she has left behind, Aakhri Khat (Last Letter). On waking up, he wanders even more and more into the city. He goes out of the house, eating whatever he finds, including a pill, which makes him doze off. The rest of the film is a story of the little child, wandering around the city. They keep wandering and feed off whatever comes their way, but soon she dies leaving her son alone. However, she is unable to go through with it, so she takes Buntu with her. She leaves a letter for him at his doorsteps, and wants to leave the child with him as well. Later, Lajjo comes to Mumbai to meet Govind, carrying her one-year-old son. Some time later, she gives birth to a little boy named Buntu. On finding this, her stepmother sells her off for Rs. Meanwhile, the girl learns that she is pregnant.
He then has to leave for the city to further his education. Subsequently, they get married secretly in a village temple. While vacationing near Kullu, he sees Lajjo ( Indrani Mukherjee) and falls in love. Govind ( Rajesh Khanna) is a young sculptor. The film was remade in Tamil as Poonthalir starring Sivakumar and Sujatha (actress) in 1979 and in Telugu as Chinnari Chitti Babu in 1981. The film was given 5 stars in Bollywood Guide Collections.Ĭhetan Anand, started the film with a bare outline of a script and a 15-month-old infant who he let loose in the city, following him with his camera, mostly a hand-held camera, taking in all the city sounds, under the cinematic direction of Jal Mistry The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967, but was not accepted as a nominee. The music of the film is by Khayyam and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi it includes the song "Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sanwaro", sung by Lata Mangeshkar. This film marked the debut of Rajesh Khanna, who became the first superstar of Indian Cinema from 1969. Aakhri Khat (English: The Last Letter) is a 1966 Bollywood film written and directed by Chetan Anand.
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