LATA MANGESHKAR - KHILTE HAIN GUL YAHAN - SHARMILEE 1971

SONG:KHILTE HAIN GUL YAHAN MUSIC:SDBURMAN KYRICS:NEERAJ SINGER:LATA MANGESHKAR FILM:SHARMILEE Sharmilee is a 1971 Hindi movie produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee, Ranjeet, Anwar and Asit Sen. The films very popular music is by SD Burman. Rakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decades top leading lady in Hindi films. It is interesting to note that young Indian woman flocked to the theaters to watch the female stars of the time, like Raakhee, Sharmila Tagore, Sadhana, and Zeenat Aman, to see what new Western fashions, hairstyle, and make-up they were wearing. Often the new styles seen in films became the fashion rage on the street. "Sharmilee" is also full of classic music by SD Burman sung by Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle and Lata Mangeshkar. The songs, 'O Meri Sharmilee', 'Khilte Hain Gul Yahan' and the Lata-Kishore duet 'Aaj Madhosh Hua' were chart toppers. The film also was a huge hit and was instrumental in making Bengali actress Raakhee a big star in Bollywood. Rakhee (born 15 August 1947) is a Indian film actor, who appeared in lead roles in the 1970s and 1980s, both in Hindi cinema as well as in Bengali cinema, and is most remembered for her role in Daag, Reshma Aur Shera, Sharmilee, Bemisal, Trishul, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Kabhie Kabhie and Ram Lakhan. She is popularly known as Rakhee Gulzar after her marriage with lyricist-director Gulzar . While still a ...