Rahgir (The Traveler) is a Bollywood romantic social drama film. It was released in 1969 and directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film was produced by Geetanjali Pictures and had music by Hemant Kumar. The film had Biswajeet playing the central role of Rahgir where his acting "attracted attention". Costarring with Biswajeet were Sandhya Roy, Shashikala, Kanhaiyalal, Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy and Asit Sen. The film was based on Angti Chattujjer Vai, a Bengali novel of Manoj Basu. The story is about Biswajeet playing an impetuous young man in search "for the meaning of life" and is regarded as one of his most credible performances. The movie is a remake of 1963 Bengali movie Palatak.

Cast

Biswajeet

Sandhya Roy

Shashikala

Kanhaiyalal

Iftekhar

Nirupa Roy

Asit Sen

Padma

Vasant Choudhary

Music

The music was composed by Hemant Kumar with lyrics written by Gulzar. The singers were Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Sulakshana Pandit and Aarti Mukherji.

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Song list

Awards

The film won the following awards at BFJA.

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BFJA Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) Shashikala

Best Art Direction Robi Chattopadhyay

Best Choreography Kanai Dey

Best Indian Films

References

External links

1969 films

1960s Hindi-language films

Films scored by Hemant Kumar

Films based on Indian novels

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