Khushboo (1975)
8/10
Another superb film by Gulzar
9 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Gulzar was an amazing filmmaker, he gave us several great films After Parichay, he returned with Jeetendra with yet another riveting drama called Khushboo(1975) co starring Hema Malini The film was based on the Bengali novel "Panditmashai" by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay which was earlier filmed in Bengali in 1951 by Naresh Mitra. The film has a story which may sound dated today, but at it's time it seems real.As most Gulzar films, this too has a good plot and it's well handled

Direction is superb Music by RD Burman is amazing, O Mhaaji Re is the best song sung by Kishore Kumar, rest songs too are good

Jeetendra yet again after Parichay gives a restrained performance, it seems Gulzar cut his filmy style hair for this film on the sets to give him a normal average look and it works well, he is superb too in his role Hema Malini did this film alongwith SHOLAY where she played a contrasting role, here she is amazing in her role Sharmila Tagore is superb in a small role,Farida Jalal is superb Asrani lets go off his comic image and plays a superb role and does a great job, rest are all good
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