Andaz (1971 film)

Andaz (transl. Style) is a 1971 Indian Bollywood romantic drama film, directed by Ramesh Sippy in his directorial debut, and written by Salim–Javed, Gulzar and Sachin Bhowmick. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna, and Simi Garewal.

The film was a considerable success and was important in the career of Malini as an actress. It features "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana", one of the best-known Bollywood yodels by the singer Kishore Kumar that was also featured on the soundtrack of Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala. The song fetched Kumar a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. When this film released, films of shammi Kapoor were not doing well at the box office. The 10-minute cameo of rajesh Khanna is credited for turning Andaz into a hit film. This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Maryada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave in that period. Further, this film is the first of the successful scriptwriting partnership between Salim-Javed. "This film was a direct copy of the French movie Un homme et une femme (1966)"; this was stated by Shammi Kapoor in an interview to Lehren TV.