Khamoshi (Hindi: ख़ामोशी, Urdu: خاموشی, translation: "Silence") is a 1969 black-and-white Hindi film directed by Asit Sen. The film was shot in Calcutta. The director Asit Sen had earlier filmed the same story for the Bengali film Deep Jwele Jaai (1959) starring Suchitra Sen. Cast; * Rajesh Khanna - as male lead * Waheeda Rehman - as female lead * Dharmendra - (brief role) Director Asit Sen was different from the actor-comedian Asit Sen. Director Asit Sen acted in the original Bengali film Deep Jwélé Jaai (1959) in a role (the brief role in which Dharmendra appeared in Khamoshi) where the movie-goers actually could not recognise him because it was a dark scene marked with the baritone voice of Hemant Kumar. Later he revealed himself in an interview in the 1990s. Music and Songs; The music was composed by Hemant Kumar and some of the popular songs (written by Gulzar) of the movie are : * Tum pukar lo.. tumhaara intezaar hai (sung by Hemant Kumar) * Woh Shaam Kuch ajeeb thi.. yeh shaam bhi ajeeb hai (sung by Kishore Kumar) * Humne dekhee hai un aankhon ki mehekti khushboo (sung by Lata Mangeshkar) Awards and nominations * Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award in the Black-and-White film category: Kamal Bose * Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress: Waheeda Rehman.... Lata Mangeshkar ( born September 28, 1929) is a highly known playback singer in the Indian Hindi movie industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 980 Bollywood movies, and has sung songs in over twenty Indian languages. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer, Asha Bhosle.... Awards and recognitions; Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992. In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974. Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, reputable sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000. Lata is the second vocalist to receive "Bharat Ratna", India's highest civilian honour...... [Wikipedia & IMDb]

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