Bollywood Home » Popular Movie Reviews » Bollywood Action Movies » Ankhen Ankhen, the blockbuster action movie, which released in the year of 1968, was a huge budget film. The movie was directed and produced by the eminent and internationally acclaimed director and producer Ramanand Sagar. The movie was written by the popular director himself. The tight script and the wonderful action scenes make this movie scale heights. Ankhen became a huge hit and ran for many weeks at the movie halls.

Ankhen- the film is counted among some of the best Bollywood movies of all time. Ramanand Sagar, after giving to the people a few smash hits again gave his best in the form of Ankhen. Ankhen (1968 film) became a cult film and moved people all over the country. This film came after his super hit spy thriller Farz. But after the success of Farz, Ramanand Sagar decided to give a bigger budget film and conceptualized the idea of Ankhen.

Counted among one of the major Bollywood action movies, Ankhen was made in the same genre as Karz. It was shot not only in India but in international venues as well. The screenplay, cinematography , action, casting, music, direction and production makes this film stand out among all other action movies.



Ankhen has an amazing dream star cast, which makes this film stand out from all other action movies of the time. The film casts the following actors:

• Mala Sinha as Meenakshi Mehta
• Dharmendra as Sunil
• Kumkum as Sunil's sister
• Sujit Kumar as Nadeem
• Mehmood as Mehmood
• LalitaPawar as Madam
• Daisy Irani as Lily
• Zeb Rehman as Princess Zehnab
• Madhumati as Madhu
• Nasir Hussain as Diwan Saab
• Jeevan as Doctor
• Madan Puri as Captain
• Amarnath
• Neelam
• Sujata

The beautiful lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi and sweet songs directed by Ravi gives an extra dimension to the film. It has scaled heights and has become a pioneer in the history of Hindi spy film. The film has a very interesting story line, which makes it so different from other films of the time.

Sheer technical brilliance and the action scenes make it even so fresh in the minds of the viewers even today. After the release of the film, Dharmendra became a household name. Co incidentally, Shikhar, another movie of Dharmendra, which released in the same year became a smashing hit. This added to his popularity.

Some of the songs of Ankhen, which became hit and is still favorite among the people are as follows:

• Milti hai zindagi mein mohabbat
• Gairon pe karam
• Tujhko rakhe ram tujhko allah rakhe

Ankhen bagged the award of Filmfare for the Best Director Award. Ramanand Sagar created history with this movie of his, which is still ruling the hearts of the people.

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