39 Years of Khoobsrat (25/01/1980)
2 min readJan 25, 2019
39 Years of Khoobsrat (25/01/1980)
Khubsoorat is a 1980 comedy-drama film, directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with dialogues written by Gulzar. The film stars Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Ashok Kumar, Dina Pathak, and Shashikala. The film received critical acclaim and was a box-office success.
The film won the 1981 Filmfare Best Movie Award. The lead actress, Rekha, won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role as Manju Dayal (she was also nominated for a role in the film Judaai that year). The movie was remade in Tamil as Lakshmi Vandhachu and in Malayalam as Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki. The 2014 film of the same name was loosely based on it.
