Rajesh Khanna was rejecting this big offer due to it being a bold film, which later became the turning point of his career. -Newsops

Entertainment Desk, Indore. Rajesh Khanna Filmy Career: If any actor has won the hearts of the audience the most with his brilliant acting, it is Rajesh Khanna. Excellent expressions and dialogue delivery brought him a lot of fame. At that time he was considered one of the top actors. Whenever a filmmaker’s story was emotion based, Rajesh Khanna was the first to be cast in the film as the lead actor. The film ‘Aapki Kasam’, released in 1974, was also an emotional drama film. This film was produced by J Om Prakash.

Rajesh was hesitant for the gray shades role

This was J Om Prakash’s first film as a director. For his first film he chose Rajesh Khanna as the hero. Actually, the lead actor of the film Kamal was wearing gray shades, due to which Rajesh Khanna was hesitant in doing this role.

On this the director explained to him that if anyone can play this character, it is only Rajesh. After this Rajesh started shooting for the film ‘Aapki Kasam’. The story of the film was based on a husband who becomes a victim of suspicion of an illicit relationship between his wife and his friend.

Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz’s seventh film

This suspicious attitude of the hero ruins his life. In the film, Mumtaz is seen in the role of wife and Sanjeev Kumar is seen in the role of friend. According to that era, this film was quite bold. This film was a huge hit at the box office.

Aapki Kasam was the first film in which Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar were cast together. Both of them had also worked together in the film Bandhan, but Sanjeev was only in a special appearance. This was the seventh film of Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz. Both of them worked for the first time in the film Do Raaste.

Both the film and the song were superhit.

The music of the film ‘Aapki Kasam’ has also been a big hit. The song Jai Jai Shivshankar from the film is still quite famous. Not only this, it also stood second in the annual list of Binaka Geetmala in 1974. This song is played every time on the festival of Mahashivratri.

Another song from the film Karvaten Badalte Rahe was also at 17th place in this list. The music of the film was composed by RD Burman and its songs were written by Anand Bakshi.