Achanak
Achanak film poster
Directed by	Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Produced by	Raj N. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
Written by	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Starring	Vinod Khanna Farida Jalal Asrani
Music by	Vasant Desai
Cinematography	K. Vaikunth
Editing by	Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Achanak is a 1973 Hindi film made by Gulzar. Vinod Khanna is in the lead role. It was a bold experiment by Gulzar in terms of story as well as direction (the movie has no songs which are still considered to be a major reason for a movie's success in Bollywood).

Contents 1 Credits 2 Trivia 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Credits

Cast

Character	Actor
Major Ranjeet Khanna	Vinod Khanna
Dr Chaudhary	Om Shivpuri
Mrs Pushpa Khanna	Lily Chakravarty
Nurse Radha	Farida Jalal

Crew

Director	Gulzar
Producer	Romu N.Sippy & Raj N. Sippy
Script	Gulzar
Music	Vasant Desai

[edit] Trivia

• The entire film was complete in 28 days only.^[1]
• Achanak was based on a Khwaja Ahmed Abbas story, The Thirteenth Victim, which had appeared in the magazine called Imprint.^[2]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References