Do Raaste (1969) User Reviews

Very Good Family drama

[ajugeorge2001 · 8/10 · 27 January 2006]

"Do Raaste" portrays the aspirations & disappointments of a middle class family. The head of the Gupta family, Balraj Sahni manages with great difficulty to educate Prem Chopra, his younger brother abroad for which he had to mortgage his ancestral home. Prem Chopra returns and marries Bindu a rich girl. Tensions arise due to Bindu's behaviour and Prem & wife shift to a new home. Prem, who has got a very good job refuses to share Balraj's burden. The tired old Balraj, who has lost his job, is not able to repay back the loan and is kicked out of his home along with his family. This devastates Balraj. In the end Prem realizes that he has stopped loving his family due to Bindu's machinations and reconciles with Balraj.

The film revolves around Balraj -his hopes, responsibilities, aspirations & misfortunes. The romance of Rajesh Khanna & Mumtaz is incidental to the script but provides lilting songs. The brilliant script & Raj Khosla's superb direction holds the viewer's interest.

Excellent family drama with memorable songs

[discempor · 8/10 · 22 June 2006]

One of Raj Khosla's best movies - and a formula that has been tried again many times over the years, but old is gold. The movie is excellent family viewing with no nudity or scenes unsuitable for kids, it is a story that the whole family can relate to about 3 brothers and the inclusion of new family member and the effects this has on the household. To top a very good story the film is packed with excellent songs tuned by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The gem of all tracks is the fantastic duet "Dil Ne dil ko pukara" by the Late Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Very melodious and you can almost hear Rafi and Lata enjoying the song. "Yeh Reshmi Zulfen" by Mohammed Rafi has also stood the test of time and can still be enjoyed now.

Watch out guys it is a family drama at its best.

[Shailesh-2 · 8/10 · 20 December 2000]

Rajesh Khanna in a career launching role. Typical family drama made into a classic by acting of Kamini Kaushal and Balraj Sahni. The songs and picturisation is above average. every thing works well with this movie if you watch it with your family.

Good family drama

[silvan-desouza · 6/10 · 24 August 2014]

Rajesh Khanna had a feeble start in Bollywood with films like RAAZ but got an uplift with ARADHANA(1969) however this film he signed prior to ARADHANA and released later perhaps. The film is a family drama wherein the elder brother Balraj Sahni takes care of his step brothers and step sisters,Rajesh Khanna plays one brother and Prem Chopra the other, with Kamini Kaushal as Balraj's wife. The film is well handled by Raj Khosla, the emotional scenes are well handled, Rajesh and Mumtaz get lesser footage, but both got all the hit songs which made both popular.

Direction by Raj Khosla is good Music by LP is awesome, Most songs are sung by Rafi Chup Gaye Saare Nazaare is awesome, Yeh Reshmi Zulfein is superb, while Mere Naseeb by Kishore Kumar is awesome.

Rajesh Khanna was shooting for Ittefaq at the same time and hence appears unshaven in many scenes, he does a good job in his role Mumtaz is good, Bindu is awesome as the evil Bahu, Prem chopra is good Balraj Sahni is awesome, Kamini Kaushal is apt.

Good Movie.

[ashutoshupadhyay-92379 · 10/10 · 14 January 2022]

A Sentence Comes in the movie which i likes most is : Balraj Sahni Tells Prem Chopra that "When the tongue gets crushed between the teeth, we don't try to break the teeth."

Exellent movie

[harinkhatri-80651 · 10/10 · 27 May 2020]

Exellent movie with superb acting of Rajesh Khanna, Beautiful songs, Highly recommanded.