did play their roles very effectively in the direction of Raj Kapoor. ArunaIrani had a marvellous presence as a middle-aged socialite while Pran and Premnath performed well as fathers of the boy and the girl. The songs of the film “Mein Shayar to Nahin”, “Beshak Mandir Mazjid Todo”, “Jhoot Bole Kawwaa Kaate”, “Hum Tum Ek Kamare Mein Band Hon” and “Aksar Koi Ladki Is Haal Mein” become very popular. Narendra Singh Chanchal got the best play back singer awarded for the song “Beshak, Mandir Mazjid Todo”.

Naxalite (1979) is a film which portrays honestly the causes which prompt the youth to take to violence. Abbas did not care much for the money a film would earn, rather, he chose themes which were socially and politically important. Naxalite (1979) wasthe last feature film of K.A. Abbas. He was conscious of the social responsibilities and chose this topic because Naxalism was a very powerful political movement of the severities which had attracted youth and motivated them to take up arms to over throw the system. The fidelity with which these issues were addressed in the film, Exploitation of the masses by the system is very honestly portrayed in this film. SmitaPatil’s acting was the special feature of this film though other members of the cast Mithun Chakraverty, Imtiaz Khan, Nana Patekar, Dilip Raj, Teenu Anand, Pinchu Kapoor and Jalal Aga also did very well. The lyrics were written by Ali Sardar Jafri and Prem Dhavan composed the music for the film. It was difficult to get this highly