Rakhwala
Poster
Directed by	Adurthi Subba Rao
Screenplay by	Inder Raj Anand Prem Kapoor R.M. Veerappan
Produced by	T. Govindarajan S. Krishnamoorthy
Starring	Dharmendra Leena Chandavarkar Vinod Khanna
Cinematography	Roy P.L.
Edited by	T.Krishna, BA
Music by	Kalyanji Anandji
Release date	17 September 1971 (1971-09-17)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Rakhwala (transl. Protector) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. The film stars Dharmendra, Leena Chandavarkar and Vinod Khanna. It is a remake of the 1967 Tamil film Kaavalkaaran.^[1]

Cast

• Dharmendra ... Deepak Kumar
• Leena Chandavarkar ... Chandni
• Vinod Khanna ... Shyam
• Madan Puri ... Boxing Chairman Jwalaprasad
• Jagdeep ... Gopi
• Rakesh Pandey ... Suresh
• Rajan Haksar ... Jwalaprasad's Manager
• Keshav Rana... Police Commissioner
• Randhir ... Dr. Girdharilal
• Shyam Kumar (as Sham Kumar)
• Raj Kishore ... Bartender
• Sanjana ... Girija
• Baby Gayatri ... Pinky

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji. The author Sujata Dev stated that the song "Rehne Do Gile Shikwe", a Rafi-Asha duet, is an "excellent example of the adeptness in unifying classical and contemporary music in the same song."^[2]

Reception

Vijay Lokapally of The Hindu said the film, "had its bright moments in the presence of Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna, two evergreen stars of Indian cinema."^[3]