Aaye Din Bahar Ke

Bollywood film posters gallery special: Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966).

Featured here is an actual surviving vintage Bollywood poster of the 1966 hit Hindi romance directed by Raghunath Jalani that starred Dharmendra and Asha Parekh in lead roles.

Produced by J. Om Prakash and presented by Filmyug, Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966) also starred Balraj Sahni, Sulochana Latkar, Nazima, Rajendra Nath, Raj Mehra, Sunder, Leela Mishra, Dulari, Sabita Chatterjee, Madhu Apte, Sarita Devi and C.S. Dubey in supporting roles.

Shot extensively in Darjeeling, Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966) told the story of a modest hardworking man (Dharmendra) who is appointed tutor to a rich girl (Asha Parekh). The two fall in love and desire to get married. However, their wedding is called off as the girl’s father (Raj Mehra) learns during their engagement that his to be son-in-law is actually the illegitimate child of a judge (Balraj Sahni) – a fact that his single mother (Sulochana Latkar) kept hidden from her son since his birth.

Printed and circulated during the release of the film in theaters (somewhere in the 1960s), this old Bollywood film poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This Aaye Din Bahar Ke movie poster was originally designed using mixed design techniques – i.e. a combination of both hand painted art as well as photographic still collage by a movie poster art studio in Bombay. The signature of Bollywood film poster artist S. Rehman painter is seen printed on the bottom left hand corner of this original poster. A large hand painted portrait of actor Dharmendra is seen prominently in this Bollywood film poster. Actor Balraj Sahni appears in a smaller hand painted portrait at the bottom left, while actress Asha Parekh is seen in a photographic still. The lead couple is seen romancing in a smaller photographic still in the background.

The poster is set against a romantic hill station backdrop. The title of the film appears in striking multi-color typography on the top in English – with each word painted in a different shade. A translation of the tile in Devanagari Hindi and Urdu is seen on the bottom right of this Bollywood film poster.

The soundtrack album of Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966) was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, while lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. It was a rare gem that had all seven songs become blockbuster hits, namely, “Mere Dushman Tu Meri Dosti Ko Tarse” and “Khudaya Khair” sung by Mohammed Rafi, “Suno Sajna Papihe Ne,” “Mera Mehboob Hai Bemisal,” “Yeh Kali Jab Talak Phool Banke Khile” and “Aye Kash Kisi Deewane Ko” sung by Lata Mangeshkar and “Khat Likh De Sanwariya Ke Naam Babu” sung by Asha Bhosle.