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Rajesh Khanna's debut film Aakhri Khat emerged as a classic even after being a flop. This film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards in 1967. This film was much talked about at that time, and later it was also made in Tamil, Telugu, and Turkish.