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He was known for his excellent song picturizations, probably stemming from his musical background. Raj Khosla initially entered the film
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From here onwards even as he continued to make films, Khosla ricocheted from style to style while adding his own touch to each genre. Never wanting to play safe Khosla made some films, which were startlingly different in those times.
347:(1956) propelled him into the big league. C.I.D. was a slick crime thriller that highlighted Khosla's stylish shot taking and innovative song picturization, something passed down from Guru Dutt.
357:(1958) was a story of a single night wherein a girl elopes with her lover who dupes her and is helped back home by a journalist before her father wakes up and realizes what the girl has done.
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378:(1958)), musicals (
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171:(1980) and
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75:9 June 1991
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1059:Upperstall
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