Smiley Bates prompted other recording ventures. When the Instrumental hit "Duelling Banjos" from the film "Deliverance" was popular, Smiley, on Flat-Top Guitar, was teamed with Eddie Poirier on 5-String Banjo. Though he had not seen the film, it only took a couple of tries to arrive at an arrangement, which, while not representative of Smiley's recording output, was nevertheless a commercial success. A further album was issued with Eddie and Smiley, and based upon its success, the two teamed up with Rose (Eddie's wife) to record another big-selling Bluegrass album, titled "The Best of Bluegrass". To illustrate how successful Smiley's recordings were,
Maalik (1972 film) this spiritual film was not screened by in many theatres by distributors, due to which producers suffered losses. "Badnam Farishte" in 1971 was the first film of Khanna to flop at the box office since his consecutive 17 hits from 1969. Before the release of "Maalik", Khanna had 9 more hits in the year 1972. In 1972, Khanna acted in 10 releases of which 9 became successful. He did a guest appearance in a Telugu movie called "Bangaru Babu", directed by V.B. Rajendra Prasad in 1973. His Hindi films "Dushman", "Amar Prem", "Apna Desh" and "Mere Jeevan Saathi", together earned