Ek Duuje Ke Liye

Ek Duuje Ke Liye

Poster
Directed by K. Balachander
Produced by L. V. Prasad
Written by K. Balachander
Starring
Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography B. S. Lokanath
Edited by N. R. Kittu
Release dates
 5 June 1981
Running time
 163 min.
Language Hindi
Box office INR100 million (US$1.6 million)[1]

Ek Duuje Ke Liye (English: (We Are) Made For Each Other) is a 1981 Hindi movie directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri. It was a remake of the director's own Telugu movie Maro Charitra, which had Kamal Haasan playing the lead role. The film was labelled a "blockbuster" at the box office in 1981, earning a total of INR100 million (US$1.6 million) in receipts.[1][2] The film featured lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi and music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. It received critically acclaim upon release, winning a National Film Award and 13 Filmfare nominations, eventually winning three.

Plot

The movie is about the love between a Tamil man, Vasu (Kamal Haasan), and a North Indian woman, Sapna (Rati Agnihotri), who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other and they have regular skirmishes. When Vasu and Sapna admit their love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea .

As a ploy to separate the lovers, their parents impose a condition that Vasu and Sapna should stay away from each other for a year. After such a period, if they still want to get together, they can get married. During the year there should be no contact between them whatsoever. Vasu and Sapna reluctantly agree to the condition and decide to separate.

Vasu moves to Hyderabad, and they both initially suffer a lot tolerating the separation. Vasu then meets Sandhya (Madhavi), a widow who teaches him Hindi. Meanwhile, Sapna's mother brings a family friend's son, Chakram (Rakesh Bedi), to Goa to distract Sapna from her devotion to Vasu, but she is not impressed. At a chance meeting in Mangalore, Chakram lies to Vasu that Sapna has agreed to marry him. Vasu gets upset and decides to marry Sandhya on the rebound. However, Sandhya comes to know of Vasu's real love and goes to Goa to know the exact situation and to clear the misunderstanding between the lovers.

Vasu then returns to Goa and impresses Sapna's parents with his Hindi skills. When Vasu goes to meet Sapna he is attacked by a group of goons hired by Sandhya's brother (Raza Murad). Meanwhile, Sapna is raped by a familiar person (Sunil Thapa, who plays a librarian) at a temple and is left to die. The movie ends tragically when Vasu and Sapna commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.

Cast

Character's name Played by
Vasudev Kamal Haasan
Sapna Rati Agnihotri
Sandhya Madhavi
Chakram Rakesh Bedi
Sapna's mother Shubha Khote

Ek Duuje Ke Liye marked the debut of two stars from South India in Hindi films: leading lady Rati Agnihotri and playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Both received Filmfare nominations becoming top stars in Hindi films later.

The only person who was missing in the Hindi remake who was in the original Telugu hit Maro Charitra (1979) was leading lady Sarita, as her role was now played by Rati Agnihotri. Director K. Balachander, Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam all repeated their artistry in the Hindi hit.

Soundtrack

Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Soundtrack album by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Released 1981
Language Hindi

The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. It was the first Hindi film for South Indian singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; the music directors were initially against including him, feeling that the "Madrasi" would not do justice to a Hindi composition, but Balachander cited that if the lead character played by Haasan could not speak Hindi well, then even if Balasubrahmanyam blemished the song, it would "capture the character."[3]

A portion of "Tere Mere Beech Mein" was later sampled in the hit 2004 Britney Spears song "Toxic" as part of its hook.[4]

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
Wins
Nominations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Box Office 1981". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "'Vishwaroop' gets good response in Hindi belts". Times of India. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/sp-balasubrahmanyam-talks-about-his-singing-experiences/article6298959.ece
  4. ↑ "Britney Spears's Toxic sample of Lata Mangeshkar and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's Tere Mere Beech Mein". WhoSampled. 2004. Retrieved 2010-08-20.

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