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 date
  • 5 June 1981 (1981-06-05)
Running time
 163 min.
Language Hindi
Budget 1000000
Box office ₹100 million (US$1.4 million)[1]

Ek Duuje Ke Liye (lit. (We Are Made) For Each Other) is a 1981 Hindi romantic tragedy movie directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri. It was a remake of the director's own Telugu movie Maro Charitra (1978), which had Kamal Haasan playing the lead role. The film was labelled a "blockbuster" at the box office in 1981, earning a total of ₹100 million (US$1.4 million) in receipts.[1][2] The film featured lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi and music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. It received critical 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 be 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 due to 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 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 is 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. 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 librarian (Sunil Thapa) in a dilapidated building 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
S. Vasudevan 'Vasu' Kamal Haasan
Sapna Rati Agnihotri
Sandhya Madhavi
Chakram Rakesh Bedi
Vasu's father (V. Sivaramakrishnan) Poornam Vishwanathan
Jagannath Satyen Kappu
Sapna's mother (Mrs. Kundanlal) Shubha Khote
Danny Raza Murad
G. Haribabu Asrani
Sapna's father (Kundanlal) Arvind Deshpande

Ek Duuje Ke Liye marked the debut of three actors from South India in Hindi films: leading lad Kamal Haasan, leading lady Rati Agnihotri and supporting heroine Madhavi. Three of them received Filmfare nominations.

The only person who was missing in the Hindi remake who was in the original Telugu film Maro Charitra (1978) 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 version.

Soundtrack

Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Soundtrack album by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Released 1981 (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]

  • "Tere Mere Beech Mein" – Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  • "Hum Tum Dono Jab Mil Jayen" – Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  • "Mere Jeevan Saathi" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Paudwal
  • "Hum Bane Tum Bane" – Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  • "Tere Mere Beech Mein" (Sad) – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  • "Solah Baras Ki Bali Umar" – by Lata Mangeshkar, Anup Jalota

Two portions of "Tere Mere Beech Mein" were 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 2 "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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