Aasha (1980)

Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, ... See full summary »

Director:

J. Om Prakash

Writers:

Ram Kelkar, Ramesh Pant (dialogue)

Stars:

Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeetendra	...	Deepak
Reena Roy	...	Asha
Rameshwari	...	Mala
Girish Karnad	...	Deepak
Sulochana Latkar	...	Deepak's mom (as Sulochana)
Master Bhagwan	...	Mr. Pinto (as Bhagwan)
Sunder	...	Kishanlal Halka
Shivraj	...	Mala's dad
Dulari	...	Chachi
Yunus Parvez	...	Yunus
Birbal
Sudhir Dalvi	...	Poojari
Madhu Apte
Keshav Rana
Hansnee Dutt

Storyline

Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, introduces her to him mom, and soon they are married. Mala has eye problems, and eventually loses her sight. While travelling, Deepak has an accident and his body is nowhere to be found. Deepak's mom blames a pregnant Mala for this bad luck, and throws her out of the house. Mala gives birth to a baby girl, and both live a very poor and destitute life. Deepak has met with Asha several times, and would like to marry her. Asha would also like to marry Deepak. And then Asha finds out that Mala is still alive, and she must now decide to withhold that information from Deepak so she could marry him instead or tell him the truth and lose him forever.

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

4 March 1980 (India)

Also Known As:

A Canção da Esperança

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmyug PVT Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director J. Om Prakash managed to include in "Aasha" the first screen appearance of his grandson - future Hindi film superstar Hrithik Roshan, then aged only 6 - by shooting him in a music interlude without the boy's knowledge. J. Om Prakash, recalling the event in 2004: 'The song ("Jaane Hum Sadak Ke Logon Se") was to be shot on Jeetendra. Hrithik was on the sets and he liked the interlude music very much and started dancing. I had asked my camera-person and crew to be ready. I asked Hrithik if he liked the song and he said, "Yes, deda, it is lovely music." I replayed the music and he started dancing and we shot it without his knowledge. When the music was over, the entire studio applauded excitingly. The remaining part of the music was to be shot in the same way with Jeetu (Jeetendra, the film's star). After Jeetu's shot was over he came to me and said "For God's sake don't shoot a single more shot in this film with this boy, otherwise the audience will hoot my performance." [Cafe Celeb, January 2004, p. 19]

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Connections

Remade as Anuraga Devatha (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Dhak Dhakse Dhakadna Sikhade"
Performed by Mohammad Rafi
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Music on H.M.V.

User Reviews

beautiful movie !!!

this is one of the smoothest, coolest and most beautiful movie ever produced in bollywood.

a very cool movie starring jeetu, rena roy and rameshwari. the plot, the scriptwriting, the characters were well portrayed. j. om prakash is a master in love story.

the songs are very stimulating. the song 'ashaon ke sawan me' is a masterpiece. jeetu and rena looked extremely radiant and classic. jeetu is ever good in love songs. he is extremely gifted, and directors who understand how to exploit this gift and ability in jeetu enjoy the comfort that he radiates in doing love scenes. he is really a blessing to Hindi filmworld.

aasha is a film to watch any day !!!