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Main page Ek Duuje Ke Liye (transl. (We Are Made) For Each Other ) is a 1981
Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Contents Hindi romantic tragedy film directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal
Featured content Haasan and Rati Agnihotri. It was a remake of the director's own Telugu
Current events film Maro Charitra (1978), which had Kamal Haasan playing the lead
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role. The film was labelled a "blockbuster" at the box office in 1981,
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earning a total of ₹100 million (US$1.4 million) in receipts. [1][2] The film
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featured lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi and music by Laxmikant-
Interaction Pyarelal. It received critical acclaim upon release, winning a National
Help Film Award and 13 Filmfare nominations, eventually winning three. Got
About Wikipedia No. 6 on Box-Office collection list.[3]
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Contact page 1 Plot
2 Cast
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3 Soundtrack
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4 Awards and nominations
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5 References Poster
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Special pages 6 External links Directed by K. Balachander
Permanent link Produced by L. V. Prasad
Page information Written by K. Balachander
Wikidata item Plot [edit]
Starring Kamal Haasan
Cite this page Rati Agnihotri
The movie is about the love between a Tamil man, Vasu (Kamal
Madhavi
Print/export Haasan), and a North Indian woman, Sapna (Rati Agnihotri), who are
Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Create a book neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and
Download as PDF can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other Cinematography B. S. Lokanath
Printable version and they have regular skirmishes. When Vasu and Sapna admit their Edited by N. R. Kittu

love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea. Release date 5 June 1981
Languages
Running time 163 minutes
As a ploy to separate the lovers, their parents impose a condition that
Language Hindi
Deutsch Vasu and Sapna should stay away from each other for a year. After such
‫ﻓﺎر ﺳ ﯽ‬ Budget 10 million
a period, if they still want to be together, they can get married. During the
Français Box office ₹100 million
year there should be no contact between them whatsoever. Vasu and
(US$1.4 million)[1]
Sapna reluctantly agree to the condition and decide to separate.
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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

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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 when Vasu and Sapna commit suicide by
jumping off a cliff.

Cast [edit]

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
Vasu's mother (Vandana) Athili Lakshmi
Librarian Sunil Thapa

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 [edit]

The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were

Ek Duuje Ke Liye
written by Anand Bakshi. It was the first Hindi film for South Indian singer
Soundtrack album by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; the music directors were initially against
Released 1981
including him, feeling that the "Madrasi" would not do justice to a Hindi
Genre Feature film soundtrack
composition, but Balachander cited that if the lead character played by
Length 30:03
Haasan could not speak Hindi well, then even if Balasubrahmanyam
Language Hindi
blemished the song, it would "capture the character."[4]
Label HMV/Saregama
Two portions of "Tere Mere Beech Mein" were later sampled in the hit
Producer Laxmikant-Pyarelal
2004 Britney Spears song "Toxic" as part of its hook.[5]
External media
Original Tracklist Audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
Video
1. "Tere Mere Beech Anand Bakshi Lata Mangeshkar, 5:19
Video Song Jukebox on YouTube
Mein" S. P.
Balasubrahmanyam
2. "Hum Tum Dono Anand Bakshi Lata Mangeshkar, 3:11
Jab Mil Jayen" S. P.
Balasubrahmanyam
3. "Mere Jeevan Anand Bakshi S. P. 4:57
Saathi" Balasubrahmanyam,
Anuradha Paudwal
4. "Hum Bane Tum Anand Bakshi Lata Mangeshkar, 5:14
Bane" S. P.
Balasubrahmanyam
5. "Tere Mere Beech Anand Bakshi S. P. 4:34
Mein (Sad)" Balasubrahmanyam
6. "Solah Baras Ki Anand Bakshi Lata Mangeshkar, 6:48
Bali Umar" Anup Jalota
Total length: 30:03

Awards and nominations [edit]

National Film Awards

Best Male Playback Singer – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Filmfare Awards

Wins

Best Editing – N.R. Kitoo

Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for the song "Tere Mere Beech"
Best Screenplay – K. Balachander
Nominations

Best Film
Best Director – K. Balachander
Best Actor – Kamal Haasan
Best Actress – Rati Agnihotri
 Best Supporting Actress – Madhavi
Best Performance in a Comic Role – Asrani
Best Story – K. Balachander
Best Music Director – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for the song "Solah Baras Ki Bali Umar"
Best Male Playback Singer – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for the song "Tere Mere Beech"

References [edit]
a b
1. ^ "Box Office 1981" . Box Office India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009 . Retrieved 15 October
2009.
2. ^ " 'Vishwaroop' gets good response in Hindi belts" . Times of India. 3 February 2013 . Retrieved 3 February 2013.
3. ^ List of Bollywood films of 1981
4. ^ K, Bhumika (10 August 2014). " 'I know what I don't know ' " . The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 10 October
2019.
5. ^ "Does Britney Spears 'Toxic' Owe Its Catchy Melody To A Bollywood Song?" . UPROXX. 21 June 2016. Retrieved
24 November 2018.

External links [edit]

Ek Duuje Ke Liye on IMDb

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Categories: 1981 films Hindi-language films 1980s Hindi-language films Indian films
Films directed by K. Balachander Hindi remakes of Telugu films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Films set in Goa Indian romance films Films with screenplays by K. Balachander
Films based on Romeo and Juliet Films shot in Goa

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