Aatish (film)
Aatish (transl. Fire) is a 1979 Hindi-language action film, produced by Mohan Kumar under the EMKAY Enterprises banner and directed by Ambrish Sangal. It stars Jeetendra, Neetu Singh in the pivotal roles and music composed by Ravindra Jain. The film was remade as Telugu movie Devudichina Koduku (1980).
| Aatish | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ambrish Sangal |
| Produced by | Mohan Kumar |
| Written by | Mushtaq Jalili Ravindra Jain (lyrics) |
| Starring | Jeetendra Neetu Singh |
| Music by | Ravindra Jain |
| Cinematography | K. K. Mahajan S.N. Dubey |
| Edited by | Pratap Bhatt |
Production company | EMKAY Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Mr. Rai is a wealthy businessman in Jammu, India, and lives in a palatial house with his wife, Shobha, a wheelchair-bound daughter, Ashu, a grown son, Rakesh, and a school-going son, Raju. His son despises him and is waiting for him for to die so that he can inherit all the wealth and spend it on dancing girls, alcohol, and gambling. One day while Rai was returning from the Jammu & Kashmir Bank with a suitcase full of cash, he is attacked by bandits, but is rescued by a young man named Anand. Anand is injured in this attack and is nursed by Shobha and the rest of the Rai family. Rai himself trusts Anand and initially appoints him as a Chief Supervisor, very much to the chagrin of Rakesh, who attempts, in vain, to implicate Anand in the theft of 2 Lakh Rupees. Anand uses fisticuffs to convince a hoodlum named Girdhari to let go of Rai's property. These incidents provoke Rai to ask Rakesh to leave the house and promote Anand as the Manager. What the Rai family do not know is that Anand actually works for Girdhari and enacted this charade just to get in the good books of the Rai family - his motive to steal a golden statue of a Hindu Deity. He then steals the statue and Rai caught him red-handed and had a heart attack and died instantly and the family members rejected him and distrusted him.
Cast
- Jeetendra as Anand
- Neetu Singh as Shanno
- Madan Puri as Girdhari
- Om Shivpuri as Mr.Rai
- Nirupa Roy as Shobha Rai
- Sujit Kumar as Khan the Bank Manager
- Mukri as Diwan Chotelal
- Dheeraj Kumar as Rakesh Rai
- Brahm Bhardwaj as Rai's lawyer
- Birbal as Gambler
- Mumtaz Begum as Shanno's mother
- Rinku as Ashu Rai
- Master Raju Shrestha as Raju Rai
- Leena Das as an item dancer
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Babu Managera Ve" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 2 | "Oh Meri Ladli Pyari Behna" | Mohammed Rafi, Hemlata |
| 3 | "Tere Chahne Wale Aaye Hain" | Mohammed Rafi, Hemlata, Bhushan Mehta, Asha Bhosle |
| 4 | "Sharab Hai Sharab Hai" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 5 | "Main Nehla Thi" | Asha Bhosle |
| 6 | "Ladke Ke Bhes Mein" | Asha Bhosle |