Jeevan Ek Sanghursh (transl. Life is a Struggle) is a 1990 Bollywood film directed by Rahul Rawail, produced by D. Rama Naidu. It stars Raakhee, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in the leading roles. The film was successful and was the tenth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1990.[1] Rawail's father H. S. Rawail was also a film director, best known for romantic films like Mere Mehboob (1963), Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) and Laila Majnu (1976). By titling this film as Jeevan Ek Sanghursh, Rawail paid a tribute to one of his father's films; Sunghursh (1968), based on a novel written by the Bengali author Mahashweta Devi. The film was set in the 19th century and showcased the lives of bandits and stars actors like Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni, Sanjeev Kumar and Jayant.[2]
| Jeevan Ek Sanghursh | |
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| Directed by | Rahul Rawail |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar |
| Screenplay by | Javed Akhtar |
| Produced by | D. Rama Naidu |
| Starring | Raakhee Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit |
| Cinematography | K.S. Prakash Rao |
| Edited by | K. A. Marthand |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
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Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot edit
Widowed Sulakshana Devi (Raakhee) has three children: two sons, Arjun (Kanwaljit Singh) and Karan, and a daughter, Suman (Shehnaz Kudia). They live in a rented house and the landlord behaves badly with Sulakshana Devi and robs all her money. Karan decides to rob the landlord, but gets caught and is sent to the children's remand home. Sulakshana Devi decides to visit Karan before they leave for Mumbai, but realises that he ran away from the remand home. Karan also makes his way to Mumbai, where he is picked up by a garage owner.
During a road-side fight, grown up Karan (Anil Kapoor) is caught by police and is offered to work for Devraj Kamat (Anupam Kher), a criminal mastermind. Karan refuses the offer, but Kamat informs his rival Rattan Dholakia (Paresh Rawal). Rattan frames Karan for a murder of a police officer, but is freed by Kamat when he agrees to work with him. Karan tries to meet his family through Arjun (Kanwaljit Singh) and Suman (Shehnaz Kudia), but Sulakshana Devi refuses to accept him. Various incidents lead Karan to meet and fall in love with Madhu (Madhuri Dixit) and he decides to leave the underworld. However, Kamat and Dholakia join hands to destroy Karan as he was a critical part of their underworld operations.
Cast edit
- Raakhee as Sulakshana Devi
- Anil Kapoor as Karan Kumar
- Madhuri Dixit as Madhu Sen
- Anupam Kher as Devraj Kamat
- Paresh Rawal as Rattan Dholakia
- Moon Moon Sen as Shivani
- Pankaj Dheer as Mahesh Dholakia
- Kanwaljit Singh as Arjun Kumar
- Shehnaz Kudia as Suman
- Abhinav Chaturvedi as Vinod
- Chandrashekhar Dubey as Roop Chand
- Mangal Dhillon as Police Inspector Gill
Soundtrack edit
All lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar; all music is composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal[3]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jeevan Ek Sanghursh Hai — I" | Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 6:00 |
| 2. | "Mil Gayee O Mujhe Mil Gayee" | Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik | 5:13 |
| 3. | "Bach Ke Tu Jayegi Kahan" | Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 6:00 |
| 4. | "He Baba Re Baba" | Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 6:54 |
| 5. | "Husn Ki Malika Main" | Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Jeevan Ek Sanghursh Hai — II" | Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 3:13 |
| Total length: | 32:20 | ||
References edit
- ^ "Box Office 1990". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ Subhash K. Jha (24 September 2004). "H.S. Rawail: Death of a faded giant". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Hara Mandira Siṃha. Hindi filmography: 1981-1999, Volume 2. Satinder Kaur, University of California. p. 266.
