Maqsad

Maqsad
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Directed by	K. Bapaiah
Produced by	D. Rama Naidu
Written by	Murali Paruchari Gopalakrishna Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao Paruchuri
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Jeetendra Jayapradha Sridevi Amjad Khan Prem Chopra Ranjeet Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan Waheeda Rehman Shreeram Lagoo G. Asrani
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Cinematography	A. Venkatesh
Editing by	K.A. Marthand
Distributed by	D. Rama Naidu
Release date(s)	May 4, 1984
Running time	200 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Maqsad (English translation: Aim) is a 1984 Hindi film^[1] directed by K. Bapaiah and starring Rajesh Khanna and Jumping Jack Jeetendra in the lead roles. This was the third straight movie with Rajesh and Jeetendra together in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Mundadugu (1983) directed by K. Bapaiah and produced by D. Rama Naidu. It was the second highest grosser at the box office in 1984.^[2]

The movie is third film produced by D. Rama Naidu with Rajesh Khanna in the lead after Prem Nagar and Bandish. The music is by Bappi Lahiri. This film saw Amjad Khan play a comedian.

Plot

Rajeshwar is the only son of Dharamraj, who is an industrialist, and partners with Naglingam Reddy, Nagendra, and Dhanraj. Rajeshwar then meets a girl from a poor family Bharati, who happens to be his school teachers daughter and falls in love with her. Bharati's father is Vishnupratap a schoolteacher, who is really uhappy for he is unable to earn enough money to feed his family and provide them with basic amenities. He and other teachers work in the school managed by Dharamraj. The fund management headed by Dhanraj have been for years without giving any hike in fees to teachers making them work. When Rajeshwar comes to know of these he starts confronting each lie of the partners.Bharati has a neighbour, Tilak, who is unemployed, and lives with his mother, Sharda, who works as a maidservant in Dhanraj's house.Later he gets job of a manager in Dharamraj industries and starts almost obstructing all the criminal activities carried out by the 3 partners. Rajeshwar gets impressed with the sincerity of Tila.Meanwhile Tilak falls in love with the Dhanraj'daughter, Rani. Dharamraj accidentally meets Sharda and he realises that Tilak is his long lost nephew. Dharamraj tells Rajeshwar the history of his family and how Tilak is related to him. Then Dharamraj gets killed, and the evidence points towards Tilak and he has to gather evidence to prove his innocence.

Reception

It grossed 10.40 crores in 1984 and second highest grossing movie of the year 1984.^[3]

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna as Rajeshwar
• Jeetendra as Tilak
• Jayapradha as Rani
• Sridevi as Bharati
• Prem Chopra as Dhanraj
• Om Shivpuri as Dharamraj
• Ranjeet as Nagendra
• Kader Khan as Naglingam Reddy
• Shakti Kapoor as Nagpal
• Waheeda Rehman as Sharda
• Amjad Khan as Birju

Music

• " O Devi O Baby" - Kishore Kumar
• "Gussa Chhodh Dil Na Tod" - Kishore Kumar
• "Haan Garmi Hai" - Kishore Kumar, Janaki S
• " Pyar Tumne Kiya Na" - Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
• "Ajao nagraja tum ajao" - Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle

References

1. ^ http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Maqsad
2. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=190&catName=MTk4NA==
3. ^ http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Maqsad

External links

• Maqsad at the Internet Movie Database