Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye

Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
Directed by	T. Rama Rao
Produced by	D. V. S. Raju
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Rekha Rati Agnihotri Ranjeeta Danny Denzongpa Asrani
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal Anand Bakshi (Lyrics)
Release date(s)	23 September 1983
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye is an Indian Bollywood film directed by T. Rama Rao released on 23 September 1983. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Rekha, Rati Agnihotri, Ranjeeta, Danny Denzongpa, Asrani. The movie portrayed the social issue of single parenthood, as similarly done in Kundan Shah's 2000 film Kya Kehna.

Plot

Rati Agnihotri plays a young girl from a middle-class family who meets a young man (Mithun Chakraborty), who is the womanising son of a well-known lawyer (Danny Denzongpa). After dating each other for some time, she finds that she is pregnant. However, he shirks his responsibility and refuses to marry her. She does not want an abortion as suggested by her parents and tells them that she wants to take Mithun to court. Her parents throw her out and 'disown' her, left alone she decides to bring Mithun to justice. She meets Rekha, a lawyer who works for woman's rights.

In the past, Rekha was Mithun's father's lover, and as a result she gave birth to a daughter. Rekha doesn't want the story to repeat again and drags Mithun to court. She win the court case and her quest for justice is rewarded in her favor. After losing the case, Mithun decides to marry Rati and give their illegitimate child his family name. Rati disagrees and decides that she can manage on her own and she doesn't need Mithun's support.

In the meantime, Rekha dies because of a heart attack. Rati promises her to take care of her daughter, and carries on her work.

Cast

• Mithun Chakraborty ... Suresh Ray
• Rekha ... Shakuntala
• Rati Agnihotri ... Malati
• Ranjeeta ... Viswanath Agarwal (Malati's father)
• Danny Denzongpa ... Dayashankar Ray
• Asrani ... Abdul Lateef
• Seema Deo ... Mrs. Shanti Dayashankar Ray (Suresh's mother)

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"I Love You"	Shailendra Singh, Asha Bhosle
2	"O Haseena"	Amit Kumar
3	"Laila O Meri Laila"	Amit Kumar
4	"Nahin Main Woh"	Asha Bhosle
5	"Prem Duddth Aaya"	Asha Bhosle

Awards

• Rekha received a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, the only nomination for the film.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf

External links

• Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye at the Internet Movie Database