Bewafai

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Bewafai
Bewafai poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by R. Thyagarajan
Produced byC. Dhandayudapani
Starring Rajesh Khanna
Rajinikanth
Tina Munim
Padmini Kohlapure
Meenakshi Seshadri
Pran
Music by Bappi Lahiri
Release date
  • 5 July 1985 (1985-07-05)
Running time
130 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Bewafai is a 1985 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna and Rajinikanth. The film was directed by R. Thyagarajan. Bewafai grossed Rs 11.95 crore at the box office in 1985. [1] The film was a box office success. [2]

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Plot

Asha has been in love with Ashok since her childhood. But somehow she was never able to convey her feelings for him throughout her childhood and college days. Now Ashok works as an employee of her father Diwan Sardarilal. She becomes very possessive about him to the point where she cannot stand the thought of another woman then trying to woo him. The possessiveness becomes so strong that Asha beats up a woman Vinny over Ashok. She tries to be aware of Ashok's whereabouts. Renu falls in love with Ashok, breaking Asha heart. She learns that Ashok has long taken care of Renu. Asha decides to meet Renu to teach her a lesson but when she finds that Renu is a mental patient and Ashok has been nursing her, she changes her heart and begins to assist Ashok in doing service to the mentally imbalanced Renu. Their lives take an unexpected turn when Ranveer shoots Ashok and leaves him mortally wounded.

Cast

Music

SongSingerLyricist(s)
"Hum Apni Wafa Yaad" Lata Mangeshkar Hasan Kamal
"Hum Apni Wafa Yaad" Kishore Kumar Hasan Kamal
"Shukriya Dil Diya" Kishore Kumar Faruk Kaiser
"Aaiye Na Kasam Se" Asha Bhosle Indeevar
"Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo"Asha BhosleFaruk Kaiser
"Suno Zara Mere Sanam"Asha BhosleHasan Kamal
"Lachakta Jism, Jalte Lab"Asha BhosleHasan Kamal
"Ek Nazar Bas Dekhe"Asha BhosleFaruk Kaiser
"Piya Aa, Piya Aa"Asha BhosleIndeevar

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