Faasle

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Faasle
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Directed by Yash Chopra
Produced byYash Chopra
Starring Sunil Dutt
Rekha
Farooq Shaikh
Deepti Naval
Rohan Kapoor
Farah
Raj Kiran
Music by Shiv-Hari
Production
company
Release date
  • 27 September 1985 (1985-09-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Faasle is a 1985 Indian film produced and directed by Yash Chopra.

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The film stars Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rohan Kapoor, Farah, Raj Kiran, Sushma Seth and Aloknath. The film is the debut film for Rohan Kapoor, son of singer Mahendra Kapoor and also for the actress Farah, niece of Shabana Azmi. The film's music was composed by Shiv-Hari with lyrics by Shahryar. This film was panned by the critics for bad storyline and editing. [1]

Plot

Vikram is proud and wealthy. His wife having died young, Vikram has brought up his son Sanjay and daughter Chandni, sacrificing his own personal happiness, choosing a secret relationship over marriage, with Maya. He dotes upon his children and is very protective about his daughter.

When Vijay comes into Chandni's life and steals her heart - they realize the course of true love never runs smooth and her father's disapproval and her impending arranged marriage threatens the love between Chandni and Vijay.

Faasle is a story about the blind sense of duty inculcated by the older generation and the self-confidence and arrogance of the youth, it is a story of everyone doing what they believe to be right, all in the name of Love.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shiv-Hari and the lyrics were penned by Shahryar.

SongSinger
"Faasle Hai Bahut" Asha Bhosle
"Chandni Tu Hai Kahan" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"In Aankhon Ke Zeenon Se"Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"Janam Janam Mere Sanam"Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"Hum Chup Hain" (Duet)Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"Hum Chup Hain" (Solo)Lata Mangeshkar
"Sun Le Yeh Sara Zamana"Lata Mangeshkar
"Yeh Kafile Yaadon Ke"Asha Bhosle
"Mora Banna Dulhan Leke Aaya" Pamela Chopra, Shobha Gurtu

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