Main Tere Liye

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Main Tere Liye
Directed by Vijay Anand
Produced by Dev Anand
Starring Rajendra Kumar
Asha Parekh
Suneil Anand
Meenakshi Seshadri
Cinematography Jal Mistry
Music by Bappi Lahiri
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
130 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Main Tere Liye is a 1988 Indian Bollywood film directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Dev Anand. [1] [2] It stars Rajendra Kumar, Asha Parekh, Suneil Anand, Meenakshi Seshadri in lead roles. [1]

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Cast

Production

Suniel Anand, Dev Anand's son, was cast in the film, in one of the only films he acted in. [3] [4] According to Suparn Verma from Rediff.com, the film "made to kickstart the dead-on-arrival career of Dev Anand's son, Suniel", without much success. [5] This idea was repeated by Asha Parekh, who said Dev Anand produced the film "to launch his son Suneil". [6]

Soundtrack

The film's music is composed by Bappi Lahiri. Vijay Anand wrote the lyrics. [1]

SongSinger
"Main Tere Liye" Amit Kumar, S. Janaki
"Vaada Nibha Do" Amit Kumar
"Awaaz De Tu Kahan Hai" Amit Kumar
"Jane Se Lagte Ho" Bappi Lahiri
"Guru Bin Kaise" Anup Ghoshal
"Man Ke Mandir Mein" Anup Ghoshal

Reception

The film's music was received well, but it did not do well at the box office. [1] [7] Bombay: The City Magazine worte of the film's music, "There are six songs in this collection and despite Bappi Lahiri's uncontrollable urge to give them the rock-n-roll form, at least four of them stand out." [8]

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