Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) [N/A]

Featuring:
Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi

Written by:
Inder Raj Anand
K. Balachander

Directed by:
K. Balachander


Release Date:
June 4, 1981

Original Title:
एक दूजे के लिए

Alternate Titles:
(We Are) Made For Each Other
Ek Duuje Ke Liye

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Prasad Art Pictures

Production Countries:
India

Ratings / Certifications:
IN: UA 

Runtime: 163

A love story between a Tamil man a North Indian woman, who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other and they have regular skirmishes. When they admit their love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea.

Hindi-speaking collegian Sapna lives a wealthy lifestyle in Dona Paula, near Panaji, Goa, India, along with her Professor dad, Kundanlal, and mom. Their immediate neighbors are Tamil-speaking vegetarian tenants, V. Sivaramakrishan, his wife, Vandana and son, Vasudevan, and detest the Kundanlals' meat-eating habits. Both families are aghast with surprise and anger when they find out that Sapna and Vasudevan are in love with each other. Strong opposition only strengthens their romance, forcing the families to compel the couple to stay away for a year, and not to communicate to each other in any manner. Both agree, and Vasudevan leaves for Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to work for G. Haribabu, a Chartered Accountant. Vasudevan befriends a widow, Sandhya, and learns how to dance as well as read and write Hindi, while his dad arranges his marriage with Tamil-speaking Tulsi. While on a trip to Mangalore he finds out that Sapna has got married to Chakravarty, and instantly decides to propose to Sandhya, who agrees to marry him. Does this signal the end of their romance? What impact will Vasudevan's past have on Sandhya when she eventually finds out about his feelings about Sapna?

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Rankings and Honors

Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.3/10
Awards Won: 5 wins & 9 nominations

Dialogue:
Inder Raj Anand

Director:
K. Balachander

Director of Photography:
B. S. Lokanath

Editor:
N. R. Kittu

Original Music Composer:
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma

Producer:
L. V. Prasad

Writer:
K. Balachander

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