Aasha (1980 film)

Aasha
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. Om Prakash
Written byRamesh Pant (dialogues)
Anand Bakshi(lyrics)
Story byRam Kelkar
Produced byJ. Om Prakash
StarringJeetendra
Reena Roy
Rameshwari
CinematographyV Babasaheb
Edited byNand Kumar
Music byLaxmikant Pyarelal
Production
company
Filmyug Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 21 March 1980 (1980-03-21)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aasha (transl.Hope) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by J. Om Prakash under the Filmyug Pvt. Ltd. banner. It stars Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a "Blockbuster" at the box office.[1] It was remade in Telugu as Anuraga Devatha (1982) and in Tamil as Sumangali (1983)[2]

Over the years, the film has become a cult classic. Director J. Om Prakash included in Aasha (1980) the first screen appearance of his grandson Hrithik Roshan.

  1. ^ "Box Office 1980". 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ Joshi, Namrata (7 August 2019). "J. Om Prakash: a personification of an older, genteel Bollywood". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 September 2022.