Aatish (film)

Aatish
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ambrish Sangal
Written by	Mushtaq Jalili Ravindra Jain (lyrics)
Produced by	Mohan Kumar
Starring	Jeetendra Neetu Singh
Cinematography	K. K. Mahajan S.N. Dubey
Edited by	Pratap Bhatt
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Production company	EMKAY Enterprises
Release date	23 February 1979 (1979-02-23)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aatish (transl. Fire) is a 1979 Hindi-language action film, produced by Mohan Kumar under the EMKAY Enterprises banner and directed by Ambrish Sangal. It stars Jeetendra, Neetu Singh in the pivotal roles and music composed by Ravindra Jain. The film was remade as Telugu movie Devudichina Koduku (1980).

Plot

Mr. Rai is a wealthy businessman in Jammu, India, and lives in a palatial house with his wife, Shobha, a wheelchair-bound daughter, Ashu, a grown son, Rakesh, and a school-going son, Raju. His son despises him and is waiting for him for to die so that he can inherit all the wealth and spend it on dancing girls, alcohol, and gambling. One day while Rai was returning from the Jammu & Kashmir Bank with a suitcase full of cash, he is attacked by bandits, but is rescued by a young man named Anand. Anand is injured in this attack and is nursed by Shobha and the rest of the Rai family. Rai himself trusts Anand and initially appoints him as a Chief Supervisor, very much to the chagrin of Rakesh, who attempts, in vain, to implicate Anand in the theft of 2 Lakh Rupees. Anand uses fisticuffs to convince a hoodlum named Girdhari to let go of Rai's property. These incidents provoke Rai to ask Rakesh to leave the house and promote Anand as the Manager. What the Rai family do not know is that Anand actually works for Girdhari and enacted this charade just to get in the good books of the Rai family - his motive to steal a golden statue of a Hindu Deity. He then steals the statue and Rai caught him red-handed and had a heart attack and died instantly and the family members rejected him and distrusted him.

Cast

• Jeetendra as Anand
• Neetu Singh as Shanno
• Madan Puri as Girdhari
• Sujit Kumar as Khan (Bank Manager)
• Nirupa Roy as Shobha Rai
• Om Shivpuri as Mr. Rai
• Mukri as Diwan Chotelal
• Dheeraj Kumar as Rakesh Rai
• Brahm Bhardwaj as Rai's lawyer
• Birbal as Gambler
• Mumtaz Begum as Shanno's Mother
• Rinku as Ashu Rai
• Master Raju Shrestha as Raju Rai
• Leena Das as an Item Dancer

Soundtrack

Song	Singer
"Babu Managera Ve"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Oh Meri Ladli, Pyari Behna, Rani Behna"	Mohammed Rafi, Hemlata
"Kahin Naam Na Apna Likh Dena Kisi Ulte Seedhe Kaagaz Par"	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Hemlata
"Sharaab Hai, Haan Sharaab Hai"	Mohammed Rafi
"Main Nehla Thi Bas Nehla"	Asha Bhosle
"Ladke Ke Bhes Mein Ladki Hoon"	Asha Bhosle

External links

• Aatish at IMDb