Avtaar
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| Directed by | Mohan Kumar |
| Produced by | Mohan Kumar |
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Rajesh Khanna Shabana Azmi Sujit Kumar AK Hangal Gulshan Grover Shashi Puri Priti Sapru Sachin Yunus Parvez |
| Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | K. K. Mahajan |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Avtaar is a 1983 film starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Rajesh Khanna did achieve success from Amardeep and Prem Bandhan onwards, but this was Rajesh Khanna's biggest hit film in terms of box office collections after his bad phase from 1976 to 1978. Avtaar was a commercial hit, and was critically acclaimed. It also earned several Filmfare nominations. However Rajesh Khanna missed the Best Actor award to Naseeruddin Shah for Masoom. In 1986 Mohan Kumar made Amrit with Rajesh Khanna in the lead as an old man but with different story line. Rajesh Khanna bagged All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film for the year 1983.
The film was later remade into the Telugu film O Thandri Teerpu (1985) starring Murali Mohan and Jayasudha, in Kannada as "Kaliyuga" starring Rajesh and Aarthi, in Malayalam as Jeevitham starring Madhu and in Tamil as Vaazhkai with Sivaji Ganesan. Baghban in 2003 starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini was partially inspired from this film.
The film starts with a mourning being held at Avtaar Industries. Radha Kishen (Shabana Azmi) garlands her husband Avtaar Kishen's (Rajesh Khanna) bust. The story starts from a flashback. Radha is the only daughter of Seth Jugal Kishore (Madan Puri). Radha is in love with Avtaar, a poor boy. Jugal Kishore resents Radha's love. Hence, the duo elope and get married.
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