''Raaste Pyar Ke'' ( ''Route of Love'') is a 1982

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-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

, produced and directed by

V. B. Rajendra Prasad Veeramachaneni Rajendra Prasad was an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. He won one National Film Award for ''Antastulu'' (1965) and two Fi ...

under his Jagapathi Art Productions banner. It stars

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, Rekha and Shabana Azmi with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. A love triangle, the film is a remake of the

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blockbuster movie ''

Dasara Bullodu ''Dasara Bullodu'' is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language romance film, produced and directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri and Chandrakala, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It is the first film of Rajendra ...

'' (1971), made by the same company and director.

Plot

Mohanlal Srivatsav is a plucky reared by his elder brother Sohanlal and sister-in-law Yashoda. Municipal Chairman Dwarka Prasad is the paternal uncle who separated from them on the provocation of his virago wife Saraswati. Mohan runs a mechanic shed opposite the house of devious & materialistic Udit Narayan Gupta who efforts to remove the shed but fails. However, his benevolent daughter Shyama loves Mohanlal but he is already in love with Shyama’s best friend Gauri. Just after tragically, Shyama is diagnosed with cancer when she also realises the love of Mohanlal & Gauri and sacrifices her. Now Udit Narayan conspires to knit Shyama with Mohanlal in a hope of her survival because she idolizes Mohanlal. Hence, he lures Saraswati and splits Mohan from his brother as they have adopted him in childhood. Future, he threatens Gauri to discard which she agrees owing to Shyama’s condition and decides to marry Suldev one that adores her. Here, Udit Narayan intrigues by setting fire to the venue when Mohan rescues them. Finally, the movie ends Shyama happily breathes her last, uniting Mohanlal & Gauri.

Cast

as Mohanlal Shrivatsav * Rekha as Gauri * Shabana Azmi as Shyama *

Shreeram Lagoo Dr.Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon. He was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hindi ...

as Dwarka Prasad * Utpal Dutt as Udit Narayan Gupta * Parikshit Sahni as Sohanlal Shrivastav *

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

as Suldev * Yunus Parvez as Seetaram * Mazhar Khan *

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as Saraswati *

Ashalata Wabgaonkar Ashalata Wabgaonkar (2 July 1941 – 22 September 2020) commonly known as Ashalata, was an Indian actress. Originally tracing her roots to Goa's Palolem village in Canacona ''taluka'' (or 'sub-district'), she was associated with the Mumbai-base ...

as Laxmi *

Shaukat Kaifi Shaukat Kaifi (21 October 1926 – 22 November 2019), also credited as Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Thea ...

* Baby Khushbu as Anu

Reception

Subhash K. Jha Subhash K. Jha is an Indian journalist and film critic. Based in Patna, Bihar, he is currently film critic with ''The Times of India'', ''Firstpost'', ''Deccan Chronicle'' and ''DNA News'', ''Rediff.com'', ''Free Press Journal'', besides TV channe ...

calls it "a typical South Indian masala-dosa film about two warring women sharing the same man".

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0359867 1980s Hindi-language films 1982 films 1982 romantic drama films Films directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi remakes of Telugu films Indian romantic drama films