''Arpan'' () is a 1983

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-language

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, produced and directed by

J. Om Prakash Jay Om Prakash (24 January 1926 – 7 August 2019) was an Indian film producer and director. He directed films like '' Aap Ki Kasam'' (1974), ''Aakraman'', '' Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka'', '' Aakhir Kyon?'' (1985) with Rajesh Khanna as the lead ...

under the Filmyug Pvt. Ltd. banner. It stars

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, Reena Roy and

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and

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composed the music.Arpan : Complete Cast and Crew details

Plot

The film begins with love birds Anil & Shobha who are about to wedlock. Shobha works in a private firm owned by a multimillionaire JK a stubborn. Once, he runs wild with Shobha when she smacks him. Thereby, humiliated JK challenged to possess her by all means. Parallelly, Anil's sister Vinnie loves a guy Rakesh an employee of JK and everyone approves of the match. Just after, Anil moves abroad, when, unfortunately, Vinnie becomes pregnant and Rakesh decides to marry her. Being cognizant of it, JK exploits and extorts Shobha to knit him by abducting Rakesh which she accepts. Soon, she performs Rakesh & Vinnie's wedding and according to the agreement, Shobha marries JK. Later, Rakesh & Vinnie realizes her sacrifice when Shobha requests them to maintain silence. Meanwhile, Anil returns, misconstrues Shobha, and being devastated he goes on a trip. Therein, he is acquainted with a girl Sona, and they couple up. Besides, tragically JK is diagnosed with cancer which makes him repent. Then, Shobha flourishes her true affection for him and she becomes pregnant. After some time, JK passes away when Anil affirms the actuality of Rakesh. Since he feels regret immediately meets Shobha to apologize. Later, she gives birth to a baby boy when Anil cares for her. Spotting it, Sona suspects, in that agony, she meets with an accident and becomes unable to conceive anymore. Hence, she denounces Shobha but understands her virtue by divulging the truth. At last, Shobha reaches Anil, and hands over her baby to Sona. Finally, the movie ends with Shobha leaving her breath in Anil's lap.

Cast

as Anil Verma *

as JK * Reena Roy as Shobha *

as Sona *

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as Rakesh * Priti Sapru as Vinnie Verma *

Tom Alter Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie ...

as Anil's friend *

Dina Pathak Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi a ...

as Anil's mother *

Sujit Kumar Sujit Kumar (7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010) was an Indian actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s through the 1990s, and in at least 20 Bhojpuri films. Sujit played the major lead actor in many films in ...

as Ashok *

Sudhir Dalvi Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film '' Shirdi ...

as Sona's Baba *

Sulochana Latkar Sulochana Latkar (born 30 July 1928) known by her screen name Sulochana, is a well-known actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema and has acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She is most known for her performances in Marathi ...

as Shoba's mother

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, while lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films directed by J. Om Prakash Hindi-language drama films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub