''Kalaakaar'' () is a 1983 Indian

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-language

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romantic musical film directed by P. Sambasiva Rao and produced by P. Anand Rao. The film stars

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and

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. It was released in the same year as ''Himmatwala'', Sridevi's breakthrough film in

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, but unlike the former, ''Kalaakaar'' was a box office disappointment. It is a remake of the 1982 Tamil Film ''

Payanangal Mudivathillai ''Payanangal Mudivathillai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Mohan and Poornima Jayaram, with Rajini, S. Ve. Shekher, Poornam Viswanathan, Rajesh and Goundamani in ...

''. Despite the film's failure, its soundtrack by

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was successful, especially the first track "Neele Neele Ambar Par" sung by

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. According to music expert Rajesh Subramanian the guitar piece in the song Neele Neele ambar was played by veteran guitarist Sunil Kaushik. Neele Neele Ambar is a remake of Tamil Song "Ilaya nila pozhigirathe" composed by

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for Payanangal Mudivathillai.

Plot

Radha Khanna comes from wealthy family and lives in a palatial house with her widowed father, Rohit. She has a friend Sheela, who also lives in a palatial house, surrounded by some shanty dwellings. One day when Radha goes to Sheela, they witness a young man named Ravikumar singing a song with his guitar. Radha is very impressed with this talented young man, and talks about him with her father. Rohit invites Ravi to sing at the inauguration of a temple, after which Radha invites him to sing live on radio: this is Ravi's first step toward stardom. Ravi and Radha fall in love with each other and hope to marry soon. Ravi continues to shine with his singing, and is felicitated. At the ceremony, he attributes his success all to himself, much to Radha's disappointment. This is the start of misunderstandings between the young couple, and as a result they stop seeing each other. Unknown to Radha, Ravi has been diagnosed with cancer and does not have long to live, which is why he decided to end things with Radha. Soon, Ravi learns that Radha is going to marry his doctor, Mohan. Doctor Mohan, who doesn't yet know about Radha and Ravi's history (but later does), tells Radha about Ravi's illness. Unable to bear that she'll live without Ravi, Radha consumes poison and tells him. Ravi (who is also succumbing to his illness) rushes to Radha's house. After sharing a moment together, Radha and Ravi die beside each other.

Cast

as Radha Khanna *

as Ravi Kumar *

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as Chander *

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as Karim Lala *

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as Sheela Mathur * Paintal as Ravi's neighbour *

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as Rohit Khanna *

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as Mathur * Kanwaljit Singh as Doctor Mohan *

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as Mevaram, Mathur's house servant *

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as himself *

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as himself *

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as himself

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by the duo

. and the lyrics penned by

. The track "Neele Neele Ambar Par" is a reuse of the original song "

Ilaya Nila ''Payanangal Mudivathillai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Mohan and Poornima Jayaram, with Rajini, S. Ve. Shekher, Poornam Viswanathan, Rajesh and Goundamani in ...

" from the

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-language film ''

'' (1982), which was composed by

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. # "Neele Neele Ambar Par (Male)" -

# "Ho Gori Teri Jawani Pe" - Kishore Kumar # "Khoye Khoye Rahe Teri" - Kishore Kumar,

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# "Deep Jalaye Jo" -

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# "Surajmukhi Mukhda Tera" -

, Suresh Wadkar # "Mera Pyar Mujhse Rootha" - Anuradha Paudwal, Suresh Wadkar # "Main Door Chala Jaoonga" - Suresh Wadkar # "Neele Neele Ambar Par (Female)" - Sadhana Sargam

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0187195, Kalaakaar 1983 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji Hindi remakes of Tamil films