Ek Duje Ke Liye images Was on a movie-watching spree the past few weeks and half-heartedly rented Ek Duje Ke Liye. Now a Bollywood movie with a story like EDKL would not really seem to be cut out for today's age and more so if you happen to watch it alongwith a crop of very good tamil and mallu flicks . However I didn't return the disc midway as I'd expected and ended up fairly liking it till the end.



Ek Duje Ke Liye was released the 5th June 1981 and it marked the first foray of Balachander, Kamal and SPB into Bollywood(Out of academic interest, one might add Anuradha Sriram to the list). KB made it an eminently watchable one and while the plot was far too hackneyed for his style, there was enough in the movie to retain the viewer's interest.



While the movie is now part of Bollywood history, full credit goes to the Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo for one of Hindi cinema's enduring musicals. This was after all the period when the music industry was on a downward spiral after Rafi's death and R.D Burman was hitting a steep decline. L-P went on to rule the early 80s and increasing gangster-oriented movies in place of the romances led to the death of Hindi music in that decade.

Familiar story but still a worthy watch.

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