Ek Baar Kaho is a 1980

Bollywood films of 1980

-Highest grossing:The top forty box office hits of the year 1980-1980 releases:...

 Hindi language film produced for Rajshri Productions

Rajshri Productions

Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Hindi film production company. Rajshri partially works as a film distributor also. On 15 August 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri....

 by Tarachand Barjatya

Tarachand Barjatya

Tarachand Barjatya was a well known film producer of Indian films. He has produced many successful Hindi films from the 1960s through to the 1980s. He founded Rajshri Productions which continues to produce films even today. His mainstay was family oriented films based on human valuesHe was born...

 and directed by Lekh Tandon

Lekh Tandon

Lekh Tandon has directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. Recently he has acted in few movies such as Swades. He is brother of Urdu playwright Yograj Tandon.-Biography:...

. This romance and family drama stars Navin Nischol

Navin Nischol

Navin Nischol was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970.-Early life:...

 and Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...

 as lead pair and support cast of Kiran Vairale, Madan Puri

Madan Puri

Madan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films.-Early life:Madan Singh Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab to S. Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur...

, Rajendra Nath, Jagdeep

Jagdeep

Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...

, Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

, Dilip Dhawan, Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi is an Indian actor who is also father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, now Pakistan and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor...

.

Plot

Ravi Varma (Navin Nischol) loses his parents in childhood and wife Rajni in an accident. He keeps himself immersed in business. His family physician advises him to take a holiday for rest. He happens to meet Aarti Mathur(Shabana Azmi) and both are attracted to each other. Ravi is unable to express his love and attraction for Aarti. On the other hand, Aarti is unsure of Ravi's intentions and his feelings for her. Soon Aarti's marriage is arranged. Ravi must decide to speak out his feelings or observe silence to let Aarti's marriage as arranged. Further turn of events and his relation with Aarti is shown in the remaining part of the film.

Cast

• Navin Nischol
  Navin Nischol
  Navin Nischol was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970.-Early life:...
  
   as Ravi Varma
• Shabana Azmi
  Shabana Azmi
  Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...
  
   as Aarti Mathur
• Kiran Vairale as Aparna
• Madan Puri
  Madan Puri
  Madan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films.-Early life:Madan Singh Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab to S. Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur...
  
   as Dr. Puri, Rajni's father
• Rajendra Nath as Tooto Singh
• Jagdeep
  Jagdeep
  Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...
  
   as Hanuman Singh, hotel caretaker
• Anil Kapoor
  Anil Kapoor
  Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....
  
  
• Dilip Dhawan
• Suresh Oberoi
  Suresh Oberoi
  Suresh Oberoi is an Indian actor who is also father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, now Pakistan and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor...
  
  

Crew

• Direction – Lekh Tandon
  Lekh Tandon
  Lekh Tandon has directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. Recently he has acted in few movies such as Swades. He is brother of Urdu playwright Yograj Tandon.-Biography:...
  
  
• Story – Madhusudan Kalekar
• Screenplay – Madhusudan Kalekar, Lekh Tandon
  Lekh Tandon
  Lekh Tandon has directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. Recently he has acted in few movies such as Swades. He is brother of Urdu playwright Yograj Tandon.-Biography:...
  
  
• Dialogue – Rahi Masoom Reza
• Production – Tarachand Barjatya
  Tarachand Barjatya
  Tarachand Barjatya was a well known film producer of Indian films. He has produced many successful Hindi films from the 1960s through to the 1980s. He founded Rajshri Productions which continues to produce films even today. His mainstay was family oriented films based on human valuesHe was born...
  
  , Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya
• Production Company – Rajshri Productions
  Rajshri Productions
  Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Hindi film production company. Rajshri partially works as a film distributor also. On 15 August 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri....
  
  
• Editing – Mukhtar Ahmed
• Cinematograpy – Jehangir Choudhary
• Art Direction – Maharudra Shetty
• Choreography – Madhav Kishan
• Music Direction – Bappi Lahiri
  Bappi Lahiri
  Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri , born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.-Early...
  
  
• Lyrics – Dev Kohli, Mahendra Dehlvi, Maya Govind, Kulwant Jani
• Playback – Aarti Mukherjee, Bappi Lahiri
  Bappi Lahiri
  Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri , born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.-Early...
  
  , Jagjit Singh, Sulakshana Pandit
  Sulakshana Pandit
  Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...
  
  , K.J. Yesudas

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