Pyaar Ka Mandir
Pyar Ka Mandir is a 1988 Indian Bollywood family-drama film directed by K. Bapaiah, released on 1 April 1988. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Nirupa Roy, Raj Kiran, Shoma Anand, Kader Khan and Aruna Irani. The movie released some months after Kishore Kumar died, but his song "Ae Duniya Tujhko Salaam" remains an evergreen hit.
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| Directed by | K. Bapaiah |
| Produced by | Shabnam Kapoor |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Madhavi Raj Kiran Shoma Anand Kader Khan Aruna Irani |
| Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal Anand Bakshi (Lyrics) |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Synopsis
Laxmi Kumar (Nirupa Roy), a widowed school teacher, lives with her three sons, Sanjay, Vijay and Ajay, and daughter, Meena in their family home they call "House of Love". The talented Vijay secretly does manual labor to augment his mom's income, so that his brothers can study IAS and law respectively.
Meena is to be married to a young man named Satish, and Laxmi goes to withdraw her chit fund from Gopal Khaitan, only to find out that he has duped her. The devastated family gather to confront this, only to have their mom lose her teaching job. Vijay swears to apprehend Gopal, a confrontation ensues, and Gopal is killed. In this way Vijay gets the money so that Meena's wedding takes place, while his brothers continue to study. Vijay is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison.
After his discharge, Vijay returns home to find that their family home has been sold. Ajay, who is now the collector, has married Sapna, a very wealthy woman. They have a daughter, Geeta, and are living in a government bungalow; Sanjay is now a lawyer and is living in a palatial home. Both brothers reject Vijay and have nothing to do with him. Devastated he starts driving an auto-rickshaw for a living, hoping that he meets with his mother, who, as he has been told by his brothers, is away on a religious pilgrimage. Vijay does meet his mom, who is working as a common laborer at a construction site, and confronts his brothers. The truth will be revealed as to why Vijay confessed to killing Gopal.
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty as Vijay Kumar
- Madhavi as Radha
- Raj Kiran as Ajay Kumar
- Sachin as Sanjay Kumar
- Shoma Anand as Sapna
- Nirupa Roy as Mrs. Laxmi Kumar
- Satyen Kappu as Mr Kumar Seen in Only Photo in Photoframe ( Uncredited)
- Kader Khan as Dr. Bhuljaanewala
- Aruna Irani as Mrs. Shanti Bhuljaanewala
- Bharat Kapoor as Gopal Seth
- Shakti Kapoor as Dilip
- Raza Murad as Adam Khan
- Asrani as Patient
- Dhumal as Patient
Music
'Aye Duniya Tujhko Salaam', superbly sung by Kishore Kumar in his powerful voice, remains popular to this day.
- "Pyar Ke Pahle Kadam Pe" - Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik
- "O Meri Jaan Meri Jaan" - Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik
- "Jhopad Patti Zindabad" - Kishore Kumar
- "Aye Duniya Tujhko Salam" - Kishore Kumar
- "Log Jahan Per Rahate Hain" - Mohammad Aziz, Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan
- "Log Jahan Per Rahate Hain" (Sad) - Mohammad Aziz
Box office
The film was a super hit and fifth highest-grossing movie of 1988.[1]