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{{Infobox film
| name = Ek Duuje Ke Liye
| image = Ek Duuje ke liye.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[K. Balachander]]
| writer =K. Balachander (original story & screenplay) [[Inder Raj Anand]] (dialogues)
| based_on = [[Maro Charitra]] (Telugu)
| starring = {{ubl|[[Kamal Haasan]]|[[Balaji]]|[[Rati Agnihotri]]|[[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]}}
| producer = [[L. V. Prasad]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| editing = N. R. Kittu
| distributor = Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|06|5}}
| runtime = 163 minutes
| language = Hindi
| budget = 10 million
| gross = {{INRConvert|100|m}}<ref name="hit" />
}}

'''''Ek Duuje Ke Liye''''' ({{translation|Made For Each Other}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1981|1981]] [[Hindi]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[tragedy]] film directed by [[K. Balachander]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Rati Agnihotri]]. It was a remake of the director's own [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]] film ''[[Maro Charitra]]'' (1978), which had Kamal Haasan playing the lead role. The film was labelled a "blockbuster" at the box office in 1981, earning a total of {{INRConvert|100|m}} in receipts.<ref name="hit">{{cite web |title= Box Office 1981 |url= http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=187&catName=MTk4MQ== |publisher= Box Office India |access-date= 15 October 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090903074132/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=187&catName=MTk4MQ== |archive-date= 3 September 2009 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="hindihit">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vishwaroop-gets-good-response-in-Hindi-belts/articleshow/18311602.cms|title='Vishwaroop' gets good response in Hindi belts|publisher=Times of India|date=3 February 2013 |access-date=2013-02-03}}</ref> The film featured lyrics penned by [[Anand Bakshi]] and music by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. It received critical acclaim upon release, winning a [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] and 13 [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare nominations]], eventually winning three.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

== Plot ==
The movie is about the love between a Tamil man, Vasu ([[Kamal Haasan]]), and a North Indian woman, Sapna ([[Rati Agnihotri]]), who are neighbours in [[Goa]]. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. When Vasu and Sapna admit their love, there is chaos in their homes they face an unexpected test of their love.

The movie begins with an old, ruined building near the beautiful beach of Goa. The dilapidated walls of the building are covered with many names, but two names stand apart from the rest---Vasu and Sapna.

Vasu is a happy, carefree young lad who belongs to a Tamil family. He resigns his job after his boss scolds him and he returns to home in Goa. His orthodox Tamilian father is always at loggerheads with the Hindi-speaking neighbour family. The family has a beautiful daughter named Sapna, a college student.

While being stalked by a perverted librarian on a lonely road, Sapna finds Vasu jogging and starts a conversation with him. Seeing this, the librarian goes away. Sapna thanks Vasu for pretending to be her friend, but he reveals that he doesn't understand Hindi. Vasu wants to make friends with her, but he unfortunately meets an accident and is admitted at the hospital. A shocked and sad Sapna sends him a gift- a mask with her name behind it.

Despite the nasty fights between their families, Vasu and Sapna fall madly in love with each other. They get to know each other, experiencing the joy and innocence of first love. One day however, Sapna misunderstands Vasu that he too is just lustful and does not love her truly, and she breaks up with him. Despite Vasu's efforts to make her understand his love, Sapna ignores him and is still angry. A week later, Sapna finds Vasu awake all night looking at her window hoping that she would forgive him. Heartbroken at seeing him like that, Sapna forgives him and signals him by turning her room light off and on repeatedly.

They meet the next day and Sapna expresses her love for Vasu by kissing his hand. The lovers unite and they go around the beaches, forts, waterfalls and scenic places of Goa. While returning home late night, Vasu's bike runs out of petrol. So they pose as a newly married couple and ask for a lift in a cab. But to their shock, Sapna's father is in the car and he takes her home immediately! Vasu and Sapna keep meeting each other and fall in love even more.

One day when Sapna returns from college after meeting Vasu, she finds the perverted librarian at her home. The man has secretly clicked pictures of her and Vasu together and shows it to her parents. Burning with rage, Sapna's mother forbids her from seeing Vasu and accompanies her everywhere she goes. Heartbroken, Vasu makes a plan and stealthily meets Sapna during her college lunch break. They go to a hotel for lunch and Vasu stops the lift halfway to spend sometime with Sapna. He sings a song for her using the broken Hindi he knows and they get carried away. This leads to a huge crowding at the hotel lift and someone calls the police!

Vasu and Sapna's families are informed about this and they are mad with rage! Sapna is locked at home and Vasu's father scolds him very badly. Despite the opposition, Vasu boldly goes and meets Sapna in her home in the presence of her parents and expresses his love for her. Sapna's mother screams and calls everyone claiming that Vasu is ruining their family honor.

Finally, both the families meet and Vasu and Sapna clearly affirm their love for each other. Their families agree to get them married on one condition—that they should separate from each other for one year without any kind of contact.After such a period, if they still want to be together, they can get married. During the year there should be no contact between them whatsoever. Vasu and Sapna reluctantly agree to the contract hoping that they can finally get married after one year.

Vasu goes to [[Hyderabad]] for a job,while Sapna stays back in Goa. During their year of separation, Vasu writes a letter every day to Sapna, in which he expressed his pain and feelings, but doesn't send it to her because of the contract. He learns to speak Hindi fluently from a young widow named Sandhya, to make Sapna's parents happy. And to drown his pain of separation, he also learns dance from Sandhya.

On the other hand, Sapna visits all the places where she and Vasu used to go. Each time she walks past those places, all their memories come alive. She also visits a rocky hill by the beach, where their names 'Vasu' and 'Sapna' are painted on the highest rock. In order to make Sapna forget Vasu, her mother destroys the audio tape that he had given her. She also burns Vasu's only photo that Sapna. In response, Sapna writes Vasu's name all over her bedroom wall, making her family even more angry.

Sapna goes on a college trip to Mangalore, where her mother sends her relative Chakram to spy on her. Chakram wants to marry Sapna, but she doesn't like him. Coincidentally, Vasu also comes to Mangalore due to a job assignment. He spots Sapna and follows her to her hotel room, but bumps into Chakram, who lies that he and Sapna are married! A shocked Vasu meets Sapna's college friends and asks about her, but they also tell that Chakram and Sapna are soon to be married.

Vasu is heartbroken and proposes to Sandhya. She readily accepts and their wedding is fixed. When coming to meet him, she finds all the letters he wrote to Sapna, and discovers the truth. Sandhya goes to Goa and meets Sapna and finds that she is not married and is waiting for Vasu. Seeing their true love, Sandhya sacrifices her love and decides to unite Vasu and Sapna.

She tells the truth to Vasu and cancels their wedding, urging him to go and meet his beloved Sapna as their one-year contract was getting over. Sandhya's older brother hears that the wedding is cancelled and thinks that Vasu cheated his sister. In a drunken state, he phones his criminal friend in Goa and asks him to 'completely get rid' of Vasu!

Despite the obstacles against them, will the two lovers ever unite is what forms the heart-breaking climax of the movie.

== Cast ==
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as S. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
* [[Rati Agnihotri]] as Sapna
* [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] as Sandhya
* [[Rakesh Bedi]] as Chakram
* [[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Vasu's father (V. Sivaramakrishnan)
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Jagannath
* [[Shubha Khote]] as Sapna's mother (Mrs. Kundanlal)
* [[Raza Murad]] as Danny
* [[Asrani]] as G. Haribabu
* [[Arvind Deshpande]] as Sapna's father (Kundanlal)
* Athili Lakshmi as Vasu's mother (Vandana)
* [[Sunil Thapa]] as Librarian

== Production ==
The production team had earlier thought of titling it ''Ek Aur Itihas'', but it went on to become Ek Duuje Ke Liye.<ref>https://picclick.com/Filmfare-1-15-Jul-1982-Kamal-Haasan-133138860671.html#&gid=1&pid=4</ref>

''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' marked the debut of three actors from South India in Hindi films: leading lad [[Kamal Haasan]], leading lady [[Rati Agnihotri]] and supporting heroine [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]. Three of them received [[Filmfare]] nominations. The only person who was missing in the Hindi remake who was in the original Telugu film ''[[Maro Charitra]]'' (1978) was leading lady [[Saritha|Sarita]], as her role was now played by [[Rati Agnihotri]]. Director K. Balachander, Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam all repeated their artistry in the Hindi version.

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ek Duuje Ke Liye
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1981||}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:03
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| label = [[Sa Re Ga Ma|HMV/Saregama]]
| producer = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|DWxjtzODF2Q|Official Audio Jukebox}}
| video1 = {{YouTube|moVxfltTU_E&t|Video Song Jukebox}}
}}
}}

The music was composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] and the lyrics were written by [[Anand Bakshi]]. It was the first Hindi film for [[South Indian cinema|South Indian]] singer [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]; the music directors were initially against including him, feeling that the "[[Madrassi|Madrasi]]" would not do justice to a Hindi composition, but Balachander cited that if the lead character played by Haasan could not speak Hindi well, then even if Balasubrahmanyam blemished the song, it would "capture the character."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/sp-balasubrahmanyam-talks-about-his-singing-experiences/article6298959.ece|title='I know what I don't know'|last=K|first=Bhumika|date=2014-08-10|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-10|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Two portions of "[[Tere Mere Beech Mein]]" were later [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] in the 2004 [[Britney Spears]] hit song "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]" as part of its [[Hook (music)|hook]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://uproxx.com/music/britney-spears-toxic-samples-bollywood-song/ |title=Does Britney Spears 'Toxic' Owe Its Catchy Melody To A Bollywood Song? |date=2016-06-21 |work=UPROXX |access-date=2018-11-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 30:03
| all_writing =
| headline = Original Tracklist
| title1 = Tere Mere Beech Mein
| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| lyrics1 = [[Anand Bakshi]]
| length1 = 5:19

| title2 = Hum Tum Dono Jab Mil Jayen
| extra2 = Lata Mangeshkar, [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| lyrics2 = Anand Bakshi
| length2 = 3:11

| title3 = Mere Jeevan Saathi
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
| lyrics3 = Anand Bakshi
| length3 = 4:57

| title4 = Hum Bane Tum Bane
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| lyrics4 = Anand Bakshi
| length4 = 5:14

| title5 = Tere Mere Beech Mein (Sad)
| extra5 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| lyrics5 = Anand Bakshi
| length5 = 4:34

| title6 = Solah Baras Ki Bali Umar
| extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar, [[Anup Jalota]]
| lyrics6 = Anand Bakshi
| length6 = 6:48
}}

== Release ==
''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' was released on 5 June 1981. In 2015, ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' was screened at the Habitat Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 10th Habitat Film Festival 2015 |url=http://www.habitatfilmclub.com/pdf/HFC_Brouchre_2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322032250/http://www.habitatfilmclub.com/pdf/HFC_Brouchre_2015.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2017 |access-date=25 October 2020 |publisher=Habitat Film Club}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
'''[[National Film Awards]]'''
* [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<ref name="spb">{{Cite web |date=25 September 2020 |title=S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, the versatile voice that conquered Bollywood |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/versatile-voice-that-conquered-bollywood/article32699159.ece |access-date=25 October 2020 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
'''[[Filmfare Awards]]'''
;Wins
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] – N.R. Kitoo
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Anand Bakshi]] for the song "Tere Mere Beech"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] – [[K. Balachander]]
;Nominations
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[L. V. Prasad]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – [[K. Balachander]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Rati Agnihotri]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]] – [[Asrani (actor)|Asrani]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – [[K. Balachander]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] – [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Anand Bakshi]] for the song "Solah Baras Ki Bali Umar"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] for the song "Tere Mere Beech"

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0082314|Ek Duuje Ke Liye}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
* {{AllMovie title}}

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[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
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[[Category:Films set in Goa]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Films based on Romeo and Juliet]]
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[[Category:1980s romance films]]
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