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{{short description|1983 film by Tatineni Rama Rao}}
{{short description|1983 film by T. Rama Rao}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
| name          = Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
| image          = Mujhe-Insaaf-Chahiye-1983.jpg
| image          = Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption        =
| director      = [[T. Rama Rao]]
| director      = [[T. Rama Rao]]
| based_on      = [[Nyayam Kavali]] by D. Rameswari
| story          = D. Rameswari
| producer      = [[D. V. S. Raju]]
| producer      = [[D. V. S. Raju]]
| writer        = D. Rameswari
| starring      = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br />[[Rati Agnihotri]]<br />[[Rekha]]<br />[[Ranjeeta]]<br />[[Danny Denzongpa]]
| narrator      =
| starring      = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br />[[Rati Agnihotri]]<br />[[Rekha]]<br />[[Ranjeeta]]<br />[[Danny Denzongpa]]<br />[[Asrani]]
| music          = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br />[[Anand Bakshi]] (Lyrics)
| cinematography = [[S. Gopala Reddy]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopala Reddy]]
| editing        =
| music          = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| distributor    = <ref>Production executive</ref>
| studio        = D. V. S. Productions
| released      = {{Film date|1983|09|23|df=y}}
| released      = {{Film date|1983|09|23|df=yes}}
| runtime        =
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        = 35 Crore
}}
}}
'''''Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye''''' ({{trans|''I want justice''}}) is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[T. Rama Rao]] , produced by [[D. V. S. Raju]] released on 23 September [[Bollywood films of 1983|1983]]. The film stars [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Rati Agnihotri]], [[Rekha]], [[Ranjeeta]], [[Danny Denzongpa]] and [[Asrani]]. The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Nyayam Kavali]]''. The movie portrayed the social issue of single parenthood, as similarly done in [[Kundan Shah]]'s 2000 film ''[[Kya Kehna]]''.
'''''Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye''''' ({{translation|''I want justice''}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[legal drama]] film directed by [[T. Rama Rao]] and produced by [[D. V. S. Raju]]. The film stars [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Rati Agnihotri]], [[Rekha]], [[Ranjeeta]], [[Danny Denzongpa]] in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Nyayam Kavali]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2016 |title=Nyayam Kavali (1981) – Retro |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/Nyayam-Kavali-1981-Retro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174111/http://www.telugucinema.com/Nyayam-Kavali-1981-Retro |archive-date=14 March 2018 |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=[[Telugucinema.com]]}}</ref> Rekha received a nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]], the only nomination for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare Nominees and {{sic|nolink=1|Winner}} |url=https://archive.org/download/FilmfareAwards/FilmfareAwards.pdf |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>


==Plot==
== Plot ==
Malati (Rati Agnihotri), a young girl from a middle-class family meets Suresh Rai (Mithun Chakraborty), who is the son of a well-known lawyer Dayashankar Rai (Danny Denzongpa). After dating each other for some time, she finds that she is pregnant. When Suresh refuses to marry Malati, and she decides against aborting the baby, her parents throw her out and disown her. Left alone, she decides to take Suresh to court. She is supported in this fight by Shakuntala (Rekha), a lawyer who works for woman's rights, who also has an illegitimate daughter from Dayashankar Ray. The case gets much publicity and public support, and the judge rules in Malati's favor. At this point however, Malati refuses to marry Suresh and decides to raise the child on her own. In the meantime, Shakuntala dies of a heart attack, and Malati promises her to take care of her daughter, and carry on Shakuntala's work.
Malti ([[Rati Agnihotri]]), a young girl from a middle-class family meets Suresh Rai ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]), who is the son of a well-known lawyer Dayashankar Rai ([[Danny Denzongpa]]). After a brief romance Malti finds out that she is pregnant. When Suresh refuses to marry her and she decides against aborting the baby, her parents disown her. Malti decides to take Suresh to court. She is supported in this fight by Shakuntala ([[Rekha]]) a lawyer who works for women's rights and has an illegitimate daughter from Dayashankar Rai. The case gets much publicity and public support as well. The Judge rules in Malti's favour but Malti refuses to marry Suresh and decides to raise the child as a single mother. In the meantime Shakuntala dies of a heart attack and Malti promises to take care of her daughter as well.


Years later Suresh and his wife (Ranjeeta), now married for some years and still childless, run into Malati again. It turns out that she has been raising her son all by herself, and he has turned out to be a very talented and well-adjusted young and smart boy.
Years later, Suresh who is married to Jayshree ([[Ranjeeta Kaur|Ranjeeta]]) runs into Malti. It turns out that her son is a talented boy. It is time for Suresh to gracefully own up for his mistake.


==Cast==
== Cast ==
*[[Rekha]] as Shakuntala
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Suresh Rai
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Suresh Rai
*[[Rati Agnihotri]] as Malati
*[[Rati Agnihotri]] as Malti Agarwal
*[[Rekha]] as Shakuntala
*[[Ranjeeta Kaur|Ranjeeta]] as Jayshree Rai
*[[Ranjeeta]] as Suresh's Wife
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Dayashankar Rai
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Dayashankar Rai (Suresh's Father)
*[[Seema Deo]] as Shanti Rai
*[[Asrani]] as Abdul Lateef
*[[Asrani]] as Abdul Lateef
*[[Seema Deo]] as Mrs. Shanti Dayashankar Rai (Suresh's Mother)
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Viswanath Agarwal
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Viswanath Agarwal (Malati's father)
*[[Shubha Khote]] as Mrs. Agarwal
*[[Shubha Khote]] as Mrs. Agarwal (Malati's mother)
*[[Manoj Kumar]] as Director Guest Appearance for taking screen test for upcoming movie CLERK
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khusbhu]] as Child artist (Malati's sister)
*[[Manoj Kumar]] as Director spl appearance For taking screen test for upcoming movie CLERK
*[[Kiran Kumar]] as spl appearance for doing screen test for upcoming movie CLERK


==Soundtrack==
== Soundtrack ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
Lyrics: [[Anand Bakshi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/mujhe-insaaf-chahiye/cWWFGHG6DXs_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224082816/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/mujhe-insaaf-chahiye/cWWFGHG6DXs_ |archive-date=24 February 2023 |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
 
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Haseena O Haseena"
| [[Amit Kumar]]
|-
| "Laila O Meri Laila" – 1
| Amit Kumar
|-
| "Laila O Meri Laila" – 2
| Amit Kumar
|-
|-
| 1
| "Nahin Main Woh" – 1
| "O Haseena"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
| [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "I Love You"
| [[Shailender Singh|Shailendra Singh]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|-
| 3
| "Nahin Main Woh" – 2
| "Nahin Main Woh"
| Asha Bhosle
| Asha Bhosle
|-
|-
| 4
| "I Love You, Do You Love Me, Yeh Bhi Koi Poochhne Ki Baat"
| "Prem Doot Aaya"
| Asha Bhosle, [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]]
|-
| "Premdoot Aaya, Prem Sandesha Laya"
| Asha Bhosle, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]]
| Asha Bhosle, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]]
|-
| 5
| "Laila O Meri Laila"
| Amit Kumar
|}
|}


==Production==
== References ==
*[[D. V. S. Raju]] ... Head of Production
* V. Venkatraman ... Production Executive
*[[Narayanan]] ... Assistant(Helper)
 
==Box Office==
The film was a Super hit and eighteenth highest-grossing movie of 1983.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/list/ls000029494/</ref>
 
==Awards==
*Rekha received a nomination for [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]], the only nomination for the film.<ref>http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0260207}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0260207}}


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[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
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Latest revision as of 05:26, 4 March 2026


Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
File:Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye.jpg
Directed byT. Rama Rao
Produced byD. V. S. Raju
Story byD. Rameswari
Based onNyayam Kavali by D. Rameswari
StarringMithun Chakraborty
Rati Agnihotri
Rekha
Ranjeeta
Danny Denzongpa
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
CinematographyS. Gopala Reddy
Production
company
D. V. S. Productions
Release date
  • 23 September 1983 (1983-09-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye (transl. I want justice) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed by T. Rama Rao and produced by D. V. S. Raju. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Rekha, Ranjeeta, Danny Denzongpa in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Nyayam Kavali.[1] Rekha received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, the only nomination for the film.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Malti (Rati Agnihotri), a young girl from a middle-class family meets Suresh Rai (Mithun Chakraborty), who is the son of a well-known lawyer Dayashankar Rai (Danny Denzongpa). After a brief romance Malti finds out that she is pregnant. When Suresh refuses to marry her and she decides against aborting the baby, her parents disown her. Malti decides to take Suresh to court. She is supported in this fight by Shakuntala (Rekha) a lawyer who works for women's rights and has an illegitimate daughter from Dayashankar Rai. The case gets much publicity and public support as well. The Judge rules in Malti's favour but Malti refuses to marry Suresh and decides to raise the child as a single mother. In the meantime Shakuntala dies of a heart attack and Malti promises to take care of her daughter as well.

Years later, Suresh who is married to Jayshree (Ranjeeta) runs into Malti. It turns out that her son is a talented boy. It is time for Suresh to gracefully own up for his mistake.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Lyrics: Anand Bakshi.[3]

Song Singer
"Haseena O Haseena" Amit Kumar
"Laila O Meri Laila" – 1 Amit Kumar
"Laila O Meri Laila" – 2 Amit Kumar
"Nahin Main Woh" – 1 Asha Bhosle
"Nahin Main Woh" – 2 Asha Bhosle
"I Love You, Do You Love Me, Yeh Bhi Koi Poochhne Ki Baat" Asha Bhosle, Shailendra Singh
"Premdoot Aaya, Prem Sandesha Laya" Asha Bhosle, Abhijeet

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Nyayam Kavali (1981) – Retro". Telugucinema.com. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Filmfare Nominees and Winner [sic]" (PDF). The Times Group. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links[edit | edit source]

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