Mother (1999 film)

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Mother
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Directed bySaawan Kumar
Produced bySaawan Kumar
Written byAnwar Khan (dialogues)
Sameer (lyrics)
Screenplay byRavi Kapoor
Story bySaawan Kumar
Based onMamma Mia!
StarringRekha
Jeetendra
Randhir Kapoor
Rakesh Roshan
Music byDilip Sen-Sameer Sen
CinematographyNazir Khan
Edited bySuraj Ghosh
Production
company
Saawan Kumar Productions[1]
Release date
  • 16 October 1999 (1999-10-16)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mother is a 1999 Indian comedy film, produced & directed by Saawan Kumar under his Saawan Kumar production banner.[2] Starring Rekha in the title role, along with Jeetendra, Randhir Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan in the pivotal roles and music composed by Dilip Sen-Samir Sen. The film is based on the American film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell. This film marked the debut of Sanober Kabir. Randhir Kapoor made a comeback to acting with this film after 12 years. It was also the last film in which Rakesh Roshan played a major role. The film is best known for a scene which features the word 'class' repeatedly.

Plot[edit]

Asha's (Rekha) affairs with three men Sunil Malik (Jeetendra), Kumar Sinha (Randhir Kapoor), Amar Khanna (Rakesh Roshan) lands her with a baby girl, and she must relocate to distant Mauritius to start life anew. She makes up a story about her husband, Mr. Brittania while admitting her daughter in school, heroically saving lives of numerous Indians and being unable to save himself. Now Asha has a grown-up daughter, Jiya (Sanober Kabir). She finds out that Jiya wants to marry Mrs. Chaudhary's (Shashikala) grandson, Raj (Rahat Khan). Asha's three boyfriends also contact her one by one that they will be coming, with their respective wives and families to tow, to visit Mauritius. Asha's past is now coming back to haunt her, and Asha must use all her wits to see herself through this crisis.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Pardesi To Hai Pardesi" - (I) Anuradha Paudwal, Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod
2 "Mother Mother Dear Mother" Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3 "Pardesi To Hai Pardesi" - (Part II) Udit Narayan
4 "Bivi Hai Chiz Sajaavat" Altaf Raja
5 "Ek Duni Do Do Duni" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
6 "Chaar Chaar Duni Aath" Vipin Sachdeva, Sadhana Sargam
7 "Happy Days Are Here Again" Sapna Mukherjee, Hariharan, Roop Kumar Rathod, Uncredited
8 "Jiya I Want To Love You" Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal

[3]

References[edit]

  1. "Mother (1999) (Overview)". Moviefone.
  2. "Mother (1999) (review)". Letme Enjoy.
  3. "Mother (1999) Music". My Swar.

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