Rishtey

2002 · India

Director: Indra Kumar
Producer: Indra Kumar
Music: Sanjeev–Darshan
Cinematography: Baba Azmi

Cast

What it is about

Suraj Singh is a lower-middle-class amateur fighter who falls in love with Komal, a young woman from a wealthy family. They dream of a shared future, but her father objects to the match because of Suraj's social and economic standing. The story follows the couple through a series of family conflicts that force them to make difficult choices about love, loyalty and parenthood.

How it was made

Directed and produced by Indra Kumar, the film is a remake of Over the Top (1987). The music is by the duo Sanjeev-Darshan and the cinematography by Baba Azmi. The leading cast includes Anil Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri. Several songs reuse melodies from Pakistani, Egyptian, Moroccan and Lebanese recordings, a common practice in Bollywood music of the period.

Reception and legacy

It was released on 6 December 2002 and was considered a modest box-office success. Shilpa Shetty won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 48th edition of the ceremony. The film was remade in Bangladesh as Sontrashi Munna (2005), with Manna and Moushumi in the leading roles. Today it is mainly remembered as an example of early-2000s Indian action melodrama.

Stills

Trivia

Songs with borrowed melodies

Several tracks on the soundtrack are based on foreign songs, such as "Apna Banana Hai", which draws on "Karan Mein Nazara" from the Pakistani film Choorian (1998).

A 1987 original

The film adapts the story of Over the Top, released in 1987, and later inspired a Bangladeshi remake.

More films by Indra Kumar

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