Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love

Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love

Movie poster
Directed by Suneel Darshan
Produced by Suneel Darshan
Written by K. K. Singh (dialogues)
Screenplay by Robin Bhatt
S. M. Ahale
Story by Suneel Darshan
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Akshay Kumar
Raakhee
Juhi Chawla
Karisma Kapoor
Mohnish Bahl
Music by Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography Sameer Reddy
Edited by Sanjay Sankla
Production
company
Shree Krishna International
Release dates
  • 18 May 2001 (2001-05-18)
Running time
174 minute
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office 1.407 billion (US$21 million)[1]

Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (English: One relation: The Bond of Love) is a 2001 Bollywood Family Drama film directed by Suneel Darshan released on 18 May 2001. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor, Mohnish Bahl. It was the first film where Bachchan and Kumar worked together. The film is a family drama where a big family encounters a crisis when disputes take place between the father (Bachchan) and the son (Kumar). The film was planned to be a story about a father (Bachchan), his son (Kumar) and his daughter (Chawla), however till the time the film went in production stage, Chawla became pregnant, hence her role was changed to an extended guest appearance.

Synopsis

Vijay Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is a successful businessman. He lives happily with his wife (Raakhee) and their four children. Ajay (Akshay Kumar), their only son who was studying abroad and has graduated from university, received an academic degree in Information Technology and came back home now.

Rajesh Purohit (Mohnish Behl) enters the family, and deviously impresses Vijay with his efficiency, and his eldest daughter Priti (Juhi Chawla) with his charm, whereas his main goal is to impoverish their family and take over Vijay's fortune.

Soon, Vijay approves the marriage of Priti and Rajesh. Meanwhile, Ajay falls in love with Nisha (Karisma Kapoor) and plans to marry her.

Vijay convinces Ajay to first gain experience in the family business, even though Ajay wants to start his own business. However, ideological differences result in disputes between the two. Consequently, Ajay stands firm in his decision to start his own business. He asks his father for economic assistance. When Vijay refuses to do so, Ajay lends a loan. When Vijay discovers this, he is furious and throws Ajay out of the house.

Ajay finally marries Nisha and the couple move into their new house. In deception, Rajesh makes Vijay sign a power of attorney, which empowers him. That's how Vijay goes bankrupt, and all his fortune goes automatically to Rajesh.

As Ajay finds out what happened, he gets that Rajesh was the one who had incited arguments between the two. Ajay tries to get close to his father again, which causes a crisis in his relationship with Nisha, who is not pleased with Ajay's reunion with his family. Ajay and Nisha get separated due to consistent arguments between them, and while she finds out that she is pregnant, Ajay has already returned home. His mission now is to return his family fortune, as well as his father's faith, as the latter still cannot forgive him their dispute.

Vijay and Ajay eventually become reconciled, although he is yet to return the fortune. Rajesh begins to maltreat Priti, and she also comes back home. Ajay then decides to return his family fortune violently, and forces Rajesh to sign another power of attorney which says that the money comes back to the owner. Nisha gets back to Ajay with a child, and the family finally reunites and lives happily as it used to be before.

Cast

Soundtrack

Ek Rishtaa
Studio album by Nadeem-Shravan
Released 2001
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Tips
Producer Nadeem-Shravan
Nadeem-Shravan chronology
Kasoor
(2001)
Ek Rishtaa
(2001)
Hum Ho Gaye Aapke
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Planet Bollywood[2]

The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan while lyris were by Sameer. The album was the tenth most sold album of 2001.[3] Manish Dhamija from Planet Bollywood gave 7.5 stars stating, "The album is definitely worth a buy on CD".[2]

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aur Kya Zindagani Hai" Mohammed Aziz
2 "Dil Deewana Dhoondta Hai" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
3 "Dil Lagaane Ki Sazaa" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
4 "Ek Dil Hai" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5 "Ek Raja Hai Ek Rani Hai" Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz, Sarika Kapoor, Milind
6 "Hum Khush Hue" Kumar Sanu, Mohammed Aziz, Alka Yagnik, Sarika Kapoor
7 "Mohabbat Ne Mohabbat Ko" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
8 "Mulaqaat" Alka Yagnik
9 "Dil Lagaane Ki Sazaa (Instrumental)"

Reception

Critical reception

Ek Rishtaa received a mixed reception from critics.

Dharmesh Rajput of BBCi-Films gave it 3 out of 5 stars, praising the performance of Amitabh Bachchan stating, "the real pleasure of this film is Amitabh's performance — is it any wonder he was voted best actor at the BBC Online Millennium Polls? This man is good value for money on the big screen".[4] N.K Deoshi of Apunkachoice.com also gave the film 3 out of 5 stars but said "Suneel Darshan had all the ingredients to make a blockbuster, a celluloid virtuoso like Big B, a bevy of willowy beauties Karisma, Juhi and Simone Singh and, last but not the least, the khiladi Akshay Kumar. But despite such an impressive ensemble Ek Rishta turns out to be quite a disappointing fare".[5] Savera R Someshwar of Rediff.com gave the a negative review calling the screenplay terrible but praised the performances of Amitabh, Akshay, Karishma, Rakhee, Juhi Chawla and Mohnish Behl.[6]

Box office

The film had an average opening, and overall it was a Semi-Hit at the Box-office. It was the tenth highest-grossing movie of the year (Bollywood films of 2001).

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