Aasha

Aasha may refer to:

Aasha (1980 film)

Aasha is a 1980 Hindi movie produced and directed by J. Om Prakash. The film stars Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari, Girish Karnad, Bhagwan and Shakti Kapoor. The films music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film became a "blockbuster" at the box office.

The film was later remade into Telugu as Anuraga Devatha (1982) starring N.T. Rama Rao (in Jeetendra's role), Sridevi (in Reena Roy's role), Jayasudha (in Rameshwari's role) and Nandamuri Balakrishna (in Girish Karnad role).

Director J. Om Prakash included in Aasha (1980) the first screen appearance of his grandson -- future Hindi film superstar Hrithik Roshan -- by covertly shooting the little boy as he danced on the set while 'visiting grandpa'. Hrithik was only six years old when the film released.

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Aasha (1957 film)

Aasha (Hindi: आशा, translation: hope), also transliterated as Asha, was a 1957 Bollywood film starring Vyjayanthimala and Kishore Kumar, and directed by M.V.Raman. The film became a box office hit. This film was partly coloured by both Gevacolor and Technicolor.

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The story is about Kishore who is good-hearted person and always helps poor people even though he is from rich Zamindar family. One day he travels to Bombay to stay with his cousin Raj, who cheats a lot with girls. When they both go for a hunt in the jungle, Raj meets a man who demands he marry his jilted daughter . Raj murders the father and he frames the crime on Kishore. Kishore is forced to flee. Finally Kishore and his lover Nirmala prove that Raj is the guilty one, and Raj tells the truth in front of everyone. Now the police arrest Raj and Kishore marries Nirmala amid happy celebrations.

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