Ek Rishtaa : The Bond of Love Bollywood Film Trailer, Review, Song :
Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love is a 2001 Bollywood Hindi drama film directer is Suneel Darshan released on 18 May 2001. This film leading stars cast are Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor, Mohnish Bahl. It was the first film where Amitabh and Akshay worked together. The film is a family drama where a big family encounters a crisis when disputes take place between the father (Amitabh) and the son (Akshay).
Directer : Suneel Darshan
Producer : Suneel Darshan
Writer : K. K. Singh
Screenplay : Robin Bhatt,S. M. Ahale
Story : Suneel Darshan
Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Akshay Kumar,Raakhee,Juhi Chawla,Karisma Kapoor,Mohnish Bahl
Music : Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography : Sameer Reddy
Editor : Sanjay Sankla
Production company : Shree Krishna International
Release date : 18 May 2001
Running time : 174 minute
Country : India
Language : Hindi
Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love film trailer :
Story of the film :
A Rich businessman Vijay Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is 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 Bahl) 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 who becomes a gharjamai. During that time, 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. During that time, ideological differences result in disputes between the two. This may follow, 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 they move into their new house. In deception, Rajesh makes Vijay sign a power of attorney, which empowers him. This is 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 happy 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 and his father’s faith, as the latter still cannot forgive him their dispute.
Father-son 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. Priti, in a letter tells Rajesh that she can never forgive him for the atrocities he inflicted on her family and orders him to leave for good. Nisha reunites with Ajay, and the family finally comes together and lives happily as it used to be before.
Star cast of the film :
- Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Kapoor
- Akshay Kumar as Ajay Kapoor
- Raakhee as Pratima Kapoor
- Juhi Chawla as Priti Kapoor/Priti Rajesh Purohit
- Karishma Kapoor as Nisha Thaapar/Nisha Ajay Kapoor
- Nagma (Guest Appearance) in song Mulakat
- Mohnish Behl as Rajesh Purohit
- Simone Singh as Priya Kapoor
- Alok Nath as Jagmohan Thappar
- Shakti Kapoor as Ladoo Mama
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Hari Singh
- Sharat Saxena as Police Inspector
- Suniel Shetty as Sunil (Special Appearance)
- Avtar Gill as Khanna
- Anang Desai as Brij
- Kunika as Sweety Aunty
Music / song of the film :
The music composer is Nadeem-Shravan while lyrics writes is Sameer. The music album was the tenth most sold album of 2001. Manish Dhamija from Planet Bollywood gave music album good rating- 7.5 stars rating.
- “Dil Lagaane Ki Sazaa”………………………Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
- “Mohabbat Ne Mohabbat Ko”…………..Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
- “Ek Dil Hai”……………………………………….Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
- “Hum Khush Hue”………………….Kumar Sanu, Mohammed Aziz, Alka Yagnik, Sarika Kapoor
- “Dil Deewana Dhoondta Hai”………………….Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
- “Ek Raja Hai Ek Rani Hai”…………………..Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz, Sarika Kapoor, Milind
- “Mulaqaat”…………………………………………Alka Yagnik
- “Aur Kya Zindagani Hai”………………………….Mohammed Aziz
- “Dil Lagaane Ki Sazaa (Instrumental)”…………………Instrumental
“Ek Raja Hai Ek Rani Hai” full video song :
- Singers : Mohd. Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal, Sarika Kapoor, Milind
- Music Director : Nadeem-Shravan
- Lyricist : Sameer
Review of the film :
- Ek Rishtaa received generally mixed review from critics.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 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”.
Box office collection :
The film had an average opening, and overall it was a Semi-Hit at the Box-office. It was the 10th highest-collecting movie of the year.
- First Day…………………….1.31 crores
- Saturday……………………..1.13 crores
- Sunday………………………..1.39 crores
- First Weekend……………..3.84 crores
- Monday………………………..1.10 crores
- Tuesday………………………1.02 crores
- First Week……………………7.12 crores
- Second Week……………….3.63 crores
- Third Week……………………2.40 crores
- Lifetime India (net)………….18 crores
- Worldwide Gross……………..37 crores
Home media / Channel Release :
- Ek Rishtaa was released on DVD on 6 August 2001 across all regions in an NTSC-format single disc by Tip Top Video. A high-definition DVD version, with audio and video digitally restored, was later released by Shemaroo Entertainment.
- Even after Ek Rishtaa’s box office success, as he had with his previous works, Suneel Darshan refused to sell the film’s television rights. The collective value of his films’ unsold satellite rights was estimated to be 1 billion rs.Suneel Darshan finally sold the rights to his films to Zee in 2017, and Ek Rishtaa premiered on Zee Cinema on 16 September 2017, 16 years after its theatrical release. The film’s premier garnered high ratings for the Zee network.
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