Beta (film)

Beta
Directed by	Indra Kumar
Produced by	Indra Kumar Ashok Thakeria
Starring	Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit Aruna Irani Laxmikant Berde Anupam Kher
Music by	Anand-Milind
Release date	1991
Running time	172 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Beta (Hindi: बेटा, Urdu: بیٹا, translation: Son) was a 1992 Bollywood Hindi movie directed by Indra Kumar. It was remade from a Tamil film Enga Chinna Rasa (1987) acted and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. It was also made in Telugu as Abbaigaru (1993), starring Venkatesh and Meena. The film featured the pairing of Madhuri Dixit with Anil Kapoor, who were previously paired in Tezaab and Parinda. The film is perhaps best remembered for the hit song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga", which earned Madhuri Dixit her nickname as the "Dhak-Dhak Girl" ("dhak-dhak" = heartbeat). Beta won four Filmfare Awards including Best Actress (Dixit), Best Actor (Kapoor), Best Playback Singer (Anuradha Paudwal for "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga") and Best Supporting Actress Aruna Irani.

Synopsis

Beta is the story of Raju (Anil Kapoor), the only child of a widowed multi millionaire. Raju's father can provide him anything he wants but Raju's only desire is to get mother's love. In order to please Raju, his father gets married to Laxmi (Aruna Irani), thinking that she will take care of Raju more than his real mother would. Raju becomes completely devoted to his stepmother, doing whatever she wishes. Time passes by, Raju grows up and gets married to Saraswati (Madhuri Dixit). Saraswati discovers that Laxmi's motherly love for Raju is fake and all what Laxmi is interested in, is capturing Raju's wealth. And thus begins a battle within the household between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law which involves Saraswati trying to outdo Laxmi. This involves Saraswati voicing her concerns to Raju about his mother, resulting in Saraswati being slapped once by her husband, and alienating him. This humiliation does not worry Saraswati who eventually wins the battle once Laxmi realizes the importance of loving her stepson back as much as he loves her.

Cast

• Anil Kapoor ... Raju
• Madhuri Dixit ... Saraswati
• Aruna Irani ... Laxmi
• Laxmikant Berde ... Pandu
• Anupam Kher ... Totaram
• Priya Arun ... Champa
• Kunika ... Kunika
• Bharati Achrekar ... Mainavati

Songs

• Koyal Se Teri Boli - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
• Dhak Dhak Karne Laga - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
• Saiyan Ji Se Chupke - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
• Sajna Main Teri - Anuradha Paudwal, Vipin Sachdeva
• Kushiyon Ka Din Aaya Hai - Anuradha Paudwal

Trivia

1. The music of the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" was a copy of Ilayaraja's super hit song "Abbanee teeyani debba" of a 1990 Telugu movie Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari starring Sridevi and Chiranjeevi which in 1991 was dubbed into Hindi as Aadmi Aur Apsara.

2. The song "Koyal Se Teri Boli" was also a copy of the Tamil song "kondai seval koovum neram" from the movie Enga Chinna Raasaa by K._Bhagyaraj, also with a similar storyline.

3. Being the remake of a Kannada movie, Beta was remade back in Kannada "Annayya" in 1993. Starring V. Ravichandran, Madhoo and Aruna Irani. Aruna Irani played the same role of stepmother, which she played in Beta.

External links

• Beta at IMDb