Eeshwar (1989 film) explained

Eeshwar
Based On:	Swati Mutyam by K. Vishwanath
Starring:	Anil Kapoor Vijayshanti Saeed Jaffrey
Director:	K. Vishwanath
Producer:	P. Mallikharjuna Rao
Music:	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Editing:	G. G. Krishna Rao
Cinematography:	V. Durga Prasad
Studio:	Bharati International Films
Language:	Hindi
Country:	India
Runtime:	145 min

Eeshwar is a 1989 bollywood film written, and directed by K. Vishwanath.^[1] The film stars Anil Kapoor, Vijayshanti.^[2] It is the Hindi version of Viswanath's Telugu cult classic Swathi Muthyam. The film received the Filmfare Award for Best Story.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Anil Kapoor as Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
• Vijayshanti as Lalita
• Shammi as Ishwar's grandmother
• Saeed Jaffrey as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
• Asha Sachdev as the Village Washerwoman
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Tolaram
• Vinod Mehra as Ramesh (Lalita's Brother)
• Bharati Achrekar as Ramesh's Wife & Lalita's Sister-In-Law
• Sukanya Kulkarni as Tolaram, Sister In law
• Vikram Gokhale as Chaudhary Lalita's father-in-law (father of her first husband)
• Jayshree Gadkar as Rajeshswari Chaudhary Lalita's mother -in-law (Mother of her first husband)
• Gulshan Grover as Natwarlal
• Shama Deshpande as Rani, Housemaid of eeshwar
• Rakesh Pandey as Balkrishna (Balu), as son of Eeshwar
• Agha as Tolaram's Father in Law
• Shreechand Makhija as Servant of Chaudhary
• Birbal as Chandu
• Rasik Dave as son of eeshwar

Soundtrack

	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Kaushalya Main Teri"	Nitin Mukesh, Kavita Krishnamurthy
2	"Aage Sukh To Peeche Dukh Hai"	Nitin Mukesh, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3	"Ramji Ne Dhanush Toda"	Suresh Wadkar, Nitin Mukesh, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4	"Dharmam Sharnam Gachhami"	Nitin Mukesh, Alka Yagnik
5	"Baj Utha Saanson Mein"	Nitin Mukesh, Kavita Krishnamurthy

Awards

35th Filmfare Awards

^[5]

Won

• Best Story – K. Viswanath

Nominated

• Best Actor – Anil Kapoor
• Best Actress – Vijayashanti

Notes and References

1. Web site: When joy and sorrow follow each other. THE HANS. INDIA. 20 March 2016. www.thehansindia.com.
2. Web site: Eeshwar (1989) . Rotten Tomatoes . 1989-02-24 . 2019-12-28.
3. News: Making, and remaking. S. shiva. Kumar. The Hindu . 16 May 2019. www.thehindu.com.
4. Web site: A 'Drishyam' pause to look back at remakes - VVP Sharma' Blog. 4 August 2015. News18.
5. Web site: Best Story Official listings. 2014-04-29. Indiatimes, Filmfare Awards. 29 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429203450/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_dialogue.htm. dead.