Sansar

About the film

Sansar (transl. World) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Rekha, Raj Babbar and Anupam Kher in addition to Aruna Irani, Archana Joglekar, Shekhar Suman, Priyanka, Chandrashekhar, Shafi Inamdar, Ajinkya Deo, Dinesh Hingoo and Seema Deo. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Samsaram Adhu Minsaram.

Plot

The film is based on the turmoils of the family of a postmaster. The film presents the rift between the family due to clash of egos among the children and their parents.

The family consists of the father Deendayal (Anupam Kher), his wife Godavari (Seema Deo), his older son Vijay (Raj Babbar) a government employee with his wife Uma (Rekha), second son Shiva (Ajinkya Deo), a car mechanic, the youngest son Vidyasagar (Harish), is struggling to clear school, and their daughter Rajni (Archana Joglekar) who is also working with a private company.

Rajni rejects a prospective candidate of her marriage and declares that she wants to marry a Christian man Peter (Shekhar Suman) who works in her office, although not before the family of the groom, accepting Shiva for their daughter Basanti (Priyanka). Rajni has her way despite pleads from her family, and the parents also reluctantly agree after meeting the family of the boy who turns out to be from an educated and cultured family.

Production

Dilip Kumar and Jaya Prada were originally cast as the lead of Sansar, playing Deendayal and Uma, respectively. However, Anupam Kher and Rekha replaced them.

Soundtrack

The songs were written by Anand Bakshi and set to music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

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