Ek Naya Rishta

Ek Naya Rishta (lit. 'A new relation') is a 1988 Indian drama film.[1][2] The film was produced and directed by Vinod Pande, starring Rekha, Raj Kiran, Mazhar Khan and Om Shivpuri among others. The film is a modern take on relationships, business, independence, interdependence and the institution of marriage and hints at indirect surrogacy. It was perhaps the first movie of its time to talk about surrogacy. It also highlighted how society forces the helpless to fall prey to the murky business of prostitution and lesbianism.

Ek Naya Rishta
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Directed byVinod Pande
Screenplay byVinod Pande
J. P. Dixit
Story byVinod Pande
Produced byVinod Pande
StarringRekha
Raj Kiran
CinematographyNadeem Khan
Edited byOm Prakash Makkar
Music byKhayyam
Release date
17 June 1988 (1988-06-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Womanizer and alcoholic Rajiv Tandon lives a wealthy lifestyle with his widowed industrialist dad, Shankardayal in a palatial house. Rajiv is not interested in marriage, or in any permanent relationship with any woman. His dad dies, he wills that all his wealth and money will only be inherited by Rajiv after he gets a son within 18 months of his death. Thus follows a series of incidents, where he starts searching for a suitable woman who would give birth to his child sans any demand of marriage. He readily offers a huge sum and a luxurious lifestyle to a woman whose willing to give birth without becoming his permanent responsibility.

Production

Filming started around 1984–5, but the production later stalled as Pande ran into problems with produces not willing to finance it. In March 1986, The Illustrated Weekly of India reported that the film was now ready for release.[3] Rekha was Pande's first choice.[4] The film was shot in Alibag.[4]

Cast

Music
SongSinger
"Ehsaas Ka Sauda Hai" Rekha
"Kiran Kiran Mein" Lata Mangeshkar
"Jise Samjhe The Hum Afsana Kal Tak" Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder Singh
"Zindagi Hai" Bhupinder Singh
"Mera Mehboob" Asha Bhosle

Reception

Democratic World magazine wrote that the film is "written from the woman's point of view".[5] The 1991 film directory Collections edited by Ratan Sharda gave the film a rating of 3 stars.[6]

References
  1. "Ek Naya Rishta (1988) – Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. "Ek Naya Rishta (1988) – BollywoodMDB". www.bollywoodmdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. "Guftagu". The Illustrated Weekly of India. 30 March 1986. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. Shukla, Pankaj (29 August 2020). "Vinod Pande Long Interview 03: रेखा की जुबानी अमिताभ से मोहब्बत की कहानी, ऐसे बना 'एक नया रिश्ता'". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. "Of Surrogate Mothers". Democratic World. Gulab Singh & Sons. 15 February 1989. p. 18.
  6. Sharda, Ratan, ed. (1991). Collections: First Indian Video & Film Guide (3rd ed.). Update Video Publication. p. 53.


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