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She married his boss. He married her shadow. Everyone's crying in '80s sweaters.
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Arpan (1983)

melodrama overdosesacrificial lamb energycorporate romance gone feral

Overview

FamilyDramaRomance

The Verma family consists of Mrs. Verma, the mother; Anil, the son; and a daughter named Vinnie. Anil loves Shobha, and hopes to marry her someday. While Vinnie loves Rakesh and also hopes to marry him someday too. Shobha and Rakesh both work for JK, a multi-millionaire industrialist. Anil has to goes overseas for a year to better his prospects. He promises to stay in touch with Shobha. However, after a year when Anil returns he finds that Vinnie and Rakesh have married, and is heart-broken to find that Shobha had married JK. Dejected but not beaten, he marries another girl by the name of Sona, but is unable to get Shobha out of his mind. Sona resents this, and one day follows him, and finds him in bed with none other than Shobha.

Flag of ININHindi
Content warning
unrequited devotion as diseaseclass mobility vs. emotional bankruptcymarriage as transactionsibling rivalry by proxy

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jeetendra's wounded puppy eyes deserve their own billing

Costume

Peak '80s power suits and tragic sweater vests

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel better about your own love life·Background: Ironically while doing taxes or folding laundry
Heads up:Emotional: Everyone is miserable, nobody wins, bring tissues
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Director

J. Om Prakash

ReleasedApr 1, 1983
Runtime2h 25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Jeetendra

Jeetendra

Anil Verma

Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Shobha

Parveen Babi

Parveen Babi

Sona

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar

J.K.

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Cultural

Arpan is peak '80s Bollywood 'sacrifice cinema' where female characters exist to suffer beautifully and male leads confuse obsession with devotion.

Trivia

Director J. Om Prakash specialized in family melodramas that made audiences weep in theaters; this was his sixth collaboration with Jeetendra.

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