Anil Kapoor plays a man so pure, you'll question your own life choices.
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.
Acting
Anil Kapoor's career-defining, heartbreaking innocence.
Direction
K. Viswanath's signature humanist touch.
Score
Laxmikant-Pyarelal melodies that haunt you.
Director
K. Viswanath
Anil Kapoor
Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
Vijayashanti
Lalita
Asha Sachdev
Village Washerwoman
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Tolaram
Saeed Jaffrey
Masterji (Guest Appearance)
Vinod Mehra
Ramesh (Lalita's Brother)
Bharati Achrekar
Ramesh's Wife & Lalita's Sister-In-Law
Vikram Gokhale
Lalita's father-in-law (father of her first husband)
Gulshan Grover
Natwarlal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anil Kapoor learned Telugu phonetically for the original 'Swathi Muthyam' (1986) scenes that Viswanath recreated here. He insisted on dubbing his own Hindi lines to maintain emotional authenticity.
The film sparked debates about widow remarriage in conservative circles—Vijayashanti's casting, a Telugu superstar, was strategically chosen to normalize the concept for North Indian audiences unfamiliar with South Indian progressive cinema.
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