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Aas Paas (1981)

Aas Paas poster
Original title
आस पास
Directed by
J. Om Prakash
Genre
drama, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 40m
Rated
U
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A romantic film about two people who live close to each other and find love. The story involves a boy who passes a love note to a woman through a young dancer.

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What happens

Aas Paas (transl. Close to each other) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by J. Om Prakash and starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra. The music was by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film begins with a dedication to the late singer Mohammed Rafi, announcing that his last recorded song was for this film. Director-producer J. Om Prakash included in Aas Paas (1981) another brief "Lucky Mascot" screen appearance of his grandson — future Hindi film superstar actor Hrithik Roshan, then age 7 — as the boy dancing in the song "Shehar Main Charcha Hai" who winks at Hema Malini and passes her a love note from Dharmendra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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