Aasha
- IMDb link: 0178204
- IMDb rating: 5.7 (260 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Romance, Musical
- Director: Girish Karnad, J. Om Prakash
- Cast: Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari and others
- Release date: 4 Mar 1980
- Release year: 1980
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Country: India
- Keywords: pregnancy, unrequited love, love triangle, wedding, rescue, presumed dead, sacrifice, singer, mother daughter relationship, attempted suicide
Plot:
Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, introduces her to him mom, and soon they are married. Mala has eye problems, and eventually loses her sight. While travelling, Deepak has an accident and his body is nowhere to be found. Deepak's mom blames a pregnant Mala for this bad luck, and throws her out of the house. Mala gives birth to a baby girl, and both live a very poor and destitute life. Deepak has met with Asha several times, and would like to marry her. Asha would also like to marry Deepak. And then Asha finds out that Mala is still alive, and she must now decide to withhold that information from Deepak so she could marry him instead or tell him the truth and lose him forever.