Tohfa
Director: K.Raghuvendra Rao
Music Director: Bappi Lahiri
Year: 1984
Here is a movie which stared the hit pair Sridevi and Jeetendra supported by the beautiful Jaya Prada, Sri and Jaya Play sisters who both fall in love with the jumping jack but Jeetendra loves and dances with Sridevi. when Sri knows that her elder sister loves her lover she goes and marry villain (Shakti Kapoor) why? cause she is pregnant with Jeetendra's child so, then Jeetu marries Jaya who is not able to become pregnant. and when Sridevi kills her husband (Shakti) she enters jail so Jeetendra takes her child to Jaya Prada, but when Jaya knows the truth about Sridevi she feels so sorry. By the end of the story Jaya dies and and put her sister's hand with her husband. the story is very light. All the leads did a very good job. this is a triangular love story but treated very differently and it was a huge success at the box office. The music also had its due, songs like Tohfa tohfa laya laya and gori tere ang ang mein were so successful.
Weakness: Sometimes the story goes into deep tragedy
Did You Know?:
Tohfa is a remake from a tamil movie which starred both the actress themselves and that movie was also a blockbuster.
Nominations:
Filmfare Best Performance In A Comic Role: Shakti Kapoor
Filmfare Best Music Director: Bappi Lahiri
Filmfare Best Lyricist: Indivar: Pyar Ka Tohfa Tera.
