Aatish is an action movie showing the story of a wealthy family. The Rais are a family living in Jammu including head Mr. Rai, his wife Shobha, eldest son Rakesh, their daughter, Ashu and Raju, their school-going youngest child. Rakesh is after his father’s property and so awaits his death. One day, when Mr. Rai is attacked on the road for the load of cash that he was carrying, he is rescued by Anand. Gradually, he gains the trust of the whole family but everything in the drama movie is not like how it seems.
The romance movie Aatish was released in theatres on 23 February 1979. It is also streaming on the ZEE5 OTT platform.
The plot of the Hindi movie revolves around Mr. Rai and his family. A family of five, they have more than a comfortable lifestyle. However, the relations between the head of the family and Rakesh, his eldest child are not good. He looks forward to the death of his father so that he, having inherited the wealth, can spend it all in cheerfulness. Once, while Mr. Rai is attacked while traveling with a loaded suitcase full of money, Anand, a young man, saves him and is instantly in the wealthy businessman’s good books. Over time, the young man makes his way into the family and even the business. He is liked and favoured by everyone except Rakesh, who is constantly troubling Anand.
The cast of the movie includes Jeetendra as Anand, Neetu Singh as Shanno and Om Shivpuri as Mr. Rai. Madan Puri is seen as Girdhari with Dheeraj Kumar as Rakesh Rai and Nirupa Roy as Shobha Rai.
The movie has been directed by Ambrish Sangal and produced by Mohan Kumar. The story has been written by Mushtaq Jalili while the lyrics for the songs have been given by Ravindra Jain.
The movie has been adapted into the Telugu language in 1980 with the title Devudichina Koduku.
Aatish was also the initial title for the 1982 movie Daulat Ka Nasha.
This movie is the only project where the lead actors Jeetendra and Neetu Singh have collaborated with the director Mohan Kumar.
Aatish was among the last films that Neetu Singh was involved in before marriage.
The cinematography for the film has been handled by K K Mahajan and S N Dubey.
Aatish is the only instance where Ravindra Jain has composed music for Mohan Kumar. The filmmaker is known to usually involve the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal for his projects.
| Movie Released Date | 23 Feb 1979 |
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1. Total Movie duration: 2h 25m
2. Audio Languages: Hindi
