Ek Baar Kaho

Ek Baar Kaho
	Vinyl Records Cover
Directed by	Lekh Tandon
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya; Rajshri Productions
Written by	Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Madhusudan Kalekar; Lekh Tandon
Story by	Madhusudan Kalekar
Starring	Navin Nischol; Shabana Azmi; Kiran Vairale; Madan Puri; Rajendra Nath; Jagdeep; Anil Kapoor; Dilip Dhawan; Suresh Oberoi
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Cinematography	Jehangir Choudhary
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Release date	3 September 1980 (India); ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ek Baar Kaho (Hindi: ?? ??? ???; translation: Say Once) is a 1980 Hindi-language film produced by Tarachand Barjatya and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Navin Nischol and Shabana Azmi in lead roles, with a supporting cast of Kiran Vairale, Madan Puri, Rajendra Nath, Jagdeep, Anil Kapoor, Dilip Dhawan and Suresh Oberoi.

Plot

Ravi Varma (Navin Nischol) loses his parents in childhood and his wife Rajni in an accident. He keeps himself immersed in business. His family physician advises him to take a holiday for rest. He happens to meet Aarti Mathur (Shabana Azmi) and both are attracted to each other. Ravi is unable to express his love and attraction for Aarti. On the other hand, Aarti is unsure of Ravi's intentions and his feelings for her. Soon Aarti's marriage is arranged. Ravi must decide to speak out his feelings or observe silence to let Aarti's marriage proceed as arranged. Further turns of events and his relation with Aarti is shown in the remaining part of the film.

Cast

Navin Nischol as Ravi Varma
Shabana Azmi as Aarti Mathur
Kiran Vairale as Aparna
Madan Puri as Dr. Puri, Rajni's father
Anil Kapoor
Rajendra Nath as Tooto Singh
Jagdeep as Hanuman Singh, hotel caretaker
Dilip Dhawan
Suresh Oberoi

Crew

Direction – Lekh Tandon
Story – Madhusudan Kalekar
Screenplay – Madhusudan Kalekar, Lekh Tandon
Dialogue – Rahi Masoom Reza
Production – Tarachand Barjatya, Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya
Production Company – Rajshri Productions
Editing – Mukhtar Ahmed
Cinematography – Jehangir Choudhary
Art Direction – Maharudra Shetty
Choreography – Madhav Kishan
Music Direction – Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics – Dev Kohli, Mahendra Dehlvi, Maya Govind, Kulwant Jani
Playback – Aarti Mukherjee, Bappi Lahiri, Jagjit Singh, Sulakshana Pandit, K.J. Yesudas

Soundtrack

All music composed by Bappi Lahiri.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Char Din Ki Zindagi Hai"	Maya Govind	Yesudas	4:05
2.	"Ek Baar Kaho Mujhe Pyar Karte Ho"	Dev Kohli	Sulakshana Pandit, Bappi Lahiri	4:20
3.	"Raakh Ke Dher Ne"	Mohinder Dehelvi	Jagjit Singh	3:44
5.	"Yeh Zindagi Char Din Ki"	Kulwant Jani	Bappi Lahiri	4:40
7.	"Pyar Ki Raha Mein"		Aarti Mukherjee	1:20
8.	"Soye Jasbaat"		Aarti Mukherjee	1:10