Love Story is a 1981 film produced and directed by Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar was one of the most successful Indian Bollywood actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He also produced several films in the 1980s starring his son Kumar Gaurav....

. The film stars Rajendra Kumar alongside his son Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar.-Career:He made his film debut with Love Story produced by his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster. Many youngsters began to emulate him...

 and Vijeta Pandit

Vijeta Pandit

Vijeta Pandit is an actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film Love Story .-Early life and background:Vijeta comes from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj is her uncle...

, both making their film debut. Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha is an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films.-Movie career:She began modelling and acting at the age of 18. Her first movie was Raja Kaka opposite Kiran Kumar. However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha, directed by her mentor...

, Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...

, Danny Denzongpa

Danny Denzongpa

Tshering Phintso Denzongpa , widely known by his acting name "Danny" Denzongpa, is an Indian actor of Sikkimese ancestry working in Bollywood films....

 and Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...

 also appear in supporting roles. The music was composed by R. D. Burman with lyrics by Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

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Plot

The film is the story of lovers played by Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar.-Career:He made his film debut with Love Story produced by his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster. Many youngsters began to emulate him...

 and Vijeta Pandit

Vijeta Pandit

Vijeta Pandit is an actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film Love Story .-Early life and background:Vijeta comes from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj is her uncle...

 and their struggle to achieve success in life. The film became a "blockbuster", making Kumar Gaurav a 'Star' overnight. Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions...

 won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award

The Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....

 over another nominee, his father Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...

. The song 'Yaad Aa Rahi Hai' is considered as one of Amit Kumar's best vocal renditions to date. Asha Bhonsle too made a mark with the sensous 'Kya Gajab Karte Ho Jee'. Another popular duet is the Lata Mangeshkar-Amit Kumar song 'Dekho Maine Dekha Hai Yeh Ek Sapna'.

The film was later remade into Telugu

Telugu cinema

The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...

 as Prema Sankellu (1982) by Vijaya Nirmala

Vijaya Nirmala

Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her as the female director who had made the highest number of films. She has directed 47 movies.-Career:...

 and starring her son Naresh

Naresh (actor)

Vijaya Naresh is an Indian movie actor who portrayed lead comic roles in Tollywood in 1980s and 1990s and appears occasionally in supporting roles in 2000s. He's recently married a politician's niece, which is his third marriage.- Early life :He is the son of actress Vijaya Nirmala...

. The film did not become a hit, despite the enormous success of the film's music.

Awards and nominations

• Filmfare Best Male Playback Award
  Filmfare Best Male Playback Award
  The Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....
  
  -Amit Kumar
  Amit Kumar
  Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions...
  
   for the song "Yaad Aa Rahi Hai"
• Filmfare
  Filmfare
  Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
  
   Nomination as Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...
  
  
• Filmfare
  Filmfare
  Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
  
   Nomination for Best Music-R.D. Burman