Jeevan Ek Sanghursh

Jeevan Ek Sanghursh is a 1990 Bollywood film directed by Rahul Rawail, produced by D. Rama Naidu. It stars Raakhee, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in the leading roles. The film was successful and was the tenth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1990. Rawail's father H. S. Rawail was also a film director, best known for romantic films like Mere Mehboob (1963), Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) and Laila Majnu (1976). By titling this film as Jeevan Ek Sanghursh, Rawail paid a tribute to one of his father's films; Sunghursh (1968), based on a novel written by the Bengali author Mahashweta Devi. The film was set in the 19th century and showcased the lives of bandits and stars actors like Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni, Sanjeev Kumar and Jayant.