Aasha is a 1980 Hindi-language Drama Musical movie written by Ram Kelkar, Ramesh Pant and Anand Bakshi. The movie is directed by J. Om Prakash and produced by J. Om Prakash under the banner of Filmyug Pvt Ltd. Aasha stars Reena Roy in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Jeetendra Kapoor, Rameshwari Talluri, Girish Karnad, Sulochana Latkar, Master Bhagwan and Sudesh Sunder. The music was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar along with Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma and Laxmikant Pyarelal. Cinematography was done by V Babasaheb and editing by Nand Kumar. The film has a running time of 140 minutes. It was released on 4th March 1980. Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, introduces her to him mom, and soon they are married. Mala has eye problems, and eventually loses her sight. While travelling, Deepak has an accident and his body is nowhere to be found. Deepak's mom blames a pregnant Mala for this bad luck, and throws her out of the house. Mala gives birth to a baby girl, and both live a very poor and destitute life. Deepak has met with Asha several times, and would like to marry her. Asha would also like to marry Deepak. And then Asha finds out that Mala is still alive, and she must now decide to withhold that information from Deepak so she could marry him instead or tell him the truth and lose him forever. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)