ateeksha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Prateeksha Prateeksha.jpg Theatrical release poster Directed by Lawrence D'Souza Written by Talat Rekhi Indeevar Prayag Raaj (lyrics) Produced by S. Ramanathan Starring Jeetendra Moushumi Chatterjee Govinda Shilpa Shirodkar Cinematography Lawrence D'Souza Edited by A. Paul Durai Singham Music by Rajesh Roshan Production company Raam Raj Kala Mandhir Release date 7 May 1993 Running time 132 mins Country India Language Hindi Prateeksha (transl. Waiting) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film, Produced by S. Ramanathan under the Raam Raj Kala Mandhir banner and directed by Lawrence D'Souza. It stars Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Govinda, Shilpa Shirodkar with music composed by Rajesh Roshan. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 References 5 External links Plot A story of a lovely married couple, Vijay Kumar and Laxmi (Jeetendra and Moushumi Chatterjee), who per form musical shows together with friend Tom D'Costa (Vinod Mehra) and their son Raja (Master Bunty) as their means of living. Dinesh Khanna (Danny Denzongpa), was heartbroken by Laxmi during her college days, and he never quite got over her rejecting him, and when Vijay Kumar was performing a show in London, he takes revenge by coming home and trying to rape Laxmi in his absence. But unfortunately, Vijay gets back home due to the late flight along with Tom and while protecting his wife, he gets murdered by Dinesh and Tom is crippled. Dinesh strips off her clothes. Dinesh becomes uncontrollable upon seeing her naked and rapes her brutally. The blame was put on Laxmi and she has been sentenced to life. Raja (Govinda) grows up pretty much without both parents; doing various street shows for his earnings. Meeting Renu (Shilpa Shirodkar) leads to mutual love. Meanwhile, Laxmi is released from jail. The remaining story is finding out his journey of meeting his love, career peak, and D inesh, the villain, on whom he takes reve