Sridevi and Jeetendra in Himmat Aur Mehanat (1987): Bollywood's Power Couple of the 1980s

Sridevi and Jeetendra on the sets of Himmat Aur Mehanat (1987).

Jeetendra and Sridevi

Below: A peck on the cheek: The extent of erotica when it came to Jeetendra and Sridevi films. As both said of their respective careers and films, they never did a movie which couldn't be seen by the entire family. All their movies were rather chaste and suitable for all ages. 

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Photoplay... The Outdoor Way. 

A pair of lovers ensconced in each other's arms in the alp of a thickly wooded forest. The perfect setting for a love ditty. Lost in the woods are the two lovers Sridevi and Jeetendra in Brar Productions' Himmat Aur Mehnat directed by K. Bapaiah.

Photographs: Jayant Das and Amita Deshmukh

Above: Jeetendra and Sridevi publicity stills for the film in the summer of 1987. From the song 'Touch me, touch me, I want to feel you body." Um yeah. So that happened. 'Twas the 80s and they were hardly employing poets to pen lyrics! 

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The film was released on 27 Nov, 1987. 

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Below: In Hindi and English, Bollywood posters for the film Himmat aur Mehanat.

Sridevi gets an unexpected kiss from Jeetendra on set - these two were so cute in the 80s.