The musical family drama movie, Maqsad was released on May 4, 1984. K Bapaiah directed the movie while D Rama Naidu produced it. The star cast of tha movie involved Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Prada, Jeetendra, Sridevi, Amjad Khan, Waheeda Rehman, Prem Chopra and Sridevi while Shakti Kapoor, Asrani, Ranjeet, Kader Khan and Prem Chopra played the supporting roles. Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle sung the songs of the movie. Bappi Lahiri was the music director of the movie.

Rajeshwar ( Rajesh Khanna ),the only son of an affluent businessman ,Dharamraj ( Om Shivpuri )falls in love with a girl named Bharti (Sridevi ). Naglingam Reddy ( Kader Khan ),Narendra ( Ranjeet ) and Dhanraj (Prem Chopra ) are the business associates of Dharamraj. Contrary to Rajeshwar, Bharti belongs to a underprivileged background. His father, Vishnupratap ( Shreeram Lagoo ) works as schoolteacher .At times he is strained to beg to keep his body and soul together.Initally Bharti resists but when she realizes Rajeshwar seriously loves her. She too gets intimate with him.

Tilak ( Jeetendra ),Bharti’s neighbour, an unwaged man lives with her mother ,Sharda ( Waheeda Rehman ) who is engaged as a maidservant in a wealthy family. Rajeshwar and Tilak hate each other .Rani ( Jayapradha ) ,a member of the family an Tilak fall in love with each other. Subsequently, Dharamraj is murdered and Tilak is indicated as the one behind it. Tilak is detained and unless he can assemble proofs that clear him, he may probably face the death verdict.

The hit songs of Maqsad are:
1. Aa Jaao Aa Jaao Nagraaja Tum Aa Jaao
2. Gussa Chhod Dil Na Tod Bigad Na Ghadi Ghadi
3. Laachaari Ko Majboor Ko
4. Devi O Baby Tu Ban Jaa Meri Biwi
5. Hoy Hoy Garmi Hai Kahaan Hai Seene Mein
6. Pyaar Tumne Kiya Na Hota To