Aaj Ka Daur was an action cum social drama that was released on December 6, 1985. The movie was directed by K Bapaiah and produced by Chintapalli Prasad. The lead roles in the movie were played by Jackie Shroff, Raj Kiran, Padmini Kolhapure and Roshni while the presence of Shoma Anand, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan, Nirupa Roy, Anwar Ali and Rakesh Bedi supported the film. The music of the film was directed by Bappi Lahiri while the songs were sung by Alka Yagnik, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Shabbir Kumar and Yesudas.

Aaj Ka Daur was an action cum comedy film mixed with the realities of social drama. The movie revolved mostly around a petrol pump employee named Raja ( Jackie Shroff ) who is a graduate but is struggling to get his first job. Then there was Durga Agnihotri ( Padmini Kolhapure ) in the movie who is pursuing her college education and comes to his rescue. Durga lived with her mother Laxmi Agnihotri ( Nirupa Roy ) who lives with her husband Vishwapratap Gyandeo Agnihotri ( Kader Khan ).

Vishwapratap was a straight forward person who was also not employed but believed in his right to speech and right to vote. Then there was Mr. Kapoor ( Satyen Kappu ) who lived with his son, Pratap ( Sachin ) and daughter-in-law Sharda ( Shoma Anand ). There were two more unemployed people as well namely Rambabu Dard ( Rajkiran ) and his wife Sita ( Roshni ) who being University graduates were unemployed as well.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Petrol Bharo
2.    Shanivar Tak Who
3.    Hum Tujh Per Shaida Huye
4.    Gori Gori Gori
5.    Yeh Daur Aaj Ka Daur