Badi Bahen

A little girl, daughter of rich Dwarkaprasad and Lakshmi, escapes from her kidnappers and her parents cannot find her. Shankar, gardener of Dwarka Prasad finds a child, names her Jyoti and brings her up as his own. Dwarka Prasad's son Vijay, daughter Asha and the gardener's daughter Jyoti grow up together. Seema, the younger daughter of Dwarka Prasad grows into a flighty woman who falls into the clutches of a swindler Anil, whose modus operandi is to lure wealthy daughter. Pregnant and desperate, she is saved by a stranger and gives birth to a boy. Dwarkaprasad deceives his daughter claiming that the child was stillborn. The abandoned child finds love and nurture in Jyoti, who has been separated from Shankar due to a cruel stroke of fate. Lovers Jyoti and Vijay have been torn apart by the haughty Dwarka Prasad, who arranges for Vijay to marry Seema. It takes another series of tragic events involving swindlers and thugs for the family to be reunited. —MG Gopalan