Half Ticket

A diamond thief hides his loot on an innocent child, but the child turns out to be an adult posing as a youngster to purchase a half-priced train ticket. Now, the thief will have to outwit the eccentric in a series of wacky misadventures. It is the story of a kind-hearted playful young man (Vijay). Unable to withstand his pranks his father drives him out of his home. He goes about his life doing odd jobs but never lasts longer than few days in one place. He meets a girl with dreamy eyes (Rajini) but pretends to a half-witted boy (Munna) to win her heart. Meanwhile some cops are chasing a diamond thief (Raja Babu) who hides the diamond in Munna's hip pocket. Rest of the plot revolves around how Raja Babu tries to retrieve his diamond, how successful Munna and Rajini are in getting rid of the bad guys. —Nisha J The Jabalpur-based Chand family consists of widower Lal and two sons, the elder is married, while the younger, Vijay, is a little bit eccentric, refuses to get married and gets to be a thorn in his father's side so much so that he is asked to leave. Not having enough money to travel by train to Bombay, Vijay dons the garb of a 12-year old, and with a help of a mysterious man, Rajababu, who calls himself his paternal uncle, reaches Bombay. He bumbles his way from job to job until he finds one as a Salesman in an electronic store that specializes in radios and tape-recorders. He meets with and falls in love with Rajnidevi alias Asha, and both want to get married. Vijay and Asha are about to get married when their lives are turned upside down by a woman named Lily, who claims she is Vijay's wife. Unable to convince Asha, Vijay is taken by Lily and Raja to a mental asylum - where he may end up spending the rest of his life. The a fire broke it in the asylum and vijay escapes with the help of crane. During chase, police captures raja with diamond. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)