Taqdeer

Widower Pratap Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle along with two married sons, Randhir and Ranvir. While Ranvir's wife continues to be childless, Randhir has a daughter, and his wife is expecting a second child. Pratap wants Randhir to invest the family's gold and jewelry, which are hidden underneath the Mandir of Bhagwan Shri Shivji, in a foreign country, but Randhir refuses, arguments ensue, Randhir moves out, and starts his own business, a coal mine. Shortly thereafter, there is an accident in the mines, over 300 miners are killed. The Police arrest Randhir, he is tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. After his term ends, he is discharged and will soon find out that his wife and father are dead, his second child is missing believed to be dead, a prostitute has taken over the identity of his daughter, and a hoodlum, Shiva, is waiting to kill him. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)