David Abraham

Rosie Perreira (Pearl Padamsee) is an overly anxious widow, living with her violin-obsessed son, Sabby (Ranjit Chowdhry) and a lovely daughter, Nancy (Tina Munim) whom she would like to marry a wealthy young man. Nancy is heartbroken after a guy, Peter, whom she loved, betrayed her and dumped her.. Since then she has isolated herself. Henry (Uday Chandra) lives on the same street as Nancy and secretly loves her. ROsie dislikes Henry.. Rosie's brother and neighbor, Tom (David) and Nancy take the 9:10 AM local train daily. Tony Braganza (Amol Palekar) is a young eligible bachelor who is also travelling by 9:10 AM Western Railway local train from Bandra to Churchgate (he is late to office by 30 mins due to this). Tony is an artist and makes sketches of strangers on the train. One day Nancy notices Tony staring at her and complains to TOm. Tony passes a note in the train to Tom and introduces himself to TOm. Tom likes Tony and they both share info about each other via notes. Tom tells Tony that Nancy is his niece and is unmarried. Tony lives with his parents Mr. Braganza (Arvind Deshpande) & Mrs. Braganza (Piloo J. Wadia).. Tony gets permission to be 30 mins late daily in exchange for staying 2 hrs late in the evening. Tony is happy as he now take the 9:10 AM train daily and see Nancy and Tom. One day Tom asks Tony to get down at Marine line station. They go into a cafe where Tom introduces Tony and Nancy.. Tom manipulates the situation and gets Nancy to invite Tony for dinner that night, on the pretext of explaining his work (he specializes in cartoons) Tom also asks Nancy to introduce Tony to Rosie, which she does. Rosie is initially apprehensive about him as he only drawing a mere Rs.300/- compared to Nancy's Rs.700/-, but soon changes her mind when she finds out that after his probationary period he will draw a monthly pay of Rs.1000/-. Rosie goes out of her way to make Tony feel comfortable in her house. Rosie is not thrilled to see that Tony is a cartoonist and makes caricatures using animal figures. But Tom intervenes and controls the situation. Nancy and Tony are permitted to meet on a regular basis and both eventually fall in love. Nancy admits that she has a past where she was betrayed by a boy, Peter (when he cheated on Nancy with another girl Julie), whom she loved, she still likes Tony. On one of the visits Rosie invites Nancy's friend Hazel to meet Tony. Hazel wears a provocative dress and Tom rebukes Rosie for inviting her in the first place. Henry also keeps dropping by, but he is super nervous and Rosie always discourages him and kicks him out of the house with one pretext or another. Meanwhile Hazel introduces herself to Tony when he comes to meet Nancy.. Hazel throws herself on Tony and he likes the attention, which irritates Rosie and Nancy. Again TOm has to intervene to cool tempers and get Tony and Nancy to go out on a movie.. It helps that Hazel is now engaged to another guy.. Rosie is worries that Tony has been dating Nancy for 3.5 months now. Rosie and Philomena Aunty (Leela Mishra) ramp up the pressure on Nancy to find out Tony's intentions about marriage. Tony is hesitant in taking the next step with Nancy, and this is what costs him Nancy's love. Philomena Aunty feels that he will not come through with the marriage. she asks Rosie to meet Tony's parents and start wedding talks. Rosie runs into Mrs Branganza and Tony at a movie hall, when she is seated right next to them. Mrs Branganza is not happy to learn that Tony has been dating Nancy for 4 months now and that he likes her. She leaves in a huff.. Nancy blames Rosie for talking needlessly too much.. Nancy feels she and Rosie have been insulted and decides not to meet Tony again. Meanwhile Mrs Braganza is pissed at Tony for almost finalizing his own wedding without her knowledge. Tony is defensive and says there is no talk of marriage. Nancy and Tony have a fight and stop meeting each other on the train as well. Rosie starts looking elsewhere for a son-in-law. Nancy does not like this, but she at first accepts whatever her mom wants. When Tom comes to know about this, he speaks to Tony's dad. Henry professes his love for Nancy, but she lets him down very gently. Tony's dad tells Tony that if he is still reluctant to make any commitments (he is not willing to commit to a marriage just yet, although he loves Nancy), he should tell Nancy about it. So Nancy and Tony meet each other and Nancy tells him that she will never meet him again. It is then that Tony feels that he actually loves Nancy and cannot live without her. Then Nancy also confesses her love for him and they marry.

Truth, beauty and Godliness are subjective and humans have not been able to find an objective definition for either through centuries of search. It is a human's love, faith and devotion that gives any meaning to any of the 3. The story is set in a village where Roopa (Zeenat Aman) lives with her father, the village priest Pandit Shyam Sunder (Kanhaiyalal). Roopa is unconsidered a jinx as her mother died while giving birth to her. Bansi (A. K. Hangal) is Roopa's uncle and protects her from Pandit's wrath. Pandit wanted a boy and hence hated Roopa as a burden on himself. From the very early age, Roopa had a fabulous voice and she supported her father, the temple priest, in conducting religious ceremonies for patrons, which requires singing devotional songs. Still, the priest does not value Roopa and does not even celebrate her birthday as he says that he lost his wife the same day and does not know how to celebrate that day. As a young child (Padmini Kolhapure), the right side of Roopa's face and neck were burned by a pot of boiling oil which she spilled on herself while cooking a meal for her father. She was cooking the meal on occasion of her birthday, which Bansi insisted should be celebrated, leaving part of her face disfigured. Due to this dis-figuration, she is unmarried and everyone in the village pities her. Henceforth, Roopa keeps her right cheek hidden under the veil of her sari. Despite the terrible accident, Roopa remains religious and goes to the village temple daily, singing hymns and devotional songs. Pandit is eager to get Roopa married as she is old enough, but Shastri (Subroto Mahapatra), Roopa's prospective father-in-law & Shastri's son (Javed Khan) demand a hefty dowry to take her on. Despite the cruelty of her own father, Roopa understands her fate and says that she is resigned to stay at home and does not want Shyam to exert himself in his old age to gather money for her dowry. Rajeev (Shashi Kapoor) is a dashing engineer who arrives in the village to oversee the operation of a major dam. He lives in a guest house managed by dam supervisor Bade Babu (David Abraham Cheulkar) and Bade Babu's wife (Leela Chitnis). Jai Singh (Vishwa Mehra) is the supervisor. Rajeev's mom and dad have already passed away. Rajeev abhors anything ugly and he even gets scared when he sees his optically disfigured face in mirrors at the village fair. He hears Roopa's lovely singing at the temple and then later at the inauguration function of the new dam and meets her when she arrives at the temple again early morning. Rajeev does not see her disfigured side, and falls in love with her. Village belle Champa (Sheetal) is also in love with Rajeev. Rajeev mistakes Champa for Pooja and expresses his love for her. When he realizes she is not Pooja, he runs away, angering Champa. Rajeev continues to pursue Roopa during her morning singing sessions at the temple. He follows her to a waterfall where he watches her bathe and return to the temple. Rajeev introduces himself to Roopa and it is clear that he is attracted to her. Roopa hides her hideous side from Rajeev. One day Roopa and Rajeev both share a sensuous moment under the waterfall, where Pooja also finds herself attracted to Rajeev. Rajeev kisses her that day. He wants to sleep with her, but Roopa says she will have sex only after marriage. Rajeev then asks her father's permission to marry her. Roopa does not want to cheat Rajeev because she loves him deeply and first request his father to reject the marriage proposal. But everyone from the village (including the Panchayat) request her to change her mind. They even donate funds for her wedding festivities and thereby she agreed to get married to Rajeev thinking he may accept her with her condition as he claimed to love her truly. After the wedding, Rajeev discovers the truth and thinks that he was cheated and forced to marry someone else, at which point he disowns Roopa and drives her out of the house. Rajeev roams around the village at the wedding night in search of another Roopa, as he think there is another girl with the same name, waiting for him. On the other side, after being rejected by Rajeev at their wedding night, Roopa decides to commit suicide but rescued by Rajeev, when he thought he found the girl he fall in love with, not his wife. After being rescued, Roopa decides to meet him at night, using a veil to hide the scarred side of her face. Rajeev spends his days ignoring his wife, and his nights loving his mistress including having sex with her in the darkness of night, not knowing they are both the same woman. Rajeev's servant Jaisingh notices that Roopa is meeting Rajeev as his mistress at night. During one of their nights together, they make love and Roopa gets pregnant. When Rajeev finds out that his wife is pregnant, he accuses her of infidelity and refuses to believe that his "mistress" and wife are the same. He publicly shames her and wont relent even when Jaisingh also confirms that Rajeev's wife is Roopa and there is no other girl, and sends her back to her home. Seeing it, Roopa's father dies out of agony. Roopa vows that she will never ever return to Rajeev as his mistress. A terrible storm ravages the village, breaking open the dam which Rajeev had come to repair. The village is being evacuated as the dam's shutters are opening. In the swirling waters of the flood, Rajeev sees how shallow he has been. He finds his wife singing a lovely song in her sweet voice and comes to the realization that Roopa and his wife are the same woman, and saves Roopa from drowning. The dam waters flood the village and break the bridge that the villagers were using to cross over to the other side and safety. Once safe in the vicinity of the temple, Rajeev ask for Roopa's forgiveness and accepts Roopa as his wife.

Set on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857, the film depicts two noblemen who devote themselves to endless rounds of chess, while their kingdom gets annexed.

The Nath family consists of Retired Commissioner Upendra, his wife, Savitri; elder son, Madan, who is married to Maya, and they have a son, Ashoo; a second son - Surendra, who is married to Kamla, and they have a daughter, Pinky; a third unmarried college-going son, Chander; and a school-going daughter, Namrata. Their's is a happy family, and everyone rejoices when Chander completes his M.A.. There is more to rejoice when Chander introduces them to the woman he loves, Vandana, the only daughter of wealthy Mr. Tandon. The marriage is arranged with great pomp and ceremony, attended by the family friend, Abdul, who home-delivers groceries. Before the marriage could be solemnized, Upendra gets news that he has lost his Court case, and passes away. The wedding is canceled, and the lives of the entire Nath family changes thereafter, with Kamla and Maya taking over the household, reducing Savitri to the status of an unwanted guest, while Namrata is asked to become the servant and unable to complete her education, and Chander, who rebels, is asked to leave. Vandana's dad comes to know of their plight and refuses to permit his daughter to get married in the Nath family. Chander moves in with Abdul, gets a job as a waiter, then he is promoted as Manager, and finally as partner and co-owner of the Francis Hotel. Unable to get medication, Savitri passes away, forcing Namrata to move in with Abdul as well. Madan and Surendra also find success when they buy their own hotel and name it 'Gulmohar Hotel'. With Chander on one hand, and his two siblings on the other - they are now poised to compete with each other - not knowing who will win in this cut-throat competition - as they set out to destroy each other. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The film is set in 1856 on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857. The British are about to annex the Indian State of Awadh (also spelled Oudh). The daily life of two wealthy men who are devoted to chess is presented against the background of scheming officials of the British East India Company, the history of its relations with the Indian ruler of Awadh, and the ruler's devotion both to his religious practice and the pursuit of pleasure. the Indian princely state of Awadh (whose capital is Lucknow) and its Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah (Amjad Khan). He lives with the Queen (Veena), Mother of Wajid Ali Shah. Awadh is rich and prosperous. The population is satisfied and have a large disposable income. Wajid Ali is a languid artist and poet (Dresses up like Krishna, composes his own songs, praising himself, and has 400 concubines and 29 Muta (enjoyment wives)), no longer in command of events and unable to effectively oppose the British demand for his throne. Wajid was not interested in ruling his kingdom but loved his crown none-the-less. Lord Dalhousie had his eyes on the Kingdom of Awadh and wanted to swallow it within the British empire. He also already swallowed Punjab, Burma, Nagpur, Satara and Jhansi. Historically Awadh's ruler Shuja-Ud-Daulah allowed the Brits in for trading. Eventually the Brits went to war and Awadh lost. But Brits allowed Shuja-Ud-Daulah to keep his crown for a penalty of Rs 50 MM and a promise to fund Brit wars, as and when needed. General James Outram (Richard Attenborough) is plotting against Wajid at the behest of Dalhousie. The role of Captain Weston (Tom Alter), Outram's aide De camp, so British in his ways, but in love with Urdu poetry, is also worth noting. Outram declares Wajid to be an incompetent ruler and gets Weston to support him by promising a plum position post the takeover. Parallel to this wider drama is the personal (and humorous) tale of two rich, indolent noblemen of this kingdom, Mirza Sajjad Ali (Sanjeev Kumar) and Mir Roshan Ali (Saeed Jaffrey). Inseparable friends, the two nobles are passionately obsessed with the game of Shatranj (chess). Munshi Nandlal (David Abraham) reaches out to both nobles and tells them that a British takeover of Awadh is imminent. Brits are bringing railways and wireless to India to speed up transportation and establish control over all of India. Mirza and Mir think this is only another ploy for the Brits to demand more money from the King. Both effectively neglect their wives (Khurshid (Shabana Azmi), Mirza's wife & Nafisa (Farida Jalal), Mir's wife). Khurshid is angry that Mirza won't spend time with her even though he is at home. She also curses Mir, that his wife is having an affair and yet he spends all of his time with Mirza. Khurshid wants to have sex with Mirza and calls his away from his game with Mir. But Mirza can only think about his unfinished game and goes back to Mir, after failing to perform in bed with Khurshid. She thinks that Mirza doesn't love her. In retaliation Khurshid steals Mirza's chess pieces. Hirya (Leela Mishra), Khurshid's maid helps her in this. Meanwhile on 31st Jan 1986, Dalhousie makes his moves and issues orders for the takeover of Awadh, from Calcutta. Outram delivers the orders to Prime Minister "Madar-Ud-Daula" (Victor Banerjee). The orders are justified by the "misrule" of Awadh by the King and include taking Wajid's title away from him. The orders are backed by the British armies at Cawnpore, who are straining at the least to be let lose against Awadh. Meanwhile Mir and Mirza are dying to play chess and decide to borrow pieces from their lawyer Abbajani (Bhudo Advani). But when they get to his house, they realize he is on his death bed, and quietly make their exit. It is Friday and the market is closed. PM delivers the news of the takeover to Wajid. The nobles decide to play chess with condiments and vegetables as their pieces, much to the disappointment of Khurshid. She throws the pieces back at Mirza. Mirza decides to play at Mir's going forward. Now Wajid is distraught at losing his titles and laments that he got rid of his formidable army at the insistence of the Brit officials a few years ago. Wajid contemplates his position (The Brits have an earlier treaty with Awadh in which they explicitly agree to let the King remain on the throne) and refuses to vacate the throne. The Brits, including Outram, know of the treaty and feel Wajid is entitled to challenge this forced abdication of the throne. Outram knows that a 100,000 pounds a month is generous compensation, but Wajid may decide to fight the abdication. Wajid has 5 days to respond and Outram is worried that there has been no response yet. Outram decides to meet the Queen mother. Meanwhile Mir's wife Nafisa is worried that Mir is playing chess with Mirza at home. Her lover is Aqueel (Farooq Sheikh). Mir catches them red-handed when he enters Nafisa's room, but they are able to convince him that Aqueel is hiding from the King's army, as they are forcibly taking youth to fight against the British. Queen mother refuses the compensation and demands justice for Wajid. She says she will advise Wajid to fight for his throne. The 2 nobles fail to fight the takeover of their kingdom by the East India Company. Instead, they escape their harangued wives and responsibilities, fleeing from Lucknow to play chess in a tiny village untouched by greater events. they are trying to find an abandoned mosque, where they can play in peace, but can't find it. They are invited to rest at the house of poor farmer. Ray's basic theme in the film is the message that the self-centered nature, detachment and cowardice of India's ruling classes catalyzed the annexation of Awadh by a handful of British officials. Wajid meanwhile agrees to meet Outram at 8 am the following morning. Outram presses Wajid to sign the new treaty. Wajid is willing to give up his crown, but refuses to sign the new treaty, which he feels is unjust. Meanwhile the chess match rages on and Mirza is losing for a change. He blames the mosquitoes for distracting him. Mirza then dawns on Mir that Nafisa is cheating on him, to throw him off his game. In the last scene, after which Mir shoots at Mirza and complains out loud "(If you die) I won't have a partner to play chess with", Mirza responds to him "but you have one in front of you!" (thus, making him understand that he forgives him). He finally concludes that "after nightfall, we will go back home. We both need darkness to hide our faces."

Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayetri, daughter, Kamla, and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets with Nekiram, who becomes his business partner, and also his samdhi (in-law) as his daughter is in love with Madhu. Both get married in a simple ceremony. After this marriage, both Nekiram, and Anand and his family work hard at preparing food in a small dhaba, which soon grows into a restaurant, then a larger fancier restaurant, finally a five star hotel. Now Anand and his family are all wealthy and live in a palatial home. Anand gets to talking to Bhagwan Shri Kishan, who regularly visits him and asks about him and his family. Anand proudly takes all the credit, and asks Kishan to accompany him to see his success and his hotel. Bhagwan Kishan declines, but agrees do so later. Things don't go quite as well for Anand, when he finds out that Nekiram has been cheating him. Nekiram leaves the house, but Madhu accompanies him. Then Anand finds that Govind has been squandering money and time on women and alcohol; and to top his disappointment Kamla gets pregnant. When Bhagwan Kishan comes to visit Anand again, he admits that he is a failure, his health is poor, and his family are all strangers to him. Lord Kishan advises Anand that this is his life and he must learn from the Mahabharat, and that every life is a struggle, which is confused by relations and near and dear ones, and also by one's ego. Once the ego is removed, then only one can see clearly. But will Anand be able to understand and carry out what Lord Kishan is asking him to? Or will end up taking the blame, like he took the credit, upon himself? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Prabhakar, a former honest and fearless cop is reinstated by the IG P.N. Khanna in the city to put an end to growing criminal activities. As Prabkhar takes charge, he deals with the crime with an iron fist and his investigation leads him to Din Dayal, a supposedly honest and rich man, but before he could expose Din Dayal, he is killed. Disheartened yet adamant to end crime, Khanna, uses Kalicharan, a fugitive's cold-hearted nature to bring Din Dayal to justice.

A police officer framed for drug possession escapes jail while his wife is institutionalized. Years later, their son becomes a feared crime boss who falls for a thief, leading to dangerous consequences. Inspector Shiv Nath is a honest and diligent police officer in Bombay, and lives with his wife, Radha, and a young son, Arjun. While making several arrests in connection with counterfeit money and drugs, he comes to know that his close friend, Karamchand is also involved in this racket. Before he could take any action, he himself is arrested by the police for possession of fake money and drugs, and sentenced to a jail term, but he escapes and his whereabouts are unknown. Radha loses her mind and is institutionalized, while Arjun takes to petty crime and on reaching adult-hood is the Don of the area known and feared as "Dus Numbri". He meets with and falls in love with a petty thief and card-sharp, Rosemary Fernandes. When Radha accidentally meets with Rosemary, she thinks it is Sundari, Karamchand's wife, and then Radha starts to regain her sanity. But not for long, as Arjun, Radha, and Rosemary will soon be enmeshed in a plot that may well rid them of their senses, that is if it does not kill them first. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Vishal is a poet and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his widowed and wheelchair-bound mom. He is in love with Aruna, who works with a publishing company. Due to his forthrightness, Vishal is unable to keep a job, and Aruna attempts in vain to get him to work at her firm. Then she stops meeting him altogether, and a few days later he gets an invitation to attend her marriage with her boss, Anand Kumar Sahegal. This turn of events devastates Vishal to such an extent that he takes to alcohol, visits prostitutes, gambles, and hates all women especially Aruna. Vishal gains fame selling his poems to Ramu Makhichandani, but does not improve his lifestyle. Then one day a young woman named Sonia enters his life and both of them fall in love with each other. Vishal proposes to Sonia and she accepts, however, fate has some other plans for them - for Sonia is none other than the step-daughter of Aruna - and neither Vishal nor Aruna may want this marriage alliance to succeed. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Twin brothers realize that the older sister they thought dead is in fact alive, whereupon they embark on a quest to save her from the lecher who has her in his thrall.

A kind-hearted business tycoon, whose daughter was killed in an accident, takes a liking to an employee's daughter. Widower Rajjan lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion called 'Lakshmi Bhavan' all by himself after the tragic passing of his daughter. He runs a match factory called Kabutar (Dove) which does very well. It is then he meets with Pratima, her husband, Chander, and daughter, Rani, who reminds of his late daughter. He decides to indirectly assist Chander in his own business venture which ironically includes running a match factory called 'Eagle'. Chander does so well that Rajjan starts losing all his customers and soon must declare bankruptcy. 'Lakshmi Bhavan' is sold to none other than Chander himself for 25 Lakhs, and Rajjan moves to the outhouse. Soon Chander starts to liven things up including drinking alcohol and having lavish parties with dancing girls which does not auger very well with Rajjan - who had always treated this mansion as a holy place. Rajjan decides to ask Chander to stop not knowing that in so doing he will set off a chain of events that will change their lives forever. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Subir, a popular singer, persuades his wife Uma to take up a singing career too. But his pride is wounded and their marriage threatened when Uma`s popularity surpasses his own.

Thakur Pratap and Thakur Gopal are good friends who live life to the fullest. However, their lives change when the two fall in love with Kesar and Laxmi, respectively.

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.

Rajoo (Rajesh Khanna) and Sheetal (Hema Malini) are in love, and expecting some opposition from Rajoo's dad (Ajit), they marry in a simple temple ceremony. But Rajoo's dad vehemently opposes this marriage, and refuses to accept Sheetal. Then Rajoo is accidentally killed in a vehicle accident, leaving Sheetal pregnant and totally devastated. She eventually gives birth a baby boy Deepu (Master Alankar). Sheetal than seeks employment, and gets a job as a teacher. One of her students is a child named Muni, whose dad is a widower, Ravi (Shammi Kapoor). Since their circumstances are similiar, they become very close, and eventually decide to marry. But Ravi's mom )Achla Sachdev) objects to this marriage, and accuses Sheetal of being a woman of questionable means. In the meantime, a villager, Mahuva (Aruna Irani) commits suicide, and the villagers point the finger at Ravi, on whom Mahuva had a crush. Was Ravi two-timing Sheetal? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else. Plain-looking, buck-toothed Sundar works as a waiter in the Rasraj Hotel. One day he meets with Radha, the daughter of the hotel owner and falls in love with her. She indicates that she likes him, and he builds a palace of dreams, but lacks the confidence to approach her. When his friend, Amar, returns from abroad he assists him in making a career as a Bollywood comedian and singer, and improving his self-worth. Sundar gets popularity virtually overnight, and musters up enough courage to propose to Radha, only to find out that she loves someone else, and that person is none other than - Amar. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

An abused homeless male and a mentally-challenged woman become friends. Impoverished residents of a Chawl ill-treat a homeless collegian orphan, Bhola, make him do a lot of work, run errands, do not pay him, make him beg for food, and often refuse to feed him. After Gauri's marriage is canceled due to her being institutionalized for 10 years in a mental hospital in Agra, her mother, Leela, secretly decides to marry her off to Bhola. As both are shunned by everyone they become friends but then Bhola is blamed for stealing valuables, accused and beaten for writing a love-letter to Renu, and is beaten even more before his exams. Then things dramatically change after Bhola graduates, and a wealthy businessman from Singapore arrives and announces that he is Bhola's father. Watch what impact this news has on the residents. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Widower Ram Kapoor lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, but is very lonely, as his only child, a son named Rajesh, lives abroad, and his aged dad, Diwan Bahadur, lives in the village. Ram frequently throws lavish parties to overcome this loneliness. This changes when Rajesh returns home, and he is able to convince Diwan also to return so that the three could live together. Shortly thereafter differences crop up between Rajesh and Diwan - initially on love and marriage; then on Caste issues; then the marriage of Rajesh, which is arranged with Diwan's friend, Thakur Janak Singh's daughter, Rukmani, while Rajesh wants to marry Monica. Things come to such a pass that Ram decides to leave, takes to women and alcohol in a big way, and becomes the subject of a big scandal. Ram returns home after Diwan and Rajesh apologize and agree to live together in harmony. This harmony does not last long as soon Ram finds out that his very own father and son had conspired against him in a charade to get him to return home just to avoid further scandal. Watch what Ram does this time when bitterness and acrimony reinstates itself in the Kapoor household. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Rajesh Sharma, working with the Indian Government on a top secret research project, has to deal with enemy agents, explosions, murder and last but not least a dangerous look-alike. Police officer Rajesh is an expert in explosives and chemicals. He lives with his dog and his cook, and has a love interest in Rita. The department in which Rajesh works discovers that people are interested in stealing information about explosives from them, and start to guard against such an attack, but Rajesh is kidnapped and taken abroad. The kidnappers keep Rajesh imprisoned and send a look-alike, Jackoss, back to India to deceive the department. Jackoss is a non-Indian with blue eyes and a voice different from Rajesh's. To deceive Rajesh's department, he uses contact lenses and tells them that he lost his voice in the kidnapping. Rita believes him and accepts him as Rajesh, although she has some misgivings. Rajesh's dog and cook realise what has happened, so Jackoss kills them so they can't expose him. The authorities are also less trusting and do not allow Jackoss to enter the high-security zone until some other criminals help Jackoss to convince the authorities of his identity. Meanwhile Rajesh escapes and makes his way back to India. Jackoss had plans to blow up a laboratory, but Rajesh reaches it on time and foils his plan. After killing Jackoss, Rajesh marries Rita. —gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com) Rajesh loves Rita and asks for her hand in marriage from her mother, and is accepted. Then, intrigue surrounds his life when he discovers the lifeless body of his doctor, on informing the police, they discover that the corpse has vanished. To assist the police uncover this conspiracy, Rajesh goes undercover, only to be caught by the people responsible and a lookalike takes his place. Excellent acting scores, and memorable songs: "Yakin karlo mujhe muhobat hai tumse tumse, meri yeh duniya hasin rangat hai tumse, tumse...."; "Baharon ki baarat aa gai, khushi ko leke saath aa gai, suno to mere dil, suno to meri jaan, hoton pe dil ki baat aa gai..."; "Gar tum bula na dhoghe, sapne yeh sach hi honge, hum tum juda na honge..."; "Bach ke kahan jaoge, bachke kahan jaoge..." —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Dev Anand plays an out of work youth, who agrees to impersonate a rich mans' brother in law supposed to be ailing in an lonely mansion. He seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong as he gets implicated in the murder of the same man. Asha Parekh plays his love interest. How he unravels the mystery forms the rest of the plot.

Deepa and Shyam meet in Paris and fall in love with each other. However, they find themselves immersed in a mystery when a criminal replaces Deepa with a lookalike.

Sanjay lives a poor lifestyle in Darjeeling and makes a living as a Tourist Guide. He meets with Calcutta-based Priya Khanna, and both fall in love. When she receives word that her dad has been arrested, she returns home, and with a lot of problems does manage to secure her dad's release. She then finds out that Sanjay is also in Calcutta, both meet and plan to get married. Her dad finds out and cautions her against meeting him as this person's real identity is Tarun Kumar Saxena - the very man who had him imprisoned. Priya disbelieves her father and goes to meet Sanjay - and this is when she will find out that her dad not only told her the truth, but Tarun is already married to a woman named Rita. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Sleepwalker Sita Raichand (Waheeda Rehman) is rescued by Ram (Manoj Kumar) while walking on a railway track. Shortly thereafter Guruji (David) and Mr. Raichand (Balraj Sahni), approach Ram's mom (Lalita Pawar) with a marriage proposal. Finding the proposal suitable both Ram and his mom agree, and as a result Ram and Sita are married. After the marriage, Sita displays very strange behaviour, like walking away during the night for long durations. This increases the suspicions of everyone in Ram's household. Ram subsequently finds out that there is a lot more to Sita's disappearance than sleepwalking, as Sita seems attracted to someone else from a previous birth. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A doctor doing research on cancer treatment faces challenges when he first loses his wife, and then his vision. Dr. Ravi returns from abroad and takes up position as Chief Surgeon in a hospital. He then meets with Nurse Shanti, who lives an impoverished lifestyle with her ailing mother, and decides to perform surgery, but she passes away, and a guilt-ridden Ravi marries Shanti much to the chagrin of his mentor, Kaka, who had hoped that he would marry his daughter, Rajni. The couple then travel to Kashmir for their honey-moon, and then settle down to a harmonious relationship. Hoping to travel even more, their plans are interrupted by the hospital's head doctor, who wants Ravi to focus on cancer research. The couple drop all travel plans and immerse themselves in research so much so that Shanti herself becomes ill, and not wanting to become a burden, leaves. A frantic Ravi searches high and low in vain, and is subsequently devastated to learn that she has perished in a train accident. Kaka then becomes very ill and Kaki tells Ravi that the cause of his illness is Rajni's insistence that she not marry anyone except Ravi. As a result, Ravi marries her but is unable to get Shanti out of his mind. An embittered Rajni feels neglected and decides to confront him - resulting in his losing his vision - perhaps never to see again - and unable to do any further cancer research.

A successful businessman becomes an alcoholic after his wife dies during childbirth. He blames his daughter Uma for the tragedy. Introverted Uma grows up all by herself and falls for a poet, who slowly brings her out of her shell.

A group of poor and helpless tenants are left to fend for themselves when the selfish daughter of their kind-hearted landlady decides to sell the property in order to afford a luxurious lifestyle. Seema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. Her mother is a compassionate soul who rents out several rooms in a self-owned building, which is occupied by very poor and nearly destitute people like Chandu - who sells Rotis for a living; Rammurthy - who sells milk; as well as Murari who is physically handicapped, and Manglu who is unable to find employment nor food for his wife and malnourished children. Seema's mom often ends up looking after her tenants financially and also gives them ample time to find money to pay the rent. While returning home from a picnic in Khandala, Seema ends up in the wrong train compartment and meets a young man by the name of Rajan. She finds out that he wants to rent a room in Bombay and asks him to approach his mother. Upon arrival he does locate Seema's mom, and is permitted to share a room with Chandu and Rammurthy - much to his displeasure as he had expected a room to himself. Eventually both he and Seema fall in love. Seema's mother wants to retire and as a result transfers the property to Seema's name and goes for a Tirth Yatra. When she returns nothing is the same anymore as Seema, who wants a luxurious lifestyle, has sold the building to Bihari, and is all set to evict the tenants forcibly. Watch what happens when Seema's mother and Rajan decide to confront her to try and stop this sale. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Maharaja Vikram decides to marry his daughter Anuradha to his commander's son, Pratap. However, years later, Anuradha is abducted by bandit Suraj while on her way to Pratap's coronation. Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, with his son, Pratap. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit the coronation of Rajkumar Pratap Singh and approve of him as her husband, and she sets off without any escort with just her maid-servant, Kalavati, for company. Shortly thereafter, Vikram is informed that Kalavati has been abducted by a bandit named Suraj Singh, he accordingly rushes over to Sangram's and this is where he discovers to his shock that Kalavati is posing as Anuradha, and it is his daughter that has been abducted by Suraj. Watch what happens when Suraj is arrested and lodged in a dungeon, and preparations are set forth for the coronation of Pratap and his subsequently marriage with Anuradha. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Thakur Narendrapal Singh (Nazir Hussain) is a generous and kind-hearted landlord and zamindar. He has a daughter Kalpana (Jamuna) and a son Raja(Deven Verma). Distrusting his son and his new wife, Roopa (Ameeta), he asks a village laborer, Sunder (Raaj Kumar) who is honest, loyal and hardworking, to marry his daughter. In this manner, Sunder and Kalpana get married, and soon Kalpana gives birth to a daughter (Baby Shakila). Tragically Kalpana passes away, and the Thakur, Sunder, and the child are devastated. The Thakur asks Sunder to get married to Savitri (Nutan), who is the daughter of his childhood friend, the local Collector (David). He hopes that in this manner the child will get the love of a mother. Sunder reluctantly agrees, and soon Savitri and he get married. Savitri is unable to win the love of the child nor does she get any affection from Sunder, as he is unable to get Kalpana out of his mind and thoughts. In the meantime, Roopa's dad (Jeevan) is plotting the death of Sunder, so that his daughter can take over the wealth of the Thakur after his death. Thakur Narendrapal Singh (Nazir Hussain) is a generous and kind-hearted landlord and zamindar. He has a daughter Kalpana (Jamuna) and a son Raja(Deven Verma). Distrusting his son and his new wife, Roopa (Ameeta), he asks a village laborer, Sunder (Raaj Kumar) who is honest, loyal and hardworking, to marry his daughter. In this manner, Sunder and Kalpana get married, and soon Kalpana gives birth to a daughter (Baby Shakila). Tragically Kalpana passes away, and the Thakur, Sunder, and the child are devastated. The Thakur asks Sunder to get married to Savitri (Nutan), who is the daughter of his childhood friend, the local Collector (David). He hopes that in this manner the child will get the love of a mother. Sunder reluctantly agrees, and soon Savitri and he get married. Savitri is unable to win the love of the child nor does she get any affection from Sunder, as he is unable to get Kalpana out of his mind and thoughts. In the meantime, Roopa's dad (Jeevan) is plotting the death of Sunder, so that his daughter can take over the wealth of the Thakur after his death. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

After the passing of their parents, Devraj lives with his much younger brother, Ramu, in a small town in India. He gets married to Bindya, who moves in along with her mom, and brother, Raju. Devraj, who works with Rai Saheb Kedarnath, gets a promotion as a Government Contractor, and they move into a bigger house. Years later, Raju and Ramu have grown up, and Bindya's mom has passed on. While Raju has taken to petty crime and bad company, Ramu is more focused on his studies and has good sober habits. Devraj would like Raju to get married to Rama, Kedarnath's daughter, but he subsequently finds out that she has fallen in love with Ramu. This news is met with anger by Raju, who swears to avenge this humiliation. Devraj's step-mother, Mrs. Ramnath, and her daughter, Nandini, move in with them - thus ending their idyllic lifestyle - with Devraj suspecting Bindya of having an affair with their cook, Chandan, and Bindya thinking that Devraj is having an affair with Nandini. Things get bad to worse, when Ramu is accused of stealing a diamond ring from Kedarnath's house, and the Police being summoned. Questions that remain unanswered are: Are Devraj and Bindya really having affairs with Nandini and Chandan respectively, and why would Ramu steal from his prospective father-in-law's house? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Devraj & Bindu are in love with each other. Chandan is a simple man who runs a tea shop outside Bindu's hut & treats her as a sister. Bindu and Devraj get married with the help of Mistry Chacha. Bindu keeps Devraj's brother Raju as her child and Devraj loves Bindu's brother Ramu as his son. With the help of Rai Saheb Kedarnath, Mistry Devraj becomes a big Contractor. Chandan closes his shop and starts working in Devraj's house as his cook one day, the keep of Devraj's father & her daughter Nandini visits Devraj's house and Devraj allows them to stay in his old house. Nandini creates doubts in Devraj's mind for Bindu and Chandan's relationship and Chandan on the other hand suspects Devraj and Nandini's relationship. Thus, the atmosphere on both sides gets vitiated. Ramu and Raju are in love with the same girl Rama, daughter of Raisaheb. On being insisted by Bindu, Ramu promises to forget Rama. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com

To wed his sweetheart, a man must try and prove himself to her eccentric paternal uncles. Bombay-based Sanjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle with his parents. He dramatically meets with wealthy Sushma Saxena and falls in love with her. He is quite displeased when he sees her a number of time - always in the company of a different male. The air is cleared when he finds that the men are her paternal uncles. He introduces her to his parents, and his father goes to meet the uncles in order to finalize the marriage - but they reject this alliance insisting that Sanjeev does not measure up to their standards in either religion, yoga, acting, and music. In order to wed her Sanjeev must now satisfy each and every uncle - not realizing that he does face competition from 'yoga expert' Shyam Dhawan, who has already convinced one uncle - and has yet to realize that even if does overcome all competition and does manage to convince each and every one of the uncles - how is he going to get approval from the other three disapproving uncle? and what will be their reaction when they find out he has been pulling wool over their eyes? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Three young man Govinda,Dilwar and Jhonny waiting at the crossroads for their lovers.Govinda was prevented from marrying Chavi as she is untouchable and driven out from village Govinda then waits for her at the crossroads.Dilwar rescues Pyari from Nawab but she refuses to escape without her mother she then sets up a shop and waits near crossroad for Dilawar.Jhonny in love with Stella is framed by his boss Fereira and jailed he later joins group of crossroads and starts a garage.Nirmal Kumar the union leader then asks the trio to blast a hill at crossroad to build a road. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Aruna lives a wealthy lifestyle with her paternal grandfather. She has come of marriageable age and he wants her to get married to a young man named Pran. But Aruna finds him possessive, controlling, and hot-tempered, and will not have anything to do with him, so she decides to run away. Her grandfather asks Pran to search everywhere for her, and Pran takes a oath that he will not return home until he finds her. He does find her and brings her back home. Shortly thereafter, her grandpa develops complications and passes away, leaving her in the care of Pran and a servant named Harriya. When Pran offers to marry her, she refuses and tells him that she loves another man, Ashok, she met when she ran away, the one who lives in an abandoned bus in the country. When they locate Ashok, he is unable to recognize her, and is in the company of a beautiful street dancer, Roopa, who he hopes to get married to soon. Was her romance with Ashok all a dream for Aruna, or is there some other reason why Ashok is refusing to recognize her? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The film is based on travelogues of XV century Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin called "A journey beyond the three seas"

A spoiled rich girl on the run travels with a reporter looking for a news scoop.

An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look-alike courtesan sister. Lucknow-based impoverished advocate, Rajkumar Saxena, complains to his landlord about the deplorable condition of his apartment but is instead told by the latter's daughter, Roop, to pay his outstanding rent for over 6 months or face legal action. He approaches her father, Harnam Singh, who not only lets him live there for free, but also befriends him, and invites him to Roop's birthday party. Roop gets impressed when he sings there and invites him for dinner along with her father. Before he could attend, he is asked to represent a courtesan client, Mohini, who is facing eviction by her landlord. He finds her resemblance to Roop quite unusual and mentions this during their dinner. This news apparently shocks Harnam, who gets hospitalized and subsequently passes away. Mohini, who is injured in an accident, retains him to sue Roop as she claims to be her sister, but the latter decides to let Mohini move in with her and share the estate. The latter's satisfaction will turn to bitterness when she finds out that Rajkumar shuns her and loves Roop while a former patron of Mohini, Shyam Sunder Laddan, prepares to blackmail both sisters. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Roop, a wealthy heiress, learns that she has a half-sister, Mohini, who grew up in the city's red-light district. She invites her into her home and insists that she shares everything she has. She doesn't mean the invitation to include her fiancé, the handsome Rajkumar. Mohini has other ideas. The two women look identical and when Roop realises that Mohini has fallen in love, she decides to sacrifice her own happiness in order to atone for her father's sins. —van Goethem