Hema Malini

Badki and Chutki are sisters and live with their parents Shivshankar and Sabitri Sahay on the banks of River Ganga in Benaras. The family is quite poor but very close knit. Badki decides to take charge of the financial situation when it seems as if Chutki will have to give up her education. She goes to Mumbai to make a living. By chance, she becomes a part of the flesh trade of the city. She keeps the secret to herself while Chutki completes her education successfully. But what happens when Chutki follows her sister to Mumbai? Do the sisters face reality? Does Badki ever find love?

Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against each other. When Arjun (Anil Kapoor) and Vicky (Rishi Kapoor) meet, they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers. They meet as friends until one day the truth dawns that the person behind the humiliation and destruction of Arjun's mother is their Grandfather Lala Yoddhraj (Anupam Kher). The battle lines are drawn between Arjun & Vicky as well as their respective families. Vicky is unaware of the mental torture and humiliation his grandfather had subjected to Arjun's mother and how despite Arjun being the true heir to Lala Yoddhraj's business empire he is made to live a life of a poor adopted child. How Arjun wins the battle against all odds and wins back the support of his family by exposing the selfish actions of his grandfather is what Vijay is about.

A poor man, Ali Baba lives in the town of Gulabad (Dharmendra), somewhere in Central Asia, with his mother (Sofiko Chiaureli) and elder brother Qasim (Yakub Akhmedov), who owns a small, petty shop. Ali Baba's father, Yousuf (Zakir Mukhamedzhanov), is a merchant in a faraway land who has not returned to Gulabad since his departure after Ali Baba' birth. Ali Baba makes a living out of selling timber cut from the hills. Gulabad is terrorized by a band of 40 bandits. They hide their loot in a magical cave in the deserted hills. When the bandit leader Abu Hasan recites the magical spell, it opens (Open Sesame), and when he says another spell, it closes (Close Sesame). A young girl named Fatima (Zeenat Aman) has a score to settle with Abu Hassan. Fatima and her father (Madan Puri) were travelling in a caravan some time ago, when Abu Hasan attacked it. Abu Hasan realized that Fatima's father knew the secret to gun powder which was a revolution in the battlefield in those days. Abu Hasan captures Fatima's father to learn the secret of the gunpowder. Ali Baba and Qasim rejoice when they receive letter from their father Yousuf that he is on his way to Gulabad and is bringing a lot of merchandise with him. Unknown to the brothers, Fatima is working as a spy for Abu Hasan and tells the thieves the location of Yousuf's caravan. Fatima is also used as a courier to buy all the raw materials needed for her father to make gunpowder in captivity. Abu Hasan and his men attack the caravan and destroy the dam that supplies water to Gulabad. The Qazi of the region announces a reward for the capture of notorious bandit Abu Hassan (Rolan Bykov). He also plans to dig wells all over Gulabad where people will be able to buy water. But the poor people know that they will not be able to afford the water and want the dam to repaired. Ali Baba finds that his father has gone missing and finds the sacks from his shop at the dam site, indicating that Fatima knows something about the attackers. Marjeena's father, the King of a nearby Kingdom, had found Yousuf near death and gave him shelter and nursed him back to health. The King had found carrier pigeons with Yousuf and sent a message that Yousuf was safe and their location. The message was received by Ali Baba. His mother gives Ali Baba a family ring to help recognize Yousuf who had the exact same ring. Unknown to them, that ring had been stolen to Abu Hasan. Fatima's father knows that she will never be freed till he is a hostage. He gives Fatima a letter, which she opens after she is sent again to gather supplies. Her father had said that he will commit suicide and asks her never to return to Abu Hasan's cave. Ali Baba goes to the Kingdom and not only finds his father (but they both do not recognize each other as Yousuf did not have the ring on him) but also rescues princess Marjeena (Hema Malini) from the guards of the usurper Shamsher (Prem Chopra) who murdered her father to become the new King. Both Marjeena and Ali Baba fall in love with each other. They hide within a caravan to escape Shamsher, while Yousuf distracts Shamsher's forces. The caravan leader Mustafa (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) has his eyes on Marjeena and when she resists his lust, she is taken captive, along with Ali Baba. As Ali Baba is about to be killed, Yousuf intervenes and vouches for Ali Baba. Yousuf finds the signet ring on Ali Baba and reveals that he is his father (he says that his own signet ring might be with Abu Hasan). During their reunion, the caravan is attached by Abu Hasan and his forces. Yousuf is injured while Marjeena is taken captive by Mustafa. Ali Baba takes Yousuf to Gulabad, where he dies. Yousuf tells Ali Baba to rebuild the dam for Gulabad. Now Qasim recognizes Fatima in Gulabad since she had come to his shop to buy supplies. Qasim wants Fatima to reveal the location of Abu Hasan's cave, which is filled with treasure. Fatima decides to expose herself in Gulabad, knowing that some of Abu Hasan's spies are bound to recognize her. She and Qasim lie in wait to be attacked. But Fatima is attacked by Ali Baba instead (who had also recognized her as the girl who bought supplies from Qasim), who believes that Fatima is part of Abu Hasan's gang. As Abu Hasan's men attack, Ali Baba is forced to fight them, while Qasim escapes with Fatima. Qasim did not want to share his secret with Ali Baba. After burying Yousuf, Ali Baba finds out that Marjeena is being sold in the slave market, he borrows 1000 Dinars from Qasim (who makes him sign a paper declaring that Ali Baba has sold his share of Yousuf's property to Qasim) and uses that to pay for Marjeena. Qasim wants complete control, and as a result, decides to evict Ali Baba from their family home. Ali Baba and his mother leave the home, along with Marjeena. Qasim now hides Fatima in his house, but Fatima does not agree with his actions. Shortly, thereafter Ali Baba was cutting trees in the mountains when he discovers the secret hideout of Abu Hassan and its magic spells to open it. He takes some gold and jewelry from there, which he distributes among villagers to rebuild the dam and diverting some water to their parched land. Ali Baba's greedy brother Qasim lures Ali Baba into telling him where the cave is and what the magic spells are. Out of greed, Qasim takes so much gold jewelry and coin, as a result of which, he forgets the spell to reopen the door and gets stuck inside. When the bandits find him, they kill him. Ali Baba doesn't trust Fatima and captures her, but she escapes. Marjeena goes after Fatima but is found by Mustafa and Fatima helps to rescue Marjeena and this wins Ali Baba's trust. Fatima narrates her story and pledges her support to Ali Baba in killing Abu Hassan. Ali Baba then informs the Qazi about Abu Hassan's hideout. What Ali Baba does not know is that the Qazi and Abu Hassan are the same person, and that the Qazi has given instructions to his men to ensure that Ali Baba is killed, so that no one can get their hands on his treasure. Ali Baba is captured by Abu Hasan and his men. Abu Hasan tortures Ali Baba to reveal Fatima's location. But Marjeena helps Ali Baba to escape and return to Gulabad. Back in Gulabad, Ali Baba sees that Qazi is wearing Yousuf's signet ring and realizes that Qazi is Abu Hasan. Qazi claims publicly that he has killed Abu Hasan, and the 40 urns contain his wealth which will be distributed to the public. Abu Hassan hides the forty thieves in large urns to kill Ali Baba. Ali Baba kills them all with the help of Fatima. Ali Baba brings to light the startling truth in front of the public. Abu Hasan kills Fatima, before Ali Baba chases him back to the cave and kills Abu Hasan.

A family goes to Fatehpur Sikri for a picnic. There they encounter an old man, who says that every stone of the fort is steeped in a story written with blood. The old man asks the family to see Lal Patthar, the red stone, which the family retorts is not on the guidebook. The old man says that the guidebooks don't reveal the history of the fort. The old man is paranoid and sees blood even in a glass of plain water. The old man narrates the story of Rai Nagar. The first ruler of Rai Nagar Raja Raghav Shankar Rai (Ajit) was a bandit. Raghav sexually assaulted a peasant woman named Sonmai during one of his village raids, and made her his wife. Sonmai cursed the entire family with insanity. Now in the 7th generation, Gyan Shankar is the only male heir of the house. His grandfather is Raja Ram Shankar Rai (D. K. Sapru) and is mentally unstable. As a kid, Gyan stopped his drunk father Anand Shankar from sexually assaulting a maid in their palace. Gyan Shankar was sent to his uncle in Allahabad, where he studied history and psychology. Gyan returned home with Chhotu (Paintal), his servant. To become the ruler, Gyan has to marry, but he has decided not to, as he fears that he will ruin a woman's life due to Sonmai's curse. Raja Gyan Shankar Rai (Raaj Kumar) is also known as Kumar Bahadur. He goes to the jungle to hunt a man-eating tiger. After killing the tiger, Gyan manages to fight off a group of bandits that were carrying a palanquin. The bandits escape and Gyan finds a woman named Saudamani (Hema Malini) inside the Palanquin. Gyan brings Saudamani home and is smitten with her beauty. Gyan finds that Saudamani is the widow of Gokul from a nearby village, which was plundered by bandits a few days ago. Gyan sends Saudamani back, but Gokul's mother (Leela Mishra) declares her unchaste and refuses to let her back into the house. Gokul's mother is scared by the guns of Gyan's guards and is forced to accept Saudamani. Back at the palace, Gyan starts to drink. Gyan finds that Saudamani is being tortured in her own home and brings her back to his palace. Calling her Madhuri, he invites the lower-class woman to his rich home and eventually has sex with her. But Gyan refuses to marry Madhuri. Still, Madhuri has full control over the house and has Gyan wrapped around her fingers. Gyan also educates Madhuri. Initially, Gyan is enamored with Madhuri, but with time he realizes that Madhuri cannot be trained (in singing) or educated. She has a middle class thinking, limited ambition and a negative mindset. He starts getting disgusted with Madhuri. Soon, 10 years have passed and Gyan is no longer a young man. Gyan runs away from his palace, and comes across a singing function, where he meets a much younger woman, Sumita (Raakhee). Gyan finds that Sumita's father Harishchandra Chakraborty is a gambler and in heavy debts. Gyan organizes a financial deal with her father and marries her. Sumita's mother Madhu (Dulari) was vehemently against the marriage but was overruled by Harish. Sumita had a childhood sweetheart, Shekhar (Vinod Mehra), and was coming to India from London, to marry her. But before he got there, Harish married off Sumita to Gyan for money. It is clear that Madhuri is not happy with Gyan marrying Sumita. Due to her anger, Gyan does not consummate his marriage to Sumita. Sumita tells Shekhar that she was forced to marry Gyan, as Harish was beating Madhu relentlessly. Gyan finds out that Sumita was friends with Shekhar before her marriage. Shekhar was also the one who taught music to Sumita. Gyan befriends Shekhar and invites him to the palace for their music sessions. Madhuri is quick to figure out that Shekhar and Sumita were lovers before Sumita got married to Gyan. Madhuri starts poisoning Gyan's mind that Shekhar and Sumita might have been close to getting married before he came into Sumita's life. Madhuri then invites Shekhar to the palace, while Gyan is away, and escorts him to Sumita's room, assuring him that these are Gyan's orders. Meanwhile, Gyan tries to balance both Sumit and Madhuri, and disappointing both in the process. Gyan knows that Madhuri is jealous of Sumita, but Madhuri continues to play the theme that Sumita is cheating on Gyan with Sekhar and drives Gyan insane. One day Gyan returns home while Shekhar was with Sumita in her room. Shekhar was only consoling Sumita to give more time to her marriage and things would get better, but Gyan misunderstands and believes that Shekhar was plotting against him with Sumita. But then Gyan sees Madhuri trying to seduce Sekhar and realizes that Madhuri has gone blind with rage. He asks Madhuri to leave the palace and scars her face with a whip. Gyan takes Sumita with him to Agra. He finds Sumita wishing at the grave of Maulana Salim Chisti, and believes that she is wishing for Shekhar, while she was wishing for a child. Gyan writes to Sekhar and asks him to come to Agra. Once Sekhar arrives, Gyan says that he is not feeling well and sends Sekhar and Sumita to see the Taj Mahal. He then follows them and spies on them. Gyan hears only parts of their conversation and is convinced that Sekhar and Sumita still love each other. Gyan invites Sekhar to view the fort of Fatehpur Sikri with him on full moon night. Gyan puts on an act, which convinces Sekhar that the ghosts of the fort are real. Gyan even fires 2 blanks at a person who was paid to act as a ghost. But then Gyan changed the blanks to real bullets in the rifle, as the next female ghost comes along. Gyan gives the gun to Sekhar, who fires at the ghost, and it turns out to be Sumita, whom Gyan had also invited to the fort that night to complete the act. Before dying, Sumita tells Gyan that she only wished to be the mother of his children. Gyan loses his mental balance. Gyan wants to kill himself, but Sekhar stops him and wrestles with Gyan for the gun. In the chaos, Gyan shoots Shekhar, and he dies as well. The curse of Sonmai is completed. Gyan wanders the fort waiting for Sumita's ghost on every full moon night. But it is revealed that Madhuri is alive and she is the one who plays the role of Sumita to give solace to Gyan.