Kalpataru

Fate separates two couples even before they could embark on their married lives together. However, they meet each other again but under very different circumstances. Arun and Asha are deeply in love when Arun is taking Asha to meet his mother their car meets with accident.Arun escapes with minor injuries while Asha is saves by tribal and taken to hospital but accident scene makes Arun believe she is dead.Asha learns is hospital that her backbone is injured and will be on wheel chair and feels she should not tell Arun about it.Dr Ramesh whose treating Asha tells her not to loose hope.Arun decides to marry Meena for sake of his mother while Ramesh marries his friend Vinod's sister also named Meena when her marriage gets canceled in same village.But tragedy strikes when earthquake takes place on their wedding day where in relief camp Arun mistakes other Meena as his wife and takes her home.While Ramesh and his mother cremate Arun's wife Meena mistaken to be his wife.After reaching home Arun finds the that she is not his wife and hides truth to save her and his mothers life.Whie Ramesh helps Asha get back on her feet and decides to marry her. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Thakur Din Dayal is a family and village patriarch living with his wife and three married sons Murli,Manohar and Girdhar who do nothing but enjoy his wealth while other son Gopal and daughter Pushpa are till not married.Thakur comes across Mala whose daughter of his employer he gets touched by her nature and wants her to marry Gopal.But his three daughter in laws feel that Mala isn't of their status but Thakur still marries her to Gopal.After their marriage Gopal and Mala are living happily while Thakurain for the first time feels how good a daughter in law could be as the elder daughters in laws never cared for her.Things are going well but suddenly Thakur suffers an heart attack an is critical and prepares his will,while in hospital Murli,Manohar,Girdhar and their wives take this opportunity and divide Thakur's wealth among st them keeping Gopal and Mala aside.After Thakur returns he isn't able to bear what his sons have done and passes away the brother also remove Gopal and Mala from the house leaving them no where.While their mother is left at the mercy of God and made to do all household during this time Gopal and Mala start singing in temples and are spotted by Banne Khan who makes them stars by arranging their stage shows.After becoming successful Gopal and Mala's only which is to meet their mother but are unaware that she is also thrown out of the house buy his brothers and their wives. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Mala is the daughter of Kishanlal who works as a servant with a wealthy family. One day Mala meets with the owner of this family, who is so impressed with Mala that he asks for her hand in marriage for his fourth son, Gopal, which Kishanlal humbly accepts. As a result Mala gets married to Gopal, and moves in to their palatial home. While Mala is extremely helpful and sweet-natured, the rest of the daughter-in-laws, three of them, are quite the opposite. When bad times befall this family, the owner passes away; Gopal and Mala move out, leaving Gopal's mother at the mercy of her indifferent sons, Girdhar, Murli, Manohar, and their abusive wives who refuse to assist in any household work, virtually forcing their aged mother-in-law to all menial work, not looking after her needs, even when she becomes ill, and ultimately throwing her out of the house. Gopal gains popularity as a musician, while his brothers mortgage their family home with a moneylender. They decide to live off Gopal, and tell him that their mother has gone for a tirath-yatra (holy journey). With that out of the way, the brothers go back to their lifestyle, not really caring that their mother may be destitute, ill, and on the verge of dying. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Dhanraj (Kader Khan) is a mild-mannered man who is married to a wealthy, petty-minded, and controlling wife (Shashikala). Dhanraj has two sons and a daughter. The elder son Ram (Rishi Kapoor) is married to Seeta (Jaya Pradha); the younger son, Amar (Govinda) is in love with Asha (Farha); and the daughter Uma (Aruna Irani) is married to Lallu Ram (Ashok Saraf). Uma prefers to live with her mother instead of her husband's residence. Mrs. Dhanraj wants Amar to marry a very rich girl so that she can accumulate more wealth through a large dowry. Ram finds that his brother Amar and his wife Seeta are very close, and starts suspecting them of having an affair with each other, he makes observations but is not ready to confront anyone. Ram's suspicions are still not laid to rest even when Amar marries Asha. Ram starts to drink and ends up getting friendly with a childhood friend, Deepa (Anita Raaj). —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Savitri lives a wealthy life-style with her businessman husband and a daughter, Meenu. She gets pregnant a second time, gives birth to a son, Khetan, but tragically passes away. Her husband, unable to handle business and two children at the same time, re-marries a woman named Laxmi. While Laxmi tries to be a loving step-mother, her brother, Raghunandan, who moves into her household, advises her against doting too much on her step children. As a result, Meenu and Khetan miss their mother. When they grow up, they are abused, and when they cannot endure it any more, they run away. When Laxmi's husband questions their absence, he is told that they died in a boating accident. Laxmi gets pregnant, gives birth to a girl, Chanda. Then Raghunandan starts to openly show his true colors, as he embezzles money, jewelery, and changes properties to his name, & throws Laxmi and her husband out of their house. Her husband falls down the stairs, and loses his vision. Years later, Chanda has grown up and is of marriageable age, Laxmi and her husband, are looked after by their servant, Ramu, who lives with a woman named Asha. One day Asha tells them that she knows about Khetan, and an overjoyed family rush over to meet him. This is then when they will have to face the truth about Khetan and Meenu, and the life the later has chosen to live. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)