Lalita Pawar

An idealistic young man fights against the exploitation of the poor by the rich. He had been at the receiving end of their exploitation when a book actually written by him was credited to a rich man. Anoop (Dharmendra) is a struggling writer. One day he meets with wealthy and beautiful Seema (Hema Malini) and both fall in love. When Seema's brother Rajan Choudhury (Pran) finds out, he is angered and forbids Seema to see Anoop again. On the other hand Anoop's sister, Rekha (Aruna Irani), and Rajan's brother-in-law Mahesh (Mehmood) have also fallen in love with each other. This angers Rajan even more and he turns Mahesh out of his house. Rajan finds out that Anoop has authored a book called "Naya Zamana", and decides to publish it and sell it under his name. Anoop and Seema find out when the book hits the stalls and is a big hit. Rajan is unapologetic. Rajan then tries to evict the poor people living in small tenements with Anoop and his mother (Lalita Pawar), but Anoop and Seema intervene, and as a result Rajan orders the tenements to be burnt secretly by his henchman Sitaram (Jankidas). Anoop is blamed for the destruction and arrested by the police. Seema's dad, Sachin Choudhury (Ashok Kumar) forbids Seema to see Anoop anymore as well as stay away from the poor people's lives. Seema will now to chose between her lover and her father. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

In order to get medical treatment for his sister, a brother faces challenges when he is hired to subdue three out-of-control heiresses. Ashok is unable to find employment and is in desperate need of Rs.15000/- to cure his blind sister, Roopa. He then finds employment with wealthy Sarojini Devi who asks him to subdue her out-of-control grand-daughters, Asha, Manju and Anju. He sets about to do so with considerable success but in the process falls in love with Asha. This does not auger well with Sarojini, who fires him, and sets about to get Asha married to London-based Pran. Ashok returns home and finds Roopa missing. Shortly thereafter he finds evidence that she may have killed herself. The only clue he has is a license plate number - and he sets about to trace it - not knowing that the person/s he is looking for is already aware of this agenda - and has/have set up an elaborate web of deceit to entrap him. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Gayatridevi wants her son Ashok to marry Sarita, whom she has chosen for him. However, Ashok is in love with Asha. Things take a turn when Ashok loses his eyesight in an accident. Gayetridevi sends her son, Ashok to get her grandson from Japan. Gayetridevi had an elder son, who married a girl of Japanese origin without her blessings. She wants Ashok to get married to Sarita, but Ashok does not show any interest in Sarita. In Japan, Ashok meets with Asha and both fall in love. Asha's uncle wants Asha to marry Pran, but Asha does not like Pran and runs away with Ashok. Pran runs down Ashok with his car, and Ashok is hospitalized and may lose his eye-sight. Gayetridevi will soon find out which of the two girls - Asha - who she does not approve of - or Sarita, will take of her blind son. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The first colour film produced by Raj Kapoor, "Sangam" (1964), one of the greatest love triangles of Indian cinema, features outstanding performances by Raj Kapoor, who plays Sunder, Rajendra Kumar, who plays his best friend Gopal and Vyjyanthimala, who plays Radha. Both men are in love with Radha, but she is in love with Gopal. When Sunder confides in Gopal that he is in love with Radha, Gopal sacrifices his love in the name of friendship and steps aside. Later, Sunder, a fighter pilot, is presumed dead when his aircraft is shot down. Radha and Gopal are about to be married, when Sunder returns safe and sound. Gopal once again steps back and Sunder and Radha get married. Their marital life is ruptured when Sunder discovers an unsigned love letter to Radha written by Gopal. What follows is a descent into misery as Sunder is consumed with jealousy.

Rekha lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mom. When she is five, her mom's friend, Nalini, passes away, compelling 5 year old Lata and her maid, Rampyari, to move in with them. Rekha is friendly with Shankar, and is sad when his family re-locates to Kanpur. Years later Rekha has matured, Shankar has returned as a qualified doctor, and asks her mom for Rekha's hand in marriage, to which she agrees. Before the engagement could take place, Rampyari finds that Shankar is having an affair with Lata, compelling both of them to get married, leaving Rekha heart-broken. After the marriage, Lata moves out to live with Shankar, and Rekha's mom passes, leaving her a heavily mortgaged house and many debts. Rekha's re-pays the debts and moves out to live her family servant, Fohkat, his son, Makhan, and Makhan's wife, Misri. Rekha finds employment and falls seriously ill. Shankar comes to treat her and asks her to come and live with them. When Rekha refuses, Lata comes over and makes her change her mind, and as a result both Fohkat and Rekha move in Shankar's house - not realizing that their entry will result in a murder in the household - which will not only turn everyone's lives upside down but also throw open their individual lives to a public scandal. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Shyam travels to another town to meet the girl his mother would like him to marry. On his way, he meets a villager who traps Shyam in his home, with a view to force Shyam to marry his daughter. Shyam (Manoj Kumar) lives in the city with this mother (Lalita Pawar). He has come of age, so his mother wants him to get married. She even selects a girl for him, and asks him to go and meet her. shyam reluctantly agrees, and travels by train to see the girl and her parents. During his journey he comes across a con man, Banarsi Prasad (Inder Sen Johar), and his associates (Radha Kishan, and Vijay Dutt). He finds later that the con man and his associates had relieved him of his wallet. He comes across a man, living in a small village, with his daughter (Vijaya Choudhury). On the pretext of helping him, the father imprisons him, with a view of forcing him to marry his dauther. Shyam will have to rely on all his wits to get him out of this situation. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

In Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960), Raj Kapoor plays Raju, an innocent and kind-hearted wanderer who unwittingly becomes part of a gang of dacoits. Raju falls in love with Kammo (Padmini), the daughter of the leader of the gang. Raju is persuaded by Kammo and her father that the gang looks out for the interests of the poor. But Raju witnesses a murder on one of the looting sprees and he leaves the gang. Conflict arises when a gang member Raka (Pran) kills the leader and attempts to forcibly marry Kammo. Raju approaches the police for help and finally convinces the gang of dacoits to surrender to the police so that they can reform themselves as respectable members of society.

`Shree 420` follows naive, hardworking, honest, Raj (Raj Kapoor), who comes to Bombay from Allahabad in search of employment. He soon discovers that his university diploma and a gold medal have little worth in this exploitative city. He later encounters Vidya (Nargis), a poor school teacher and the two fall in love. Finally, Raj lands a job in a laundry. One day, a rich client Maya (Nadira), discovers his proficiency with cards and takes him to a posh club where he wins her a big sum of money. Later, Raj gets involved in underhand dealings with an unscrupulous businessman, Seth Sonachand Dharmanand (Nemo). Gradually, Raj becomes completely corrupted and is alienated from the people he loves like Vidya. Raj`s conscience is awakened when he discovers Sonachand`s scheme to exploit poor people and he decides to right the wrong.