S.S. Vasan

A family experiences changes after a movie star moves in next to their house. Retired school-teacher and widower, Dinanath, lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with three sons: Shankar, his wife Parvati and five children; Ram, his wife, Sita, and two children; and Kanhaiya and his wife, Radha. While Shankar teaches music in a college, Ram is a Court Clerk, and Kanhaiya a Salesman. The trio hand over their monthly earnings to their father who runs the household stringently - often comically inflicting 'school-like' punishment even on adults. Their lifestyle changes dramatically after Parvati, Sita and Radha find out that movie star, Sheela Devi, has moved in next to their house. They decide to invite her over, and she accepts and the trio set about to borrow money, jewelry, renovate the house, buy/lease new furniture, even learn English - in their attempt to impress the actress. The trio do not realize that their respective husbands too are big fans, and each one of them has his very own secret agenda of trying to woo her. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Harish, an auto factory owner, commutes between Delhi and Meerut, where his wife Maya, 8 kids, widowed sister Jamna, and her son Jaggu reside. The family rejoices when Harish visits on weekends. Harishchandra Khanna lives a wealthy lifestyle in Meerut, India with his wife, Maya, seven daughters, and one son. His eldest daughter has been married to a young man from Lucknow, Gopal. Harish is by profession a motor mechanic and runs his own thriving business left to him by his father-in-law. Harish only comes home on Friday evening, and leaves for work early on Monday morning. His wife, widowed sister, and nephew, Jaggu, are used to his being away for 4 days. He is delighted when he finds out that he is going to be the father of his 9th child. shortly after the birth, Harish finds out that his daughters, Kamini and Kiran, are in love with Ravinder and Mohan respectively. While Ravinder is a college professor, who lives with his station master dad, Ram Swarup; Mohan is the only son of the college principal. Harish also finds out that his nephew, Jaggu, is in love with Rekha, who is Ram's daughter. He decides to finalize all three marriages and invites all young men and woman, along with their respective parents to his house. He is delayed in reaching home but when he does get home he finds the entire Khanna family troubled and anxious. They are in such a state as they have just welcomed in their home a 15 year old lad, Sunder, who claims that Harish is his father, who spends time with them in Delhi from Mondays to Thursdays. With this shattering news, Harish must now come to terms with his hidden second marriage and family, and possibly end losing this family, as well as the marriage alliances that would have been confirmed today. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A mother and daughter create bitterness, hatred, acrimony and discord in a wealthy family. Businessman Rai Bahadur Ramdas lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion along with his wife, Shanta; two sons: Kailash and Kamal; Kailash's wife, Sita; and widowed Gauri, the wife of his late son and mother of two children, Gappu and Pappu. Kamal runs the business and ensures that everyone is happy - albeit in vain, as his mother physically and mentally abuses Gauri and Sita, while pampering her married daughter, Bhairavi, to no end, and even permitting her to leave her husband, Sarang, and live in their house. Sita gets pregnant, and Kamal, rather dramatically gets married to Usha Gupta, the daughter of wealthy Advocate Shyam Lal Gupta. Then things rapidly deteriorate after jewelry goes missing and Kailash is seen with another woman, and refuses to return home. Nothing will prepare the family for the shock and trauma when they find out the reason why Kailash has moved out. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)