Yashodra Katju

Amar and Malti, two orphans, lead a harmonious life with their son, Raja. However, Amar gets murdered and circumstances force Malti to marry Amar's boss, Prakash, which is not accepted by Raja. Amar, Malti, and their young son, Raja, live a middle-class, but very harmonious life. Both Amar and Malti were brought up in an orphanage, and are always ready to help other orphans. Amar works for a kind-hearted and generous employer named Prakash Mehta, who is envious of their lifestyle, and would himself like to get married. Then one day Amar intercepts some criminal activity, which results in two employees losing their jobs, with one ending up in prison. When the prison term gets over, he runs over Amar under his truck, killing him instantly. Devastated and heart-broken, Malti hides this news from Raja and tells him that Amar is hospitalized and unable to return home. Then the towns folks start linking her with Prakash, leading to rumors being spread about their intimacy, finally resulting in Prakash proposing to her and both getting married. This settled, the two hope that life will continue and wounds will heal. But Raja expects his dad to return home, starts hating Prakash - so much so he harbors thoughts of killing him. And then one day Raja gets hold of a gun - and this time he will make sure that he kills Prakash - who he blames for his parents' separation. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Pratap (Sunil Dutt) is accused of murdering the wealthy Seth Maganbhai Mehta. As a fugitive on the run, he meets Anokhi (Vyjayantimala) and her assorted group who make their living by any means, begging, stealing, or deceit. At first, Pratap is derisive of Anokhi and her friends. He soon realizes the camaraderie they share and their inherent goodness. He slowly wins them over and changes their erring ways. Anokhi and her friends then help Pratap find the real murderer.

A widower with a child faces challenges after he re-marries without telling his second wife about his first marriage and child. Shekhar, Lata and their child Shashi live in a small town and have just received news that he will be transferred to Bombay. The couple leaves Shashi with their maid and attends a party--but return home to find the building in flames. Lata rescues Shashi but perishes from numerous burns. A sorrowful Shekhar leaves his daughter with her maternal grandparents and relocates to Bombay where he rents a room from parsimonious Radhakishen. After thwarting attempts by the later to marry his senile sister Yashodhara, he falls in love with wealthy Usha and they marry. After a short span of harmony, the duo face challenges when she finds out that he never told her about Lata and Shashi, and leaves him. How will Shekhar deal with this separation? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Roma (Meena Shorey) is on her way home after celebrating with her friends at Asha's (Yashodra Katju) place when she is attacked by two robbers who try to steal her purse. She faints as one of them brandishes a knife. Motilal (Motilal) and his friend Hiralal (Majnu) are driving through that place and scare away the robbers. After wondering what to do with the unconscious girl they decide to take her to Moti's house to render treatment. Roma makes a phone call to her father Seth Madanlal (K. N. Dhar) to tell him her whereabouts but he is too angry to know the reason why she is there except to ask her the address. On arriving there and seeing her with two men he gets angry and starts shouting which wakes up Motilal's father Seth Ramlal (Romesh Thakur) and he appears downstairs. The two fathers fight loudly and Roma is taken away by her father. Roma and Motilal fall in love with each other and want to marry. Roma's father finally agrees to the wedding but then Motilal's father is in poor health and dying so the marriage is postponed. Before dying Seth Ramlal calls his son and tells him to avoid three things in life. First, never drink alcohol, second not to associate with women of loose morals and the third never tell a secret to a woman. Having given his sermon the father dies. Motilal goes through the first two and realises what his father meant as he gets into trouble. For the third caveat Motilal stages a drama about murdering his friend with his help and tells Roma about it. Between Roma, who tells her friend Asha, and Asha who tells her husband who is in the police the secret is no longer a secret. Moti is arrested and the friend has disappeared. Roma goes through a lot of action but finally manages to save Motilal. Plot Courtesy: Lehren Classics