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, Pran,

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. The film's music is by

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. Jal Mistry won the

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Cast

as Sameer Rai *

as Neelu *

as Jugnu *

as Dr. J. P. Tandon *

as Pratap *

as Balraj * Pran as Rasila *

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as Diwanji *

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as Prabha *

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as Maya * Anwar Hussain as Hariya *

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as Chikku

Plot

Neelu (Mumtaz) is a blind girl in a village. Sameer Rai (Dharmendra), an artist, spots her and wants to give back her eyesight as she lost her eyesight in an accident when she got bumped of by his father in her childhood. Prem Chopra is complexly portrayed, he plays Pratap, step-brother of Sameer. Sameer's mother wants him to marry Jugnu (Yogeeta Bali) but he has fallen in love with the blind girl. Jugnu and Sameer's mother persuade Neelu to play blind even when she gets back her eyesight to dissuade Sameer to marry a down trodden village girl. They bring along a false husband of Neelu who carries her off into the clutches of Pratap the illegitimate half brother of Sameer. His love interest betrays him and he gets killed. His girlfriend and her dead husband who is actually alive and playing possum to get insurance money try to kill Neelu as she has witnessed Pratap's murder. Everything gets resolved in the final climax based on a novel of the same name. The film has many twists and turns.

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Anand Bakshi.

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Bhappi Sonie {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub