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-language

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directed and produced by Adurthi Subba Rao. It was a remake of his own 1967

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film '' Poola Rangadu'', which itself was based on the novel '' Beyond This Place'' by

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's novel.

Plot

Ratan (Randhir Kapoor) is an illiterate horse carriage driver, who has dedicated his life to provide for his sister, Padma's (Hina Kauser) education. He meets with a gypsy girl Koyli (Babita), and falls for her. She eventually also falls in love with him. Her brother, Shankar (Roopesh Kumar) is smitten by Padma, but Ratan will not hear of him marrying his sister. Padma does finish her education with honors, and goes off to the city to attend college, there she meets with rich and wealthy Prasad (Jateen) and both fall in love. Back home, Ratan has to work day and night to order to meet with Padma's educational expenses. Prasad introduces Padma to his mom (Sulochana), who approves of her immediately. When the family attempts to finalize a marriage date, they find out about Ratan's profession, which they frown upon, but are shocked to know that her father is in prison for murder.

Cast

Randhir Kapoor Randhir Raj Kapoor (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian actor, film producer and director who worked in Hindi cinema. He was an established actor of the 1970s and received two Filmfare Award nominations. However, his career declined in the ea ...

as Ratan / Ramu *

Babita Babita Shivdasani-Kapoor (born 20 April 1947), also known simply as Babita or Babita Kapoor, is a former Indian actress who appeared in Hindi-language films. The daughter of actor Hari Shivdasani, she is the first cousin of her contemporary a ...

as Koyli / Rasili * Jeevan as Dayaram *

Rajendra Nath Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi films. Early life and family Rajendra Nath was born on 8 June 1931 in Tikamgarh, which is now in Madhya Pradesh. His family was ...

as Bablu *

Roopesh Kumar Roopesh Kumar (16 January 1946 – 29 January 1995) was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his role as a villain in over 100 Hindi films from 1965 to 1995. He is widely remembered for his comic negative roles in the film ...

as Shankar *

Heena Kausar Heena Kausar is an Indian actress who appeared in several Hindi language films in the 1970s. She is the widow of dreaded Indian gangster and underworld don Iqbal Mirchi. Biography Kausar is the daughter of filmmaker K. Asif, famous as the pr ...

as Padma * Anwar Hussain as Dharamdev *

Nana Palsikar Nana Palshikar ( mr, नाना पळशीकर) (1907 – 1 June 1984) was an Indian actor who appeared in over 80 Hindi films. He made his film debut in 1935 with ''Dhuwandhar'', and went on to play character roles in both Hindi mainstream ...

as Ramdas *

Hari Shivdasani Hari Shivdasani (1909–1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi cinema from 1930s-1980s. Personal life Hari Shivdasani was a Sindhi Hindu from Karachi and had moved with his family to Mumbai at the time of the partition of the British Ra ...

as Purushottam

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{Beyond This Place 1970s Hindi-language films 1972 drama films 1972 films Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi remakes of Telugu films Hindi-language drama films Indian thriller drama films