''Khubsoorat'' (transl. Beautiful) is a 1980

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film, directed and produced by

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...

, co-produced by N. C. Sippy with dialogues written by

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. The movie stars Ashok Kumar,

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in lead roles. The movie received critical acclaim and was a box-office success. The movie was remade in

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as Swargam in 1981 and

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and in

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won the 1981

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for his direction. Rekha won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role as Manju Dayal. Dina Pathak received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Nirmala Gupta.

Plot

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, middle-aged Nirmala Gupta (

), wife of Dwaraka Prasad Gupta ( Ashok Kumar) and mother of Dr. Inder Gupta (

), is a strict

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and runs her household by

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s. Everyone in the house, including Inder and Dwaraka Prasad, follow her laws even though they do not approve of them. Soon, she fixes the marriage of her second son Chander Gupta (Vijay Sharma) with Anju Dayal (Aradhana), who is from

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and is the daughter of the rich widower Ram Dayal (

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) and is the elder sister of Manju Dayal (

). After Chander and Anju's marriage, Manju comes to visit Anju for some months. Being a playful girl, she quickly gets the disapproval of Nirmala but Inder falls in love with her. Manju also befriends Dwaraka Prasad and gets the trust of everyone in the house except Nirmala. One day, over Inder, Dwaraka Prasad and other family members, Manju performs a small

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highlighting the

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of Nirmala who was not believed to be at home at that time but she accidentally sees the play. She gets hurt as everyone thinks her a

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even though she does good to the family members. Moreover, the fact that everyone did not feel free with her but felt free with Manju who is an outsider, hurts her more. The next day, except Manju, Nirmala and Dwaraka Prasad, Inder and other family members leave the house for some days for a wedding. Manju then apologizes to Nirmala but she instead banishes her from her house. Seeing this, Dwaraka Prasad loses his temper and he confronts Nirmala which causes him to get a serious

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. Nirmala gets tensed but Manju acts timely and saves Dwaraka Prasad. At last, Nirmala understands Manju's character. However, when Inder and other family members return home, Manju leaves the house but Inder follows her to the railway station with Nirmala who stops her. In the end, Inder and Manju get married.

Cast

* Ashok Kumar as Dwarka Prasad Gupta *

as Manju Dayal *

as Dr. Indar Gupta *

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as Bari Gupta *

as Nirmala Gupta *

as Ram Dayal * Vijay Sharma as Chandar Gupta * Aradhana as Anju Dayal * S. N. Banerjee as Umashankar *

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as Ashrafilal *

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as Jagan Gupta *

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as Munni *

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as Dr. Gokhale * Anand as Dr Iqbal, Indar's colleague * Rita Rani Kaul as Farida, Abbas's wife (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

Awards

;

28th Filmfare Awards The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981. ''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' and '' Thodisi Bewafaii'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''Aakrosh'' and ''Aasha'' with 7 nominations each. ''Aakrosh'' won 6 awards, including Best Dire ...

:: Won *

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–

* Best Actress –

* Best Comedian –

Nominated *

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– Hrishikesh Mukherjee * Best Supporting Actress –

* Best Story – D. N. Mukherjee

References

External links

*
"Hrishikesh Mukherjee's best films": Khubsoorat (1980)
rediff.com, 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2009. {{Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1980 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films Filmfare Awards winners Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee Indian films with live action and animation Hindi films remade in other languages Indian romantic comedy-drama films