''Naya Raasta'' ( ''New Path'';

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

: ''नया रास्ता'') is a 1970

-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, produced by I.A.Nadiadwala on Pushpa Pictures banner and directed by Khalid Akhtar. The film stars

Jeetendra Ravi Kapoor ( ; born 7 April 1942), known mononymously by his screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures. Early life ...

Asha Parekh Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is a retired Indian actress, film director, and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time and was one of the most successful ...

, and music composed by

N. Datta Datta Naik (12 December 1927 – 30 December 1987), also credited as N. Datta, was an Indian film music director in Hindi films. Born in the then Portuguese colony of Goa, Naik, started his career as an assistant to the legendary music di ...

Plot

Chander (Jeetendra) is a very successful criminal lawyer decides to settle down in a village and look after his land after his father's death. He practices the new ideas that and tries to educate the workers by mixing up with them. In the process, he falls in love with a beautiful girl Shallo (Asha Parekh). Now everyone tries to pressurize Chander not to marry Shallo, but he was firm, which Panchayat couldn't accomplish by force, Chander's mother manages it with ease by describing the consequences of such marriage, and she persuades Shallo to get married to the boy of her community and she has to do so. Chander is aghast and heartbroken. However, this disappointment in love, instead of breaking him, Chander works with new zeal and energy. On the other hand, it is just the beginning of Shallo's misfortune and her past follows her as a ghost. She is not accepted by the in-law who asked her to leave but she refuses. For that, she is meted out severe punishments. In the meantime, Chander's younger sister Radha (Fadira Jalal) gets married in the same village, her husband Thakur Suraj Pratap Singh (Kishan Mehta) is a drunkard. Being a lady of virtue, Radha decides to set out to change her husband on one hand and tries to put Shallo's house in order on the other hand. Shallo's husband Ramu (Sujit Kumar) is convinced of his wife's virtue but the mother-in-law remains adamant. Consequently, Ramu decides to leave with his wife, and Thakur who has evil designs on Shallo gives them shelter in his Shikargaah. One night he calls Ramu, expresses his desire for Shallo, and offers a lot of money & comforts in exchange which hurts Ramu's self-respect and he violently protests, in the fight Ramu is killed. Shallo kills Thakur with the same spear which had taken her husband's life and she was charged in court for both the murders. The rest of the story is about whether she is proven innocent or not.

Cast

as Chandar *

as Shallo *

Balraj Sahni Brigadier Balraj (born Balasegaram Kandiah) was a senior commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Early life Balraj was the fifth and youngest child of Kandiah and Kannagias. He received his primary education in Kokkuthoduwaai ...

as Bansi *

Sujit Kumar Sujit Kumar (7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010) was an Indian actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s through the 1990s, and in at least 20 Bhojpuri films. Sujit played the major lead actor in many films in ...

as Ramu *

Farida Jalal Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cin ...

as Radha Singh *

Veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.< ...

as Rukmini *

Lalita Pawar Lalita Pawar (18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema. She holds a Guinness world record of longest ac ...

as Tulsi * Kishan Mehta as Thakur Suraj Pratap Singh

Soundtrack

All lyrics provided by

Sahir Ludhianvi Abdul Hayee (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described ...

& music by

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970 drama films Films scored by Datta Naik Indian drama films Hindi-language drama films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub