() is a 1971 Indian

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-language

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, produced by P. Gangadhar Rao Jothee Navshakthee Combines and directed by

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. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by

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. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Brahmachari'' (1968).

Plot

Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle in a palatial mansion with his wife of 30 years, Rajlaxmi, and two sons, Rajkumar, who has been married to Shyama for several years; and Mohankumar who is studying in and out of town college. Surajbhan is disappointed with Rajkumar as he has as not yet produced an heir to his family. To make matters worse Mohan, a devout worshiper of Lord Bajrangbali, has taken a vow of celibacy and refuses to get married. Things change dramatically when a young woman named Neena, along with her son, enters the Chaudhary household claiming that Mohan had married and abandoned her. She goes through a number of medical tests which determine that the child is actually an heir of the Chaudhary family. Now Surajbhan and Rajlaxmi want Mohan and Neena to get officially married, much to Mohan's chagrin. Things get complicated when Surajbhan finds out that the child is actually Rajkumar's, and that Neena may have been pulling the wool over all their eyes.

Cast

as Mohan Kumar Chaudhary *

as Neena *

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as Raj Kumar Chaudhary *

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as Mala Singh *

Sohrab Modi Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', '' Sikandar'', ''Pukar'', ''Prithvi Va ...

as Rai Sahib Surajbhan Chaudhary *

Durga Khote Durga Khote (14 January 1905 − 22 September 1991) was an Indian actress, beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around ...

as Rajlaxmi Chaudhary *

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as Thakur Chandan Singh *

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as Jugal Kishore *

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as Choti *

Keshto Mukherjee Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 2 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata,Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecas ...

as Doctor *Birbal as College Student *Polson as College Student * Brahmachari as Madan *

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as Mumtaz's sister

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1971 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1971 comedy-drama films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Hindi remakes of Telugu films Indian comedy-drama films Films directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma 1971 comedy films 1971 drama films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub