After abandoning Gauri, his wife who is visually impaired, Sanjeev goes on a hunting trip and is presumed dead. He returns months later to find that his best friend Sunil has stolen his identity.
Acting
Sunil Dutt's agonized guilt face deserves its own Oscar category.
Score
Ravi's music transforms suffering into something weirdly danceable.
Director
A. Bhimsingh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Mumtaz's rare dramatic role before she became the queen of 70s masala films. Director A. Bhimsingh reportedly cast her against type specifically to surprise audiences.
The 'presumed dead husband returns' trope obsessed 1960s Indian cinema—reflecting anxieties about women's economic precarity without male protection. Gauri flips it by making the wife *disabled*, doubling her vulnerability.
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