Amar and Prem, college friends, and Asha and Shobana form friendships. Marriages are arranged, but dowry demands a US ticket. Prem returns, becomes office predator, and Asha endures harassment to pay off debts.
Acting
Prem Chopra inventing the smarmy villain template
Direction
Adurthi Subba Rao's social critique dressed as romance
Costume
Babita's tragic transformation from bride to burden
Director
Adurthi Subba Rao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rajesh Khanna shot this during his struggling actor phase, months before Aradhana made him India's first superstar.
The 'foreign return' villain archetype Prem Chopra pioneered here became Bollywood shorthand for NRI corruption through the 70s.
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