Two sons, two families, one devastating swap — can blood ever beat money?
Mamta lives a poor lifestyle with her husband, Dinu, and two sons, Mohan, and Sohan. When Ram Lal, the wealthy Zamindar, Kanta Prasad Gupta's Munim, comes to them to take Sohan to Mrs. Sharda Gupta for ten days, they reluctantly permit him to do so. After 10 days, Gupta himself approaches them and begs them to let his wife keep Sohan for life. They tearfully agree. Then Mohan gets into trouble, and Dinu scolds him, only to find out that Mohan has run away from home. A search proves futile, and the couple continue to live a childless life. Now 17 years later, Mamta is seriously ill, and asks Dinu to bring Sohan back. Dinu goes to the Zamindar's house where he meets a young man who identifies himself as the real son, Suraj, and informs him that Sohan has been asked to leave. A devastated Dinu loses his memory and roams listlessly on the streets of Calcutta, unable to remember anything.
Acting
Jeetendra plays dual roles with genuine pathos, not just star wattage.
Direction
Kundan Kumar wrangles maximum tears from minimum plot mechanics.
Score
Music that hits exactly when your heart can't take more.
Director
Kundan Kumar
Jeetendra
Arun / Sohan
Babita Kapoor
Bharti Gupta
Mehmood
Chamanlal 'Charlie' Singaporie
Sujit Kumar
Dr. Mohan
Manmohan Krishna
Kanta Prasad Gupta
Manmohan
Suraj / Arun
Achala Sachdev
Sharda K. Gupta
Sulochana Chatterjee
Mamta (Dinu's Wife)
Aruna Irani
Shobha R. Lal
Helen
Courtesan
Nazir Hussain
Dinu
Jeevan Dhar
Munim Ram Lal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aulad exemplifies 1960s Hindi cinema's obsession with zamindar-class exploitation and the 'poor but virtuous' family trope.
Mehmood's 'Charlie Singaporie' character was a comic relief insertion typical of the era — reportedly added after test audiences found the drama too bleak.
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