| Director | Baldev Raj Chopra |
|---|---|
| Box office | ₹1.6 crore |
The story revolves around Mohan, who is a lecturer in a local college and lives with his aged mother. Incidentally, it is shown in the beginning that he is giving a lecture in his class based on the classic play, Mṛichchhakatika which features the story of a nobleman, Charudatt, who falls in love with Vasantsena, a prostitute. This appears to leave a deep impact on the tender mind of a young Mohan, as will be seen from the progress of the story and its eventual culmination. His old mother would like him to get married since she wanted him to settle down before she dies. But, Mohan was opposed to this as he didn't want to be married so early. One day, while coming down the stairs, his mother, who was running high fever, slips and falls and loses consciousness. Despite being delirious with fever, she mumbles to see a daughter-in-law. The neighbor, Jeevan offers to help and brings a woman, Rajni, who is then introduced to his mother as the would-be daughter-in-law. Now his mother's health has improved and his mother is very happy with Rajni, with her beauty and good behavior, she accepts her as her prospective daughter-in-law and even gives her the family jewels to dress in. Rajni is deeply moved after putting on the ornaments and the bridal saree but is shattered when her customers want her to perform in the bridal attire. Mohan falls for the beauty and charm of 'Rajni'. Then mother and son receive the earth shattering news that Rajini is actually a prostitute, Champabai. The eventual acceptance of 'Rajni' by Mohan's mother and her assimilation into the household, after the former prostitute's metamorphosis on falling in love with Mohan, forms the crux of the story.