Abhilasha
- Meena Kumari, Nanda, Rehman, Sanjay Khan
- Amit Bose
- Romance
- January 1, 1970
- Hindi, Sindhi, Urdu, English
- 7.5
Synopsis
Traumatized and blaming herself after losing her young child in an accident, Meena is unable to conceive. Her supportive husband, Major General Ranjit Singh, belonging to an upper-caste Rajput family, then assists her in adopting a Catholic child born to recently widowed Albert D’Souza, and hire the latter as a butler. Shortly thereafter, Meena does get pregnant and gives birth to a male child. The children are named Ajay and Arun, and both celebrate their birthdays on the same day. Years later, Ajay is now a doctor while Arun is in his final year of Bachelor of Arts, and will soon be joining the army. The Singhs hope that Ajay will eventually marry Ritu, the only daughter of Rai Bahadur Daulatram and Geeta, but are in for a surprise when they find that Ritu prefers Arun. Then the lives of the Singhs will undergo major changes when Ranjit will inform Arun of his adoption, is not even a Hindu. Watch how an anguished Arun blames his foster parents as well as faces rejection at the hands of an enraged Geeta and Daulatram.