Bidaai (film)


Bidaai is a 1974 Bollywood drama film, produced and directed by L. V. Prasad under the Prasad Productions Pvt Ltd banner. It stars Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar in lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film was a remake of the Telugu movie Thalla? Pellama?, starring N.T. Rama Rao, Chandrakala in the pivotal roles. Durga Khote, who played the widowed mother of Jeetendra and Satyen Kapu, won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Plot

After his business partner leaves him penniless, Parvati's husband passes away, leaving behind two sons, Prabhakar, Sudhakar and a dumb daughter Gauri, on the verge of destitution. When Prabhakar grows up, he marries Pooja and moves out. Meanwhile, as time passes, Sudhakar grows up, completes his schooling, gets a job out of the town and relocates. When Gauri is not allowed to marry Murli, she commits suicide and so does Murli, calling for Sudhakar back home. Sudhakar marries wealthy Padma and brings her home. Padma dislikes playing second fiddle even to Parvati leading to disagreements in the household. Padma's pregnancy to fails to resolve any of the problems. Thus the couple relocates to Padma's palatial house in the city, leaving an ailing Parvati on her own. The rest of the film shows how Padma understands the value of family ties, and the brothers, Prabhakar and Sudhakar, get together to unite the family.

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