The film is adapted from Gulshan Nanda's novel "Maadhavi." The screenplay was by Phani Majumdar[1] with Kidar Sharma writing the dialogues.[1] It was the tenth-highest-grossing film, and was listed amongst the Top 20 films of 1965. Boxofficeindia.com declared the film a "hit" at the box office.[2] The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Inti Devatha.
Plot
The clerk in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he dies, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh. Years later, Rajesh has grown up and is of marriageable age. He meets with the beautiful Bhanu Saxena and both fall in love with each other. Kaushal dies in a boating accident shortly after this, leaving behind a devastated Madhavi. Rajesh blames himself and Ranimaa for his death. A few months later, Rajesh marries Bhanu and she moves in with them. Bhanu dislikes Madhavi and would like her out of the way; she goes as far as accusing her of having an affair with her husband. Under pressure, Madhavi attempts to kill herself, but is rescued by a young man named Moti. Rajesh likes Moti and asks him to marry Madhavi, to which he agrees. After the marriage, Madhavi bids adieu to Ranimaa, and Rajesh, and moves in with Moti. What Madhavi does not know is that Moti had an agenda and an ulterior motive for marrying her, and it seems she has been dumped from the frying pan into the fire.
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