Maa Beti

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Maa Beti
Directed by Kalpataru
Written byKeshav Rathod (story)
K.B. Pathak (Screenplay)
Mahender Dehlvi (dialogue)
Produced byShiv Kumar Jain, Mohanji Prasad
Starring Shashi Kapoor
Sharmila Tagore
Tanuja
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Pran
Kader Khan
Cinematography Baba Azmi
Edited byK. Nanda
Music by Anand-Milind
Release date
  • 6 June 1986 (1986-06-06)
Running time
158 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Maa Beti (English: Mother Daughter) is a 1986 Indian Family drama film starring Bollywood actors Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Tanuja, Meenakshi Sheshadri in the lead roles. [1] [2]

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Plot

Savitri lives a wealthy lifestyle with her businessman husband and daughter, Meenu. She gets pregnant a second time and gives birth to a son, Ketan, but dies. Her husband, unable to handle business and two children at the same time, remarries a woman named Laxmi. Laxmi, unaware of her brother Raghunandan's evil plans, ill-treats her stepchildren, causing them to run away. However, her life changes forever when Raghunandan swindles all their money and kicks Laxmi and her family out of the house.

Cast

Soundtrack

Anjaan write the lyrics.

#Song TitleSinger
1"Paise Bina" Anuradha Paudwal
2"So Ja Meri Gudiya" Alka Yagnik
3"Bani Re Meri Bitiya" Shabbir Kumar and Shailendra Singh
4"Mere Ghar Dwaar Ko"Alka Yagnik
5"Baje Badhayi" Suresh Wadkar and Udit Narayan
6"Kal Ki Baat Kahu Main"Alka Yagnik
7"Maine Apna Sanam Tujhe"Anuradha Paudwal and Suresh Wadkar
8"Mujhko sadkon se"Anuradha Paudwal
9"Na Maange Heera Moti"Anuradha Paudwal, Mahendra Kapoor

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References

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  2. "Maa Beti (1986) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.