Brahmachari 1968

Brahmachari is a 1968 Indian Bollywood comedy, musical, family drama, social film released on Jan 01, 1968. The film is directed by Bappi Lahiri, produced by Ramesh Sippy under banner named Sippy Films.

A man (Shammi Kapoor) was abandoned as a child since then he calls himself Brahmachari and lives in a house that is mortgaged with twelve other young orphans, and a servant/former thief. He struggles every single day to solve innumerable problems in his life.

Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor) is a good-hearted but poor young man whose vocation in his life; is give heart and home to dozen orphans, who he shelters in his home, which is named Brahmachari Ashram. . One day Brahmachari saves a pretty young girl Sheetal (Rajashree) from committing suicide. Sheetal is brought to the Ashram, where she is happy to be surrounded by Brahmacharis kids. She tells her sad fate. Ravi (Pran) a welathy young man whose fatehr was her fathers dearest friend, has jilted her. Their fathers had vowed that their children would be united in matrimoney, but the young man has thrown her out! Brahmachari then embarks on an intensive course to modernise Sheetal make her a sophisticated society girl, because Ravi always has a soft corner for such girls and is at the moment, carrying on a torrid love-affair with Roopa (Mumtaz) whom he was promised to marry! . Sheetal now completely modernised, comes in touch with Ravi, who does not recognise her as the same girl he had jilted. But she recognises him for a despicable fellow and wishes only to avenge herself on him for the insult she had sufferd at his hands. By now, Sheetal has developed sincere affection for Brahmachari, who poor fellow, is struggling against great odds to earn enough money in order to lift the mortage from the house in which he and his children are living. . When Sheetal insults Ravi and throws his engagement ring on his face, Ravi decided that he must marry her at all cost. Bribing Sheetals uncle Ravi succeeds in getting her removed forcebly from the Ashram. Then he goes ahead and persuades the man to whom the Ashram is mortraged to auction and dishouse Brahmachari as well as all the children. In order to save the house and the children Brahmachari consents Ravis marriage with Sheetal by giving her the impression that he is interested in another woman. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Brahmachari.