Kal Aaj Aur Kal 1971

Kal Aaj Aur Kal is a 1971 Indian Bollywood romance, musical, family drama, social film released on Jan 01, 1971. The film is directed by Randhir Kapoor, produced by Raj Kapoor.

Ram (Raj Kapoor), is a businessman and the son of Dadaji (Prithviraj Kapoor). He sends his son Rajesh to London for higher studies. Rajesh is a youngster with modern ideas, who has frequent disputes with his Dadaji. Monica (Babita) also comes to India from London and is friendly with Rajesh. Dadaji comes and lives with Rajesh and Ram. However, Dadaji's rules and regulations make Rajesh irritated. The movie shows the differences between the two generations.

In the conflict between grandfather and grandson, Ram's position become miserable Ram however, succeeds in convincing Rajesh about caring for his Dadaji. Rajesh soon realises the love and feelings of Dadaji behind his teachings. He is ready to marry, the girl of Dadaji's choice, despite being in love with Monica. It turns out that Dadaji's choice is also Monica.

After death, dadaji is reborn as Rajesh-Monica's son . and ram realizes that the dialogue of Dadaji's, 'Ke kal main tumhari taraf ungli uthakar kahoongake ke tum puraane ho gaye ho', will now apply to him.

Yesterda, Today and Tomorrow; It is the story of the river of time that flows from the past into the present and goes ahead into the future overcoming the hindrances on way. . Diwan Saheb, his son Ram and Rams son Rajesh they are the symbols of the past, present and the future - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. . They differ frome eachh other according to the generation they represent. Diwan Saheb lives in the past. He leads a static life enjoying peace and stability. His grandson Rajesh belongs to jet Age and believes in speed. He studies in London, his eyes set on the fulfilment of his ideals. . While Diwan Saheb is happy contented, and Rajesh is ambitious and hopeful, Ram, who represents the present is leading a listless, dejected life. He was everything money, fame and all that one desires in this worldly material life but there is nobody whom he can call his own. In his palatial house in the big city, the loneliness is maddening and to get over it, he gives lavish parties on one pretext or the other. He celebrates his birthday four times a week ! But these parties instead of mending matters, make the situation worse. Like a dose injected morphia, these parties give him momentary relief but leave him more dejected. . Ultimately, on the advice of his friend, he recalls his son Rajesh from London. When he returns, Rams joy knows no bounds. Ram also wants his father to come. And Rajesh succeeds in inducing his grandfather to come to the city. Ram is happy. He has brought about a union of three generations - the Past, the Present and the Future. . The happiness, however, is short-lived. Hardly two days go by when the grandfather and grandson start quarrelling. It is the inevitable class between the old and the new, between set ideals and new ideas, between what was and what is to be. . Rajesh feels that Diwan Sahebs devotion and pryaer is hyprocisy. Diwan Saheb feels tha Rajeshs dance-parties are depraved and degarding. To Rajesh, grandfathers ideas are old-fashioned and out of date, to Diwan Saheb, the grandsons ideas seem shocking and irreligious. In this conflict which grows day by day, neither has any thought for Rams feeling. . Ram, who once felt lonely, now worries about the constant bickerings between his father and son. Their clash comes to a head when Diwan Saheb selects a girl of his own choice for Rajesh and invites her father to the city for solemnising the engagement. Rajesh refuses to agree to this match because he had selected his own mate - Monica. who studied with him and whom he loved. He declares that he will marry only Monica and no one else. The grandfather too is equally stubborn. On this issue, they prepare to leave the house, they ask Ram to choose and decide with whom he would like to stay, his father or his son ? Confronted with this situation, Ram feels as if he had been struck with a lightening. Torn between his sons and his fathers clash of egos, he decides to leave the home, go awy from his father as well as his son. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Kal Aaj Aur Kal.