Maryada 1971

Maryada is a 1971 Indian Bollywood social film released on Jul 16, 1971. The film is directed by Arbind Sen, produced by Arbind Sen.

Man Mohan and Radha are blessed with twin girls. However as they are very poor, one baby girl Lakshmi is given off to Dayal to bring her up in his house in Himachal Pradesh. The other girl Lalitha is brought up by them in Bombay. Raj Bahadur's father is Man Mohan's employer in Bombay. Raj Bahadur is separated from his father as he is settled in H. P. He gets married to Lakshmi and has a son. His cousin brother Pran Bahadur tells a lie to Lakshmi that Raj Bahadur is dead and thereafter imprisons her. The son is given to Radha by Dayal as he is her grandson. Raj Bahadur is saved by Rajan from some robbers and becomes his friend. As he is unemployed, he is sent as Raj Bahadur to Coorg to find his wife & son. On the way Rajan meets Lalitha who is also on her way to Coorg to meet her mother and falls in love with her. Raj Bahadur arrives there incognito. After a lot of confusion regarding their identities, Pran Bahadur is finally defeated and Lakshmi is reunited with Raj Bahadur

Man Mohan was the `Munim of Ram Bahadur. He could hardly make the both ends meet, and therefore he was compelled to give one of his twin daughter to his friend Jag Mohan who lived in a village. . Both the girl grew up in different environments. . Lakshimi, (Mala Sinha) who was brought up by Jag Mohan, fell in love with Raj Bahadur, Raaj kumar the only son of Ram Bahadur. They were soon married. Raaj did not care to inform his father, as the two had severed all conections with each other. Lakshmi gave birth to a son. . Ram Bahadur came to know of his sons marriage through his nephew Pran Bahadur. Ram Bahadur called his son to the city to talk the things over. Pran got a chance to put his evil scheme to work. He convinced Lakshmi and Jag Mohan that Raj Bahadur was killed in an automobile accident and they left the village. . The marriage of Lalita, (Mala Sinha) Man Mohans other daughter couldnt be solemnized as the dowry wasnt paid in full. One Jeebanand volounteered to marry her but the police appeared on the scene before the complete rites were over. He was a wanted man on the run. Man Mohan died of shock. . When Raaj returned to the village, his wife and son had disappeared. Raaj felt that Pran was responsible for this. He returned to the city to settle the score. Pran tried to kill him but Rajan (Rajesh Khanna) a total stranger saved him. They both became friends. . Raaj sent Rajan to his estate and instructed him to impersonate him since nobody had seen Raaj before. Raaj himslef remained incognito at the estate and kept the search on for his lost wife and child. He met his son Munna who was now four but the father couldnt recognise his son. Just the same they became pals. . When Rajan was on the train on his way to the estate, he met Lalita. They fell in love with each other. When Lalitas mother came to know of her entanglement with Rajan whom she objected very strongly to their growing love. Besides, Ram Bahadur was instrumental in her husbands death. Although, Rajan loved Lalita very dearly yet he had to reject her in order to keep up his word given to Raaj Bahadur. . When Pran came to know of the fact that somebody else was in possess- ion of the estate, he came to visit the imposter. But to! to his surprise, he found the real Raaj. Check out this page for more updates on Maryada.