Story
Ratnadeep is a 1952 Indian Bollywood film released on 1952. It was the day of mourning at Basuligram, the seat of the Basuli Raj, and the entire estate wore a melancholy appearance. Fourteen years ago Bhuvan, the heir-apparent to the estate, had left his home and hearth. All these years his mother and his young bride had waited patiently, hoping against hope, that Bhuvan would return. But, unfortunately, this was not to be. . According to the Shastras, if an unfraced person fails to return with in fourteen years, he is to be considered dead and declared as such. And today,this period being over,the grim announcement was made and the cremation rites performed. How pathetic the bride looked in a widows garb! And Ranima? She was half-blind, grief-stricken, crazy! The same night at Khusrupur - an obscure, wayside railway station -far off from Basuligram, the guard of a passenger train asked Gopal, the assistant staiton-master, to take down the dead body of a sannyasi. . Gopal, who had just been sacked from service and was virtually on his last days duty, observed with surprise the striking resemblance between him and the dead sannyasi. Even the station-staff noticed the likeness and talked about it. . Laft alone, Gopal read munutely the manuscript of the deceaseds autobiography, which he found amid his belongings, and after going through the contents a crazy idea struck him. The deceased Bhuvan, heirappartent to Basuli Raj, was every inch like him. Can not he step into his shoes? And then property worth lakhs as also the deceaseds young and beautiful wife will will be his for the mere asking. Gopal became almost possessed with the fantastic possibilities of his wild scheme. . Gulfam, a crafty businessman was a spendthrift and led a fast life. In answer to an advertisement by the Dewan of Basuli Raj for a Hindu widoe of good character to serve as a companion to Bahurani, he induced his favourite actress Kanak to apply for the job. Gulfam wanted her to act as a go-between for persuading Bahurani to agree to a re marriage and accept him as her husband. Kanak, posing as Gulfams siste, reached Basuligram and was accepted as Bahuranis companin. . Soon after, Gopal, posing as sannyasi Bhauvan, entere the palace. Once agin after fourteen years Basuli Raj became agog with excitement and jubilation. The mother got back her long-lost son and the bride her deified husband. Gopal had passed every test, every scrutiny, and was unhesitatingly taken in as Bhuvan. . But, he had to face two serious impediments to gain what he had come after, impediments which he had never thought of One was Ranimas sincere affection, and the other, Bahuranis pure and unsullied love which almost bordered on a devotees yearning for her god. To overcome these, Gopal pretended to remain a sannyasi for three months more. But that too was not very helpful. Bahurani attempting to regain her husbands love continued seeing him. And the result was that Gopal started loving her deeply but silently. . meanwhil, Gulfam for his own personal reason tried to prove that Gopal was an impostor, and Kanak did her best to render all assistance. . But Gopal, having tasted true love, became a changed man. No more did he hanker after worldly wealth, and he resolved to make a clean breast of evrything to Bahurani. Check out this page for more updates on Ratnadeep.
