Tankha 1956

Tankha is a 1956 Indian Bollywood social film released on 1956. The film is directed by M. Changezi.
The meagre reward for hard work of 8 hours daily in thirty days. The prize for selling ones own sweat and blood is a petty job. . Job for which millions strive and struggle but never get it and those who get it are happy not knowing that they have sold themselves. The poor are not conscious of the difference between millions who have unconscious victims of such alavery. . He had a petty job with a petty pay and with all the traditions and conventions by hi side, tried to bring up his three children. Happily he dreamt that his son would become a great man aafter finishing his studies and then life will take a new turn, his daughter Kamna will be married with all the pomp and show, and his youngest child Munna will have no worries and his old age will pass on smoothly. . Laljis eldest son Shekhar realised that his father has every right to this natural and just dream, which should be fulfilled and materialise by shekhar. He knew his duty and studied hard day and night. But everything went into oblivion for that moment when that beautiful girl Ratna was with him. She loved him and he loved her. Their love was solid as a rock. But then the images of his old father, his young sister and the little brother disturbed him, pricked him. What about his duties towards then and their dream? Oh! He will conquer every obstacle and impediments, he thought. . But Fate laughed with sarcasm and Lalji had to weap. In that horrible storm of life that swept the whole family, Laljis happy dream turned into a nightmare, Shekhars love for Ratna began to shake his self confidence was sacrificed at the alter of failures. Shekhar became the traveller of the wrong path. He forgeot his love and his duties and once happy family was devoured by the dark monster of misery but life never leaves the vision of hope-hope which is beautiful and divine. Check out this page for more updates on Tankha.