Uphaar 1971

Uphaar is a 1971 Indian Bollywood social film released on Dec 09, 1971. The film is directed by Sudhendu Roy, produced by Tarachand Barjatya under banner named Rajshri Productions.

The movie is about a poor family residing in a small village near Calcutta. Meenu(Jaya Bahaduri) always plays prank with all the people of her village. She used to steal mangoes with all the other boys. Anoop (Swaroop Dutt) visits his village and Meenu plays prank with him too. Looking at the innocent face he thinks to make Meenu his wife. He speaks to his mother (Kamini Kaushal) and get married to her. The entire village is against the marraige as Meenu an illiterate female and Anoop is a BA student. Anoop tries all sorts to turn Meenu but she still plays prank. Looking at her childish nature the in-laws ignore her. Anoop takes her to her father's village where they come to an understanding. Before leaving for his further studies, Anoop tells Meenu to write a letter to him herself, and then only will he come to meet her. Meenu understands her husband's saying and she changes herself and goes along with mother-in-law to meet him. Anoop finds his wife changed completely and they unite again.

After a long boat journey. He slipped on the muddy bank, when peels of feminine laughter greeted him. This was Minoo (Mrinmoyee), a carefree and irrepressible girl living with her mother in the same village. Her poor old father was working as a petty clerk at kushiganj. The pranks of the tomboyish Minoo, leader of a small gang of boys, had earned her notoriety. Anoop tried to retrieve his honur form this discomfiture by putting up a bold face, and finally reached home. . Anoops widowed mother was overjoyed at Anoops arrival. She wanted Anoop to marry and had selected a bride for him. Anoop, on mothers insistence, had to go to see the prospective bride. Unexpectedly, however, Minoo burst into the scene, upset the solemnity of the occasion and secretly took away Anoops pair of shoes. When Anoop was plodding home through the mud wearing an old pair of sandals, he was greeted by Minoos haunting laughter, Minoo returned his shoes with a show of mock respect. Anoop, in an impulse, caught hold of her. Minoo was surprised as instead of the punishment she apprehended form Anoop she found his two queer eyes peering intently for a while into hers, before he solwly released his hold. . "Yes, I have made by choice, mother", declared Anoop, but completely startled her by adding that the choice was for Minoo! A long struggle follwed the declaration, at the end of which the mother yielded, hoping to reform the untamed Minoo when the latter became her daughter -in-law. The marriage was settled but poor Ram Babu, Minoos father, was not granted leave to be present at the wedding of his only child! . Minoo was admonished and warned that she was now commencing a new chapter of her life, and so she concluded that marriage was another name for a life-sentence. The reabel in her refused to accept this and so she bit her lip at the time of her auspicious wedding and resolved to herslef that she would never submit her freedom to please the tyrant-god of matrimoney. . The wide woudl she loved now shrank within the four walls of her husbands house. The mother-in-law launched upon the solemn task of refrming and improving this wild pony but Minoo remained inwardly untameable. At night, on the nuptial bed, Anoop came close to her and asked her in sweet whishpers, "Minoo, dont you love Me?", "No!" came the emphatic reply, "I willnever love you". "But what harm have I done you?", asked Anoop. "You? Why did you marry me at all?", came the rejoinder. . One day a letter came from her father, blessing her and wishing her all the best in her new life, This started her on the obstinate thought of going to her father-a thought that was vehemently brushed aside as pure nonsense. Yet, in the depth of the night, she just quietly opened the door, and left home on the desperate mission of reaching her father somewhere far away, whither she knew not! . She walked and walked and when the night broke into dawn she found herself at a landing ghat with ferries and boats, She met a mail runner but received no satisfactory replay to her enquiries about her father. Then she chanced to meet a batman who knew her. He offered to take her to her father and the tired girl boarded the boat and quickly fell asleep. When she woke up, she found herself in her husnands house! . Anoops suggestion to send Minoo to her father was, needless to say, brusquely turned down. So that night Anoop suggested to her that they both may quietly run away in a boat to her fathers place of work. And this indeed they did, leaving a note for Anoops mother. The journey had the fascination of a dream and it was the first time Minoo put her hand in Anoops with an unknown sense of dependence. Minoos father was overjoyed to see them both and the few days they lived there passed in unmixed joy and bliss. But the time came when they had to return home at last. . The mother was sullen and sulky and unforgiving. When it became intol- erable, Anoop proposed to leave for calcutta for further studies. "Take her away with you", said the mother, "Very well", said the son. Minoo was not prepared to go however, and so deply hurt and shocked Anoop left her at her mothers and went away to Caucutta. . To her surprise, Minoo found things inexplicable changed in her own home. Anoop had told her that he would come back only if she wrote him to come. He had asked for a kiss but Minoo hardly knew the business of a kiss and just burest inot laughter as she tried to do it in her unskilled fashion. All this came back to her mind and now she longed to see him, but how, she could hardly understand. At alst, when it became intolerable, she returned of herslef. At last, when it became intolerabel, she reutrned of herslef to her mother-in-law, who not only greeted her with joy but also forgivenes. Their union was complete. . now they wanted to meet Anoop and so planned to go to Calcutta and stay at the house where Anoops sister lived with her husbad. The sister joined the conspiracy and invited the brohter (Anoop) to her home for dinner. Anoop came, was happy to see his mother but could not dare to directly ask ablut Minoo, whom the conspirtors had kept concealed. They kept on plying Anoop with teasing, embarrassing question about this wife. It was proposed that he may stay there over- night and though reluctant, Anoop at last agreed to do so. . He was almost dejected with the world when all of a sudden, Minno was in frount of him, apporaching him eagerly...The dream was more than fulfilled, for it was a new Minoo now, who compensated for all the days and nights spent in vain, spent in wait for this awakening! 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