Charandas

Charandas is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by B.S. Thapa, starring Om Prakash, Urmila Bhatt, Lakshmi (actress), Vikram Makandar, Farida Jalal, Raj Mehra, in lead roles.

Synopsis

The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, entrepreneurship and meteoric rise in business of a workshop owning mechanic, Charandas, played by veteran actor Om Prakash. Charandas lives with his dutiful, religious wife Kamla, enacted by Urmila Bhatt, and two children, running a mechanic workshop. He has a good family friend Aslam played by Raj Mehra. His bank loan is sanctioned and in a time span of 10 years, he builds an engineering empire, becoming a rich tycoon. All through he shares family get togethers with his friends and their families and it is here, that Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan, make a special appearance in a famous Qawwali, "Han Dekh Lo Ishq Ka Martava", sung by Aziz Nazan Qawwal,Yesudas, on Aslam's birthday.

Soon money clouds the eyes of his family members to the extent that his dutiful wife and loving children are transformed into bad mannered party dopers, holding parties to celebrate the birthday and marriage of their pet bitch Pinky, which shocks Charandas, and he leaves his home for hotels and factory rest houses. On the other hand a village belle, Lalli, played by Lakshmi (actress), accidentally meets Charandas in a distraught state, being abandoned by her mean and selfish husband Ashokh, played by Vikram, a small time stage actor living with his mistress, Sheetal. Both decide to teach their respective family members a lesson and team up to act as a lovey dovey couple, Lalli spoilt by numerous shopping extravaganzas and holiday trips to places like Kashmir, and Charandas as the doting lover.