- A calculative man schemes to deceit a poor but young widow for his personal monetary gains.
- Moti sells gurd in the market. He collects the raw material and takes them to an older woman, Mahjubhi, who makes exemplary gurd. Moti loves a village girl but is unable to afford to pay for the maher (dowry/marriage expenses) to her father. So he decides to marry Mahjubhi, proposes to her, which she accepts, they marry, and she moves in with him. Moti extracts a lot of work from Mahjubhi so that he can save enough money to pay for his marriage expenses. Shortly after he saves enough money, he decides to give Mahjubhi talaq (divorce), accusing her of infidelity. Shortly after that he marries the village girl, and he goes back to his business of selling gurd. With the skills of Mahjubhi taken away, will Moti survive on his own, and will his new wife be able to offer him the support and skills in order to enable him to survive in his trade.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Moti (Amitabh Bachchan) (Mutalib) is a "Gur" (unrefined concentrated cane sugar) trader who trades in the seasonal Gur made of "Khajur" (date-nectar). Moti is very eager to get married, but cannot afford to pay the Meher for prospective brides (that range from rs 200 to rs 350).. During the off-season, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu (Padma Khanna), and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for rs 500 Meher (Bride price), which he does not have. Her father had married his elder daughter for Rs 52 Meher, but that led to divorce and now the elder daughter does not have enough to sustain herself. Thus the father chose a high Meher for Phoolbanu.
Majubi (Nutan), a widow who is Moti's business associate prepares the Gur for him to sell. Her Gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. This is Majubi's only source of income and that too for 4 months in a year. she wants Moti to pay her 40 Paise per kilo, instead of the usual 30, as she knows the quality of her Gur. Phoolbanu loves Moti and is willing to wait for him, till he is able to save enough money to pay her Meher. Moti tries to borrow money, but nobody would lend him any. A money lender suggests that Moti marry a Gur maker so that he can increase his margins.
Moti decides to marry Majubi so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubi, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the Meher and divorces Majubi. Moti accuses Majubi of having an affair with another man in the village. Majubi is disgusted that Moti used her for his purposes and now wont care for her. Moti Triple Talaqs Majubi on the spot.
This incident shocks Majubi and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the Meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the next Gur season arrives. The newly weds are in love and spend money lavishly. In the process, Moti takes on new debt that he hopes to pay with earnings from the next Gur season. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) Mr Nadeer (who is 50 yrs old) asks Majubi to marry him. He is honest with her to say that he has 3 small children and wants Majubi to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.
It is almost the end of the Gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. Phoolbanu wants Moti to change his profession, but Moti says he doesn't know any other skills and wants to stick to Gur business. One day Phoolbanu making the Gur left in between to take bath when Moti arrives and saw the Gur has been Burnt . He Badly Beats Phoolbanu with a Stick. Now He is finally is left with no other option than to request Majubi to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubi at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu.
At first, Majubi is very angry on seeing Moti but understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately. The movie ends with this scene (suggesting that Majubi has forgiven Moti).
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