Jyoti (1981)

Niranjan Pratap Singh is the stepson of Zamindar and real son of Ranimaa Sunanda. He is also the sole heir to the property of the Zamindar, as his elder stepbrother, Govind is drug-induced ... See full summary »

Director:

Pramod Chakravorty

Writer:

Vrajendra Gaur (dialogue by)

Stars:

Ajit, Birbal, Vijayendra Ghatge

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajit	...	Amirchand
Birbal	...	Lallu
Vijayendra Ghatge	...	Niranjan Pratap Singh
Aruna Irani	...	Mallika
Jeetendra	...	Govind (Niranjan's stepbrother)
Padma Khanna	...	Chintamani
Viju Khote
Ashok Kumar	...	Niranjan's dad
Sulochana Latkar	...	Dai maa
Hema Malini	...	Gauri
Shashikala	...	Sunanda (Niranjan's mom)
Om Shivpuri	...	Vedji (Gauri's dad)
Jayshree T.	...	Champa
Deven Verma	...	Siyaram

Storyline

Niranjan Pratap Singh is the stepson of Zamindar and real son of Ranimaa Sunanda. He is also the sole heir to the property of the Zamindar, as his elder stepbrother, Govind is drug-induced to the point of senility. When Gauri opposes Niranjan's ruthlessness against fellow-villagers, the Zaminder, angered by her intrusion, complains to her dad, Vedji. The Zaminder's anger is subdued when he actually speaks to Gauri, and ends up admiring her and asking her hand in marriage for his son, Niranjan. But Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should get married to Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind, and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika and Amirchand who are after his wealth. Gauri must now ...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Also Known As:

The Flame

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

144 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danny English and Egg Nog song "HOT FOR REAL" (Bollywood Riddim)sampled " Thoda Resham Latha Hain".

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Connections

Remade as Beta (1992)

User Reviews

A well acted and well directed story of a zamindar family

This is a good movie. Very good acting by veterans like Ashok Kumar, Hema Malini, Jeeendra, Shashikala and Ajit. This is the story of a zaminder family led by Ashok Kumar who has two sons played by Vijayendra Ghatge ( Niranjan ) and Jeetendra ( Govind ) Govind is physically handicapped and is constantly abused by the younger brother Niranjan. Jyoti ( Hema Malini ) is the daughter of the village Vaidya ( doctor ) played by Om Shivpuri. Jyoti gets married to Govind at the behest of the zamindar and she takes a strong stand against Niranjan's abuses and also cures Govind from his senility. Hema Malini gave a superb performance as the village girl eventually becoming the wife of the zamindar's son. The movie is very well scripted by Sachin Bhowmick and cinematography and directions are very good. Bappi Lahiri provided some good songs specially the one titled "Angrai leke prem Jawani " and the murja "Thoda rasham lagta hai". There have quite a few movies by the same players during the late 70's and early 80's and this is one is one of the better ones. I gave it a eight out of ten.