Thodisi Bewafaii

Thodisi Bewafaii
File:Thodisi Bewafaii.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Esmayeel Shroff
Written by	Esmayeel Shroff
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Shabana Azmi
Music by	Khayyam
Cinematography	Russi Billimoria
Edited by	A R Rajendran
Release dates	13 June 1980
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Thodisi Bewafaii is a 1980 Hindi movie written and directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Padmini Kohlapure. The music is by Khayyam.

Plot

Arvind Kumar Choudhary is widowed, respectable and wealthy businessman, who lives with his only son, Arun (Rajesh Khanna), in a palatial house. He remarries another woman, Sujata, a widow with two daughters, Veena and Seema. Arun does not respect her and refuses to even speak with her. Arun meets Neema Deshmukh (Shabana Azmi) and both of fall in love. With approval of their respective families, they get married. Then things start to slide financially for the Choudharys when Arun accidentally breaks a valuable diamond while daydreaming about Neema; the Choudharys lose all their savings, building, vehicles and property, move to a shanty apartment, and Arvind passes away. Arun takes over the reins of this family, and starts talking to his stepmother. Neema gives birth to a baby boy and they name him Abhinandan. Misunderstandings occur between Sujata and Neema, they escalate, fueled by some gossip from neighboring women, leading to arguments between Arun and her. Then one day, Mahendra, Neema's brother sees Arun with another woman, informs Neema, who quickly packs her things and leaves Arun. She goes to the courts, gets the custody of Abhinandan, and Arun is only allowed a weekly 4 - PM visit, which he is unhappy with, and decides to wait until his son is 14 and will then take him home. Then Neema's father is arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau accepting a huge bribe from Mr. Lalwani; Mahendra asks Neema to sell her jewelery so that he can immigrate to Germany, she does so, he leaves, never to be heard from again.

Nasik

Neema's dad, Abhinandan and she re-locate to Nasik to live with Narendra, Neema's second brother and his wife. This is where her son grows up, curious to know about his dad. Years later Arun with his hardwork becomes rich and successful business man. When his son turns 14, Arun shows up on her doorstep - only to be told that their son has run away from home. An enraged Arun must now find if Neema is telling the truth or hiding their son someplace else, After passing out from school her son decides to go to Bombay and runs away from home. He briefly meets his father on the way while getting directions to the college. He happens to get sick just outside Karuna's home. She treats him and finds that he is Arun's son. She immediately calls Arun to meet him. Arun requests Karuna to keep him in her house. In college Nandu meets friends (Padmini Kolhapure). Nandu returns to see his mother and gives her news that he has found his father. She becomes bit interested in Arun's whereabouts. However Arun does not want to meet or come together with Nima due to her bitter words earlier.

Climax

Nandu goes to Nasik to meet his friends with Padmini Kolhapure, it seems that they are in love and sing a song on a bike. While enjoying this beautiful time, a truck hits them and Nandu is admitted to hospital. Arun reaches Nasik. Nadu is being operated. In this situation Nima meets Arun. They resolve differences and Nima accepts that she pulled things too far. Nandu's operation resolves in success with Nima and Arun on each side. Nandu asks them to come together.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character/Role	Notes
Rajesh Khanna	Arun Kumar Choudhary
Shabana Azmi	Neema Choudhary
A. K. Hangal	Arvind Kumar Choudhary
Urmila Bhatt	Sujata Choudhary
Gayatri	Veena Choudhary
Gowri Khorana	Seema Choudhary
Siddharth Ray	Abhinandan Choudhary
Padmini Kolhapure	Meenu	Nandu's Girlfriend
Deven Verma	Noor -E- Chashmis
Preeti Ganguly	Mrs. Noor-E-Chashmis
Shreeram Lagoo	Surendra Deshmukh	as Dr. Shreeram Lagoo
Shashi Kiran	Mahendra Deshmukh
Jalal Agha	Narendra Deshmukh
Madhu Chauhan	Narendra's wife
Maya Alagh	Dr. Karuna	as Dr. Maya Alagh
Dina Pathak	Dr. Karuna's mother
Leela Mishra	Wedding Guest (song "Sunoji Bhabhi")	as Leela Misra
Lalita Kumari	Neighbour
Murad	Judge
Moolchand	Lala (Pawnshop Owner)	as Mulchand
Ram Avtar	Mr. Ram Avtaar (man with prescription)	as Ramavtar
Manmauji	Arun's Co-worker	Man with wig
Mushtaq Khan	Worker with sick wife	as Mushtaq
Viju Khote	Mr. Lalwani
Khushboo	Nandu
Dharamvir		as Dharmveer
Raja Bakshi
Jameel
Kishore
Pramod Pathak		as Pramod
M. Ratan
Sunder Taneja
Gopal Naik		as Gopal
Sarkar		as Sirkar
Mani
Siddharth Ray

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Ankhon Men Humne Aapke Sapne (I)"	Kishore Kumar
2	"Aaj Bichhde Hain"	Bhupinder Singh
3	"Ankhon Men Humne Aapke Sapne (II)"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
4	"Barse Phuhar"	Asha Bhosle
5	"Hazaar Rahen Mud Ke Dekhin"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
6	"Mausam Mausam Lovely Mausam"	Anwar, Sulakshana Pandit
7	"Suno Na Bhabhi"	Jagjit Kaur, Sulakshana Pandit

Awards

• Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Kishore Kumar for "Hazaar Rahen Mud Ke Dekhin"
• Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for Gulzar for "Hazaar Rahen Mud Ke Dekhin"

External links

Thodisi Bewafaii at IMDb