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On Raju's 5th birthday party, as a promised birthday gift, Prem brings home a new mother Lakshmi Devi (Aruna Irani), hoping that she will be a doting and caring mother for Raju. However, Lakshmi Devi turns out to be greedy, shrewd and cunning. She married Raju's father only for his vast fortune,
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Raju being naĂŻve and uneducated, believes every word of his step-mother and her brother. Over the years, Lakshmi Devi increasingly isolates his aging father from the family and mainly Raju.
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1320:Grand Masti
1296:Pyare Mohan
1220:Indra Kumar
1017:Indra Kumar
981:Aruna Irani
963:Anil Kapoor
820:Dilip Tahir
725:Ilaiyaraaja
605:as Premnath
591:Anupam Kher
579:Aruna Irani
567:Anil Kapoor
398:Aruna Irani
390:Anil Kapoor
382:Indra Kumar
338:172 minutes
264:Ilaiyaraaja
228:Aruna Irani
220:Anil Kapoor
208:Indra Kumar
204:Produced by
171:Rajiv Kaul,
159:(dialogues)
147:Indra Kumar
143:Directed by
1375:1992 films
1369:Categories
1328:Super Nani
1048:References
1000:Saroj Khan
959:Best Actor
846:Amar-Utpal
640:Soundtrack
597:Priya Arun
593:as Totaram
444:(Kapoor),
442:Best Actor
378:drama film
365:23.5 crore
359:Box office
322:1992-04-03
287:Production
271:Amar–Utpal
153:Written by
66:newspapers
1352:Thank God
1092:4 October
1013:Best Film
1007:Nominated
923:Dev Kohli
903:Dev Kohli
712:Singer(s)
657:Ilayaraja
635:as Namdev
633:Jack Gaud
617:as Ramesh
615:Adi Irani
611:as Kunika
599:as Champa
452:(Irani).
430:Best Film
244:Edited by
238:Baba Azmi
1140:9 August
689:T-Series
629:as Groom
581:as Laxmi
351:Language
252:Music by
216:Starring
188:Based on
178:Story by
1304:Dhamaal
1280:Rishtey
675:Deewana
482:Please
475:may be
420:At the
343:Country
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289:company
80:scholar
1355:(2022)
1347:(2019)
1339:(2016)
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1323:(2013)
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1275:(2001)
1272:Aashiq
1267:(1999)
1259:(1997)
1251:(1995)
1243:(1992)
1235:(1990)
940:Awards
883:Sameer
863:Sameer
800:Sameer
780:Sameer
769:05:420
760:Sameer
731:Sameer
715:Length
706:Lyrics
609:Kunika
256:Songs:
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912:04:40
892:05:57
872:02:17
852:06:52
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789:07:30
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709:Music
703:Title
354:Hindi
346:India
87:JSTOR
73:books
1264:Mann
1256:Ishq
1248:Raja
1240:Beta
1183:IMDb
1178:Beta
1142:2010
1094:2022
672:for
646:Beta
561:Cast
456:Plot
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