Daag

Sunil Kohli, a young man, falls in love with and marries Sonia. During their , bad weather forces the couple to take shelter for the night at a bungalow owned by Sunil’s employer. While Sonia is alone, Dheeraj Kapoor—the employer’s son—attempts to assault her. Sunil arrives in time to intervene, and in the ensuing struggle, Dheeraj is killed. Sunil is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. While being transported to prison, the police van meets with an accident, and all occupants are presumed dead. Years later, Sonia, now a schoolteacher raising her and Sunil’s son alone, discovers that Sunil is alive and living under a new identity as Sudhir. He is now married to a wealthy woman named Chandni. Following the accident, Sunil had met Chandni, who had been abandoned by her lover after becoming pregnant. In exchange for help in starting a new life, Sunil agreed to marry Chandni to provide legitimacy to her unborn child. As the law closes in once again, Sunil must now answer not only for his past but also for the charge of bigamy. The film’s soundtrack was composed by , with lyrics by . Two songs from the album were especially popular during the year of the film’s release. “Ab Chahe Ma Roothe Yaa Baba” ranked at number 7 and “Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai” ranked at number 20 on the annual list of 1973. This article about a Hindi film of the 1970s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .