Insaaniyat

<p>Dilip ( ) and Ram ( ) have been close friends for much of their lives. Whereas Ram is now married to Asha, Dilip lives a care-free life with his wealthy father Karamchand (Mubarak) who is trying to get Dilip married to his friend Poonamchand’s ( ) daughter. Dilip, in the meantime spends much of his time wooing Leena (Madhu) who rebuffs him initially but eventually falls in love with him. All seems to going well until one day Karamchand falls seriously ill and on his deathbed tells Dilip that he is not his father. After prodding their loyal servant Ramu ( ), Dilip learns that he was the son of a Judge ( ) who had sentenced Raghuveer ( ), a notorious criminal, to a long prison term. Twenty years ago Raghuveer had escaped from prison and brutally murdered Dilip’s father, mother and siblings. Not surprisingly, Dilip is determined to find Raghuveer and places an ad in the newspapers offering a handsome reward to anybody who can help him locate Raghuveer. Micheal, who works for a circus, responds to this ad, but is murdered by Raghuveer’s henchman, Girdharilal, ( ) before he can inform Dilip that Raghuveer has changed his name to Diwan and is now the owner of the circus. When Dilip learns about this from Micheal’s girlfriend, he together with Ram and Leena proceed with a plan on going after Raghuveer. What is not known to Dilip is that Raghuveer is actually Ram’s father who had left Ram and his mother ( ) twenty years ago. The rest of the film unfolds with the complications that arise when Ram learns that Raghuveer is his father, and how Dilip’s plan for taking his revenge on Raghuveer will affect the friendship between Ram and Dilip. Music of the film was composed by the duo of and the songs were penned by lyricists and . The children of three brothers, Bhagwan Das Varma, Munshiram Varma and Santram Varma (founders of that had made box-office hits like , and ), pooled their resources in producing . Jagdish Varma and Satpal Varma, sons of Bhagwan Das Varma, were producers of the film. Sunil Varma, son of Munshiram Varma, was the film’s executive producer. Madhu Makkar (a.k.a. Madhu), née Madhu Varma, daughter of Munshiram Varma, was cast as Leena in one of the three pivotal roles on opposite veteran actor , who was cast in another pivotal role. The third pivotal role in was played by , who had recently married Kiran Singh, née Kiran Varma, daughter of Santram Varma. Also, Surinder Makkar, spouse of Madhu Makkar, was cast in an important character role in . The producers had originally signed up , leading director of the 1970s, to direct . When conflicts arose between the producers and Manmohan midway through the making of the film, he was replaced by Prayag Raj.</p>