Zindagi (1976 film)


Zindagi is a 1976 Hindi movie produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, A. K. Hangal, Padmini Kolhapure, Keshto Mukherjee and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. The movie is based on the 1937 movie Make Way for Tomorrow which was also later adapted in 2003 in Hindi as Baghban.

Plot

Raghu Shukla lives with his wife Sarojini, sons Naresh and Ramesh, an unmarried daughter Seema and a nephew Prabhu. Naresh is married to Sudha and Ramesh to Shobha. Seema stays away for studies in a hostel. When the family learns about Raghu's retirement, they are excited about getting his retirement benefits. When Raghu informs them that he has cleared his debts with this amount and plans to depend on his sons, everyone is disappointed. Naresh informs his plans to shift to Bombay and he can accommodate his mother while Ramesh informs that he can accommodate father. Thus the parents are bound to live separately with the sons. In Bombay, Sarojini's life is confined within the house and is ill-treated. On the other hand, Raghu is dependent on his son's family. After visiting her parents, Seema decides to take an extreme step for their solace and to the surprise of her boyfriend Ajay and the Shukla family. The rest of the film shows the changes that occur in the Shukla family on account of Seema's extreme step.

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