She now works round the clock to make more jaggery as Moti brings more juice. Unable to raise the amount, he proposes marriage to Mahjubin, who, ignorant of Moti’s intentions, reluctantly accepts the proposal and locking up her house shifts to his home. He approaches her father, Sheikh sahib (Murad) who demands Rs.500 as While on his round one day, he comes across the seductive by Phulbano (Padma Khanna), and flips for her, though the attraction is mutual. Meher - the amount to be kept aside for the bride before the marriage can be solemnised. He is also on the lookout for a bride but does not have the means for He sells the date palm juice as jaggery at the village market during winter, after it has been cooked to fine quality by Mahjubin, a poor widow. The 131-minute film tells the story of Moti, the sharpest lungi-kurta clad date palm juice extractor - his hairstyle, however, does not jell with his otherwise appropriate demeanour. It literally begins with the song “Har haseen cheese ka mein talabgar hoon” (Kishore Kumar) that gives an insight into the hero’s personality.
And for once, Padma Khanna (generally wasted in vampish roles or preferred replacement for Helen, Bindu or Madhumati) in a performing role to which she did full justice, including in seductive expressions. Selected as India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 46th Oscar Academy Awards (though rejected), this film had an aging Nutan in one of her finest acts as Mahjubin, amply supported by a maturing Amitabh Bachchan as Motalef or Moti in a demanding role.
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