Uphaar is a 1971 Hindi film. Produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions the film stars Jaya Bhaduri, Swarup Dutt and Kamini Kaushal. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This film is based on the short story named 'Samapti' (The End) by Rabindranath Tagore. The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Plot[link]

Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom lives in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is the daughter of Shankarlal. When Anoop returns home, she asks him for his approval, but he says he wants to see the girl first. He goes to see Vidya, and also gets to meet another belle by the name of Minoo. He returns home, tells his mom that he cannot marry Vidya, but will marry only Minoo. His mother reluctantly agrees and the marriage takes place. It is then that they find out that Minoo has no household skills, neither is she educated, nor mature enough to understand her relationship with Anoop. Her only interests appear to be stealing mangoes and other fruit, and playing with children much younger than her. Anoop's mom is quite exasperated with her and is compelled to keep her under lock and key. When the time comes for Anoop to return to Calcutta, he asks Minoo to come with him, but she refuses.

His mother cannot handle her childishness and refuses to let her stay with her. Anoop accordingly leaves Minoo with her mom, Sharda Awasthi. Once Anoop leaves her and heads back to Calcutta, Minoo starts realising she misses him. All her earlier activities of fooling around and playing with the village kids loses its charm and in her loneliness she realises her love for Anoop. She then tells her mom that she wants to go back to Anoop's house and reconcile with her mother-in-law and live with her. She goes back a changed person and Anoop's mom welcomes her and Minoo excels in her household duties. But Anoop does not visit even for his holidays and Minoo realises that when she had refused to accompany him to Calcutta, Anoop's ego was bruised and he had promised that he would come only when she wrote to him to come back. So she writes a letter to Anoop telling him to come home. But she does not have his address so Anoop never gets the letter. In the meantime Anoop's mom realises that Minoo is in love with her husband and truly missing him so she suggests a trip to Calcutta to visit him. It is in Anoop's sister's house in Calcutta that the couple finally come together.

Cast[link]

• Swarup Dutt as Anoop (as Swaroop Dutt)
• Jaya Bhaduri
• Suresh Chatwal
• Nandita Thakur as Sudha
• Nana Palsikar as Ramchandra Awasthi
• Ratnamala as Sharda R. Awasthi
• Leela Mishra as Kaki
• Kamini Kaushal as Anoop's mom

See also[link]

• List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[link]

External links[link]

• Uphaar at the Internet Movie Database