Rent Zevar (1987)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
This is toe story of Indu (Minalini), Bindu (Sushmita Mukherjee) and Bimla (Sangeeta Naik). Indu and Bindu are sisters and belong to a wealthy family. Indu, the elder one, is married to Narendra (Anupam Kher), a journalist of modestmeans. Bindu is married to a rich husband...Indu and Narendra have a seven-year old daughter and they live in Pune. Narendra owns a press and birngs out a magazine, Kasturi, to which he is devoted. Indu is fond to good things in life and a hectic life-style which is not possible in the present set up...There are frequent quarrels. To Indu her husband and her marriage are failures. Bimla, Narendra's younger sister, is quite and understanding, apparently docile, and has respect for all elders including - her husband. Indu does not like it. Why? Are we slaves of our husbands? Must we take permission all the time? Do they take our permission? Indu wanted to go to Kashmir soon after her marriage but she could not Narendra gets some money and plans a holiday in Kashmir, eight years after the marriage. Indu was delighted. The plan however misfires, when suddenly Shambhu Nath (Subbiraj) turns up to claim up-paid instalments the huge loan Narendra's father had taken for the press and which due to the sudden death of his father, Narendra now has to pay. The trip is cancelled. Angered and frustrated Indu goes away to her rich brothers' house in Bombay. In Bombay Indu meets her sister Bindu whose husband is Sundeep (Ravi Baswani) - a fun loving person. Bindu is happy with her obliging husband, shoppings, jewellery, and parties, something which Indu longed for. For Indu Sundeep is an ideal husband, which she admits openly...Later, Indu comes back to her husband. On her daughter's birthday, Narendra, compelled by circumstances, gives a present to his daughter - a cheap imitation gold chain. When Indu comes to know that the chain is not of gold, she raises a hue and cry and, as is her wont, leaves the house in a huff aid goes to her elder brother's house in Bombay. Away this time Indu stays in Bombay much longer than she normally used to. Her brother and bhabi feel concerned...Soon Indu also finds herself in a dilemma; she finds it difficult to explain to "wagging: tongues why, as a married woman, she is living away from her husband. On the other hand, she does not feel like going back to Pune, as her husband had not even once written to her to come back! Narendra, though polite and humble and never objects to what Indu does, is strong in his principles. He believes in doing his duty and others to do theirs...In Bombay Indu and her daughter continue to live and feel lonely...One day Indu discovers Sundeep, Bindu's husband, in a compromising position with the maid servant of the house...Her ideals get shattered!... Soon Bindu and Sundeep leave. Bindu requests Indu to go back to her husband's house. Indu is left alone and lonely. Meanwhile, in Pune, Narendra finds it difficult to clear the loan of Shambhu Nath and his press is sealed by court orders. The news of closure reaches Bombay. Indu's elder brother who had been secretly supporting Indu with money and who had unsuccessfully tried, to bring Narendra to Bombay to settle him with a comfortable job, gets angry on Indu. What is she doing in her brother's house when her husband is in trouble in Poona? What happens? Does Indu find Narendra? Does Narendra get the press? - Actors:
- Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Ravi Baswani, Sushmita Mukherjee, Rakesh Pandey, Sangeeta Naik, Beena Banerjee, Tariq, Subbiraj, Urmi Negi, Bhupendra, Baby Bulbul, Dilip Roy Chowdhury, Sebastián, Raja, Ravie Sonie, Minalini
- Directors:
- Basu Chatterjee
- Producers:
- Basu Chatterjee
- Writers:
- Keka Chatterjee, Saratchandra Chatterjee, Gulzar
- Aka:
- Jewels
- Studio:
- Bollywood Films
- Genres:
- Bollywood
- Countries:
- India
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