Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Film poster
Directed by	Raj Khosla
Produced by	Raj Khosla
Written by	Raj Bharti Chandrakant Kakodkar G.R. Kamath Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza Suraj Sanim
Starring	Nutan Behl Vinod Khanna Asha Parekh
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Distributed by	Raj Khosla Films
Release date(s)	1978
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki is a 1978 Indian film directed by Raj Khosla and Sudesh Issar. Based on a Marathi novel titled Ashi Tujhi Preet by famous Marathi storywriter Chandrakant Kakodkar (of Do Raaste fame).

Plot

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki is about a man (Vijay Anand) in love with his mistress Tulsi (Asha Parekh) but is forced to marry a strong woman, Sanjukta (Nutan). The mistress sacrifices her life, some time after giving birth to a son, Ajay, because she wants the wife to have the husband all to herself. They send Ajay to boarding school to prevent him from bearing the stigma of being raised as an illegitimate child. She and her husband have a son, Pratap. The husband dies in a horsing accident. The wife makes regular visits to the boarding school to see Ajay and, when he grows up, she brings him home. Ajay is now played by Vinod Khanna. The wife makes Ajay into not only a very important man but also shields him every time and finally confesses before the public that Ajay is none other but his husband's first son and therefore, is eligible to get the proper status as the elder son of the Thakur. However, her own son feels slighted and goes in the wrong direction. Some people around him like Jagdish Raj, Trilok Kapoor also try to further damage the relations between the two brothers. However, for every sin of the younger brother, Ajay protects him and gets the blame on himself. The mother, not knowing the actual situation, gets disturbed thinking what wrong she has done in educating and up-bringing Ajay. At one stage, she blames him for every wrong thing, which actually has been done by her own son and Ajay leave the Haveli. But soon thereafter, the scene changes and the men standing in support of Pratap feel deceived as Pratap, who is in the habit of always doing wrong thing also does the same with them. In the climax, the men try to kill Pratap but Ajay who comes to know of this plan, rescues Pratap and then Pratap realises his kindness. He surrenders to Ajay and accept him as the elder brother. The family reunites.

Cast

• Nutan as Sanjukta Chouhan
• Vinod Khanna as Ajay Chouhan
• Asha Parekh as Tulsi Chouhan
• Vijay Anand as Thakur Rajnath Singh Chouhan
• Deb Mukherjee as Pratap Chouhan
• Neeta Mehta as Naini
• Trilok Kapoor
• Bhagwan
• Heena Kausar

Awards and nominations

1978 Filmfare Awards

• Filmfare Best Movie Award — Raj Khosla
• Filmfare Best Actress Award — Nutan
• Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Rahi Masoom Raza
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Director — Raj Khosla
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Nutan
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Asha Parekh
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyrics — Anand Bakshi for "Main Tulsi Tere."
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer — Shobha Gurtu for "Sayyan Rooth Gaye."
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Story — Chandrakant Kakodkar
• Nutan was nominated as both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, but she and co-star Asha Parekh lost out the Best Supporting Actress Award to Reena Roy for Apnapan (1978), who refused the award saying that her role in the film was a leading role, not a supporting role.^[1]

Awards
Preceded by Bhumika	Filmfare Award for Best Film 1978	Succeeded by Junoon

Reception

The film became a "Super Hit" at the box office.^[2]

The title song sung by Lata Mangeshkar became an instant classic.

References

1. ^ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
2. ^ BoxOffice India.com

External links

• Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki at the Internet Movie Database