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Vishal (Rishi Kapoor) comes from a wealthy Hindu family. His father is well known Chandraprakash Singh (Amrish Puri), and his mom is a housewife, Sharda (Asha Parekh). Vishal falls in love with a young Catholic girl, Ruby Miranda (Farha). While Ruby's dad (Alok Nath) approves of the marriage, Chandraprakash does not, and will not even hear of his son marrying someone not of equal status in wealth, leave alone a different religion. He is all the more enraged when he learns that Vishal is not really his son.
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Vishal (Rishi Kapoor) comes from a wealthy Hindu family. His father is well known Chandraprakash Singh (Amrish Puri), and his mom is a housewife, Sharda (Asha Parekh). Vishal falls in love with a young Catholic girl, Ruby Miranda (Farha). While Ruby's dad (Alok Nath) approves of the marriage, Chandraprakash does not, and will not even hear of his son marrying someone not of equal status in wealth, leave alone a different religion. He is all the more enraged when he learns that Vishal is not really his son.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Kalim Rahi
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Runtime:154 minutes
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Cast
Anwar Kamal Pasha
Director
Rishi Kapoor
Vishal (Chanderprakash's Son)
Farha Naaz
Ruby Miranda
Kiran Juneja
Rita (Ranjeet's daughter)
Alok Nath
Mr. Miranda (Ruby's dad)
Amrish Puri
Chandraprakash Singh (Vishal's dad)
Asha Parekh
Sharda Singh (Vishal's mom)
Reema Lagoo
Dr. Julie
Om Shivpuri
Ranjeet
Abhi Bhattacharya
Farita Boyce
Padma Chavan
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