Alas, things never go well when those two are involved, and Poonam is bitten by a snake. Of course, this worries Poonam and she goes to look after Raju. Despite the fact that she dresses in western clothes she appears to be a nice and girl, and is concerned about Raju who has a high fever. Next we are introduced to Maan Singh's fiance, Sonia (Priti Sapru). There is really some rather nice greenery in this picture: Personally, I would have preferred some painkillers: She receives him graciously which leads us to another song, this time involving a very wet but thankfully fully clothed Raju. Meanwhile, Poonam has taken some flowers to the injured Raju, who is even more smitten with her after this, and goes to thank her, even though that means meeting her in what is her (extremly large) bathroom. One of the dancing girls is very interested in uncle Pratap (or, presumably, in his money) and would like to elope with him but he stalls her by saying that he first needs to embezzle more of his nephew's money. We also learn that, when not beating up the servants, Maan Singh and his uncle enjoy betting on horses and dancing girls. Unluckily, the two are observed by Maan Singh, who takes his anger out on Raju and gives him a thorough beating. One day, Poonam insists on riding a horse which hasn't yet been broken in properly, with predictable consequences.
I am not sure that there is a way to prevent this ending in tears: His fond childhood reminiscences leads us to the first song.Īt least there is someone looking after Raju: Of course, the puzzle is why on earth Raju didn't run away years ago, but he says that his love for Poonam kept him there, and he won't leave as long as she loves him. Otherwise, not much has changed: Maan Singh is mean to Raju, basically treating him like a dog Khan is kind to Raju, Pratrap is overly fond of wine and women. Years pass, Maan Singh grows up to be Danny Denzongpa, Raju grows up to be Rajesh Khanna, and Poonam grows up to be Salma Agha, and everybody else now sports fetching streaks of grey. Not only will he henceforth be treated like a servant (Pratrap Singh shares his nephew's dislike of Raju, even though he doesn't know that Raju saw him killing his brother), he also is branded with a sign of ownership, and is used as a stool when Maan goes out riding. Vikram Singh's sudden death means that things take a turn to the worse for Raju.
Shouldn't he be in bed at this time of night? Is this from this year's "fratricide collection"? This is bad news for any prospects of familial harmony: Unfortunately (well, for him) he wasn't quite as unobserved as he believed himself to be. Before he can follow through on his threat, Pratrap smothers him with a pillow, hoping to get away with it as Vikram was known to be a heart patient. Vikram Singh is fed up with his behaviour and threatening to stop supporting him. Vikram Singh also has a brother Pratrap Singh (Prem Chopra), who (to everybody's great sursprise given who plays him) is a somewhat shady character who spends too much money on wine and women. He probably would have preferred a puppy: This is the most cheerful the movie will ever be: In the end, Vikram Singh is so exasperated by his son's behaviour that he sends him off to boarding school. While his daughter, Poonam, is rather pleased by this addition to the family, his son, Maan, is less than impressed and makes his dislike of Raju very, very obvious (refusing to shake his hand, refusing to sit at he same table with him, etc.). Vikram Singh is so horrified by this event that he adopts the boy Raju. However, it starts on a somewhat less dramatic note than the previously reviewed Dil Diya Dard Liya, in that the young boy who grows up to be our hero doesn't lose his parents at sea, but loses his mother in a car accident caused by Thakur Vikram Singh's (Pradeep Kumar) driver. Oonche log (1985) is another movie loosely based on Wuthering Heights.
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