Sabse Bada Rupaiya (1976)

Synopsis:
Ameet is a multi-millionaire Managing Director of several business firms. Nekiram is his Childhood friend, who is also the General Manager of those firms. Ameet has implicit faith in Nekiram because of childhood friendship.But temperamentally the two are poles apart; Ameet is extremely benevelant always giving charities, Neki resents those charities. He has a very practical and mercenary outlook towards life. They have an argument over it - Ameet says his wide respect is due to his honest and benevolent nature - Neki says it is merely due to the immense wealth which he posseses. Ameet also ownes fruit orchards at a hill station and a big bunglow where his mother and sister reside permanently. Mother fixes up Ameet's marriage with Sunita, daughter of the owner of a canning factory named Dhanraj. While Ameet is away at the hill station, Neki using the power of Attorney which Ameet has given him, usurps all of Ameet's business and wealth. At the hill-station, Ameet gets a bolt from the blue, wherein he suddenly finds himself a pauper - Dhanraj's attitude changes - he does not want a pauper for a son-in-law. Ameet and Sunita's engagement is broken by her father. Calamities pile up. Ameet has to sell his bunglow and orchards also to meet some outstanding dues which were slyly incurred by Nekiram. Ameet does not know that it is Nekiram who has indirectly bought those orchards and bunglow. Over time Ameet is driven to a plight where he finally has to work as a labourer in those orchards. He adjusts himself to that plight because he believes in the dignity of labour. The last straw on camel's back comes when Nekiram turns up at the hill-station and corners Dhanraj's business in such a way that Dhanraj has to agree to his daughter Sunita's marriage to Nekiram. All the well- to- do people who were hovering around Ameet in his hay days, are now made to become Nekiram's satellites. Sunita is miserable because she still loves Ameet and is being forced to marry Neki by her father. Ameet has become very popular with the poor folks who work with him in orchards and fields. When Ameet learns that Sunita is being forcibly married to Nekiram, his childhood friend who betrayed him - Ameet can't take it any more.The climax comes on the wedding day.


Starring:
Vinod Mehra
Moushami Chatterjee
Mahmood
Farida Jalal
Sulochana
Nivedita
Anwar Ali
Asit Sen
Keshto Mukherji
Bhushan Tiwari
Sunder
Jeevan

Director: S. Ramanathan

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