Aashirwad
Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar.
Jogi Thakur Ashok Kumar is a simple man of high principles. He is a resident soninlaw who, with his wife, has been bequeathed property and estates by his fatherinlaw. He breaks his marriage to an autocratic landlady Veena when he finds out that on her wifes order, the chief accountant of the estate has cunningly obtained his signatures on an order that the houses of the poor be burnt. He leaves home, vowing never to return as long as he lives, leaving his daughter Neena behind. He moves to Mumbai where he makes a living by entertaining children in a parkthe famous song Rail Gaadi, said to be Indias first rap number. He is specially fond of a girl whose name, incidentally, is Neena played by baby Sarika, too. Unfortunately the girl takes ill and dies.He then returns to his village, Chandanpur, where he finds that the daughter of one of his villager friends, Baiju, has been abducted. He rushes to the place where she is about to be raped by the estates cunning chief accountant, and kills him to protect the girl. The villagers make up a phony story to save him, but he opts to tell the truth in the court and is jailed. There, he starts tending to the garden and composes philosophical poems. The doctor at the jail, Dr. Biren Sanjeev Kumar takes a special liking to him. Coincidentally, Neena, Jogi Thakurs daughter is set to be married with the doctor. Jogi Thakur finds this out by chance as he is tending to the garden outside doctors room and overhears their conversations. He also learns that his daughter hates criminals. And so he shields his face from her on the few occasions that they meet. Unfortunately, he takes ill just as he is granted pardon by the government for his good behaviour. The doctor, has come to think of him as a father figure. He tells Jogi Thakur that the day he will be out of jail will be the eve of his marriage. Jogi Thakur is taken by the desire to see his daughter being wedded, and hurries to see her. However, he does not want anyone to recognize
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