Ek Do Teen (1953 film)

Ek Do Teen is a 1953 Hindi comedy film produced and directed by Roop K. Shorey. It stars Motilal, Meena Shorey, Yashodra Katju, Majnu and Iftekhar. The story, screenplay and dialogues were written by Krishan Chander. The story has some similarity to Somerset Maughams Facts Of Life. The music was composed by Vinod and the lyricist was Aziz Kashmiri.

Roma Meena Shorey is on her way home after celebrating with her friends at Ashas Yashodra Katju place when she is attacked by two robbers who try to steal her purse. She faints as one of them brandishes a knife. Motilal Motilal and his friend Hiralal Majnu are driving through there and scare away the robbers. After wondering what to do with the unconscious women, they take her to Motis house to render treatment. Roma makes a phone call to her father Seth Madanlal K. N. Dhar to tell him her whereabouts, but he is too angry to know the reason why she is there except to ask her the address. On arriving and seeing her with two men, he gets angry and starts shouting which wakes up Motilals father Seth Ramlal Romesh Thakur and he appears downstairs. The two fathers fight loudly and Roma is taken away by her father.Roma and Motilal fall in love with each other and want to marry. Romas father finally agrees to the wedding. Motilals father is in poor health and dying so the marriage is postponed. Before dying Seth Ramlal calls his son and tells him to avoid three things in life. First never drink alcohol, second not to associate with women of loose morals, and third never tell a secret to a woman. Having given his sermon the father dies. Motilal goes through the first two and realises what his father meant as he gets into trouble. For the third caveat Motilal stages a drama about murdering his friend with his help and tells Roma about it. Roma tells her friend Asha. Asha tells her husband, who is in the police. Moti is arrested and the friend has disappeared. Roma goes through a lot of action but finally manages to save Motilal. ........

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