Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972 film)

Mere Jeevan Saathi is a 1972 Bollywood romantic comedy film produced by Harish and Vinod Shah. It is directed by Ravikant Nagaich, and it stars Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja, Sujit Kumar, Bindu, Helen, Utpal Dutt, Nazir Hussain and Rajindranath.

An eye doctor named Jyoti Tanuja arrives in Bombay from London. Gifted painter and playboy Prakash Rajesh Khanna falls in love with her, but his past creates problems for him. Princess Kamini Helen turns up at Prakashs house drunk and whilst trying to flirt with him, Jyoti arrives and finds them together, storming off. She rejects his attempts to reconcile initially, including his feigning a drug overdose of poison and getting her to arrive and circling her car. Their differences are eventually resolved and he proposes to marry her. Jyotis father visits Prakash with a bribe and is disgusted with his paintings of the female form and rejection of him. However, after seeing Prakashs religious demonstration, her father apologizes and they start planning the wedding.Prakash has a car accident and becomes a prisoner of Kamini who finds him and takes him back to her palace. Jyoti is sent a telegram informing them of Prakashs demise and body that was not found. Jyoti and her father mourn his death. The bandages on Prakashs face are removed and he discovers that he is blind. She whips and hits him during captivity and vows to behead him. Jyoti is wooed by another man, Captain Vinod Sujit Kumar, who buys her gifts and says very similar things to Prakash and she is taken in by him. Prakash eventually escapes when he promises to love Kamini if she takes him into the mountains. He chides behind a rock, and in hunting him, Kamini falls off the mountain and is killed. He makes his way to the road and is eventually picked up by Captain Vinod who takes Prakash to his fathers house, where he learns that his father died a month ago and now has a new occupant. Captain Vinod takes Prakash to his family home where he and his family nurtures him and allow him to recuperate. Captain Vinod goes to the hospital and asks Jyoti to visit his family home, where he has a friend in need of her eye care as a personal request. Before she can see Prakash she leaves in a taxi after Vinods parents pre

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