Waris

(1954)

Rana Himmat Singh (Jagdish Sethi) is a rich Zamindar in Himmatpur.He sends his only son to one of his own mills,to work as a clerk and get experience. On the way,Kunwar(Talat),his son meets Shobha(suraiya) in a train and falls in her love,finally marrying her.Rana gets annoyed,disinherits him and also removes from his service thru his Manager Kailash(Yakub). Kunwar joins Army,goes to war and is declared dead in action. Rana repents and calls his pregnant,widow,daughter in Law to live with him. While going to him,Shobha's train meets an accident and she is presumed dead and Kanta(Nadira) a pregnant lover of Kailash-who has ditched her- is mistaken for Shobha and taken to Rana's house. She delivers a baby boy too. Five years go by and one day Kanta learns that Shobha is very much alive and stays nearby with her son. Being a good (?) lady,she brings her back to her house.Kailash does not like this and tries to kill her. On the deathbed kanta reveals the truth and dies. Exactly at that time enters Kunwar,back from war-alive,but on crutches !
All is well that ends well.