Waaris (1988 film)

Waaris
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Directed by	Ravindra Peepat
Screenplay by	Baldev Gill
Based on	Kaare — Hatthi by Sohan Singh Hans
Produced by	Swarn Yograj J. S. Cheema Baldev Gill
Starring	Smita Patil Raj Babbar Raj Kiran Amrita Singh Kulbhushan Kharbanda Amrish Puri
Cinematography	Manmohan Singh
Edited by	Subhash Sehgal
Music by	Uttam-Jagdish
Release date	6 May 1988 (1988-05-06)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Waaris (transl. Heir) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ravindra Peepat. It stars Smita Patil, Raj Babbar, Raj Kiran and Amrita Singh in lead roles. The film was adapted from the Punjabi novel Kaare — Hatthi by Sohan Singh Hans (as credited in the film). Rekha dubbed the lines for Smita Patil who died before the film's release. Smita Patil won the Best Actress trophy at the 2nd Star & Style-Lux Awards.^[1]

Multi-millionaire widower Kishan Singh prepares a will which states that his ancestral property is equally divided among his two sons, Gajjan and Dulla, while the son of Gajjan, Shravan shall inherit the farm land. Enraged at not willing anything to his three sons, Thade, Dara and Chhote, Dulla confronts his father which leads to an argument leading to violence and Kishan is killed in the process. Dulla is then apprehended by the police and is jailed, leaving his sons to be raised by Gajjan. Years later Shravan meets with a poor young woman, Paramjit alias Paro and both fall in love leading to marriage. Eventually, Dulla's sentence gets completed and he joins the family once again; shortly after he schemes with goons to have Shravan killed. With no one to claim their rights on Shravan's land, this leaves the way clear for Dulla and his three sons to take control of this land, but Paro will not permit this to happen and the only way she can prevent this is by giving birth to an heir, so she confronts Gajjan to remarry her younger sister, Shibo but there is a short-coming involved as Shibo is in love with a young man, Bhinder and wants to marry only him.

Music by Uttam Singh and Jagdish Sodhi and lyrics by Verma Malik.The soundtrack became popular upon release. The song “Husn Ki Waadiyon Mein” sung by Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar became a chartbuster, while the song Mere Pyar Ki Umar also became popular.

• Waaris at IMDb