Ramesh commits bank fraud and is arrested. Avtaar starts manufacturing the engine parts, and creates an industrial empire headed by himself, his wife and Sewak.ДЄvtaar's success takes a toll on Laxmi Narayan's business and he holds Chander responsible. Avtaar's luck changes and the carburetor he is working on gives a successful result. Meanwhile, both Ramesh and Chander are enjoying their lives. Avtaar sees this and opens a center for people who are suffering from their cruel relatives and he names it 'Apna Ghar'. Rashid works like a servant and suddenly becomes sick and his son expels him from the house. His son was in Dubai and he always shows before the panwaala shop run by Ram dulare (Shivraj) that his daughter-in-law is very good but in reality she is horrible. Meanwhile, Avtaar's best friend Rashid Ahmed is also suffering under his cruel son Anwar and his cruel daughter-in-law, Zubeida. Moved, Radha and Avtaar come to regard him as a true son. Sewak helps his master by illegally donating blood to arrange funds, but when Avtaar assumes Sewak has resorted to robbery, Bawaji tells the truth. With help of a moneylender Bawaji ( Sujit Kumar), Avtaar starts his own garage.ДЄvtaar faces an uphill task, since he has no money to buy equipment, is aged and his right hand was paralysed in an accident. This enrages Avtaar and he leaves his home, accompanied by Radha and Sewak. Meanwhile Ramesh registers the house under his wife's name instead of Radha's.

Avtaar also has a servant named Sewak ( Sachin).Д¬hander marries the only daughter of Seth Laxmi Narayan ( Pinchoo Kapoor) and becomes a Gharjamai. Chander is married to Renu (Rajni Sharma), while Ramesh is married to Sudha ( Priti Sapru). they have two sons, Chander ( Gulshan Grover) and Ramesh ( Shashi Puri).

Her father disapproves, so the two elope and marry.ДЄfter various hardships, the couple ultimately succeed after three decades, Avtaar is owner of a small house and fortune. Radha, is the only daughter of Seth Jugal Kishore ( Madan Puri), and is in love with Avtaar, a poor boy. The film starts with wife Radha Kishen ( Shabana Azmi) garlanding her husband Avtaar Kishen's ( Rajesh Khanna) bust while she mourns his death, then flashes back thirty years. Baghban in 2003, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini was partially inspired by this film. The film was later remade into the Telugu film O Thandri Theerpu (1985), starring Murali Mohan and Jayasudha in Kannada as Kaliyuga, starring Rajesh and Aarthi in Malayalam as Jeevitham, starring Madhu and in Tamil as Vaazhkai, with Sivaji Ganesan. Rajesh Khanna received an All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film in 1983. In 1986, Mohan Kumar made Amrit with Rajesh Khanna in the lead as an old man, but with a different story line. However, Rajesh Khanna lost the Best Actor award to Naseeruddin Shah for Masoom.

Rajesh Khanna achieved success with Amardeep and Prem Bandhan onwards, but this was Rajesh Khanna's biggest film in terms of box office collections since 1973. The film earned several Filmfare award nominations. Avtaar was a commercial hit, and was critically acclaimed. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Avtaar is a 1983 drama film starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi.

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