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| screenplay    = Gyandev Agnihotri,<br>Rajiv Kaul,<br>Praful Parekh
| screenplay    = Gyandev Agnihotri,<br>Rajiv Kaul,<br>Praful Parekh
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| starring      = [[Anil Kapoor]]<br />[[Madhuri Dixit]]<br />[[Aruna Irani]]<br />[[Laxmikant Berde]]<br />[[Anupam Kher]]
| starring      = [[Madhuri Dixit]]<br />[[Anil Kapoor]]<br />[[Aruna Irani]]<br />[[Laxmikant Berde]]<br />[[Anupam Kher]]
| music          = [[Anand-Milind]]
| music          = [[Anand–Milind]]
| cinematography = [[Baba Azmi]]
| cinematography = [[Baba Azmi]]
| editing        = Hussain. A.Burmawalla
| editing        = Hussain. A.Burmawalla
| studio        = Maruti International
| studio        = Maruti International
|distributor    = [[Shemaroo Entertainment]]
| released      = {{Film date|1992|04|3|df=y}}
| released      = {{Film date|1992|04|3|df=y}}
| runtime        = 172 minutes
| runtime        = 172 minutes
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'''''Beta''''' (Translation: ''Son'') is a [[Bollywood films of 1992|1992]] Indian Hindi [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[Indra Kumar]] and written by Naushir Khatau and [[Kamlesh Pandey]]. It featured [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aruna Irani]] in pivotal roles.
'''''Beta''''' (Translation: Son) is a 1992 Indian Hindi [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[Indra Kumar]] and written by Naushir Khatau and [[Kamlesh Pandey]]. It featured [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aruna Irani]] in pivotal roles. The soundtrack was composed by [[Anand-Milind]]. The movie is popular for its songs like "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" and 'Koyal Si Teri Boli'. [https://www.apnlive.com/anuradha-paudwal-birthday/]


The movie is an official remake of 1987 Tamil movie ''[[Enga Chinna Rasa]]'', whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel ''Mallammana Pavada'', by [[B. Puttaswamayya]], which incidentally had been adapted into a 1969 Kannada movie ''[[Mallammana Pavaada]]'', with screenplay by Telugu director [[P. Pullaiah]], based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled ''[[Ardhangi]]'', which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of Bengali novel ''Swayamsidda'', written by Manilal Banerjee. ''Swayamsiddha'' went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of the same name.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece</ref> ''[[Ardhangi]]'' was remade in Tamil as ''[[Pennin Perumai]]'' and in Hindi twice as ''[[Bahurani (1963 film)|Bahurani]]'' in 1963 and as ''[[Jyoti (1981 film)|Jyoti]]'' in 1981. ''[[Enga Chinna Rasa]]'' also went on to be remade in Kannada as ''[[Annayya (1993 film)|Annayya]]'', in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Abbaigaru]]'' and in [[Odia language|Odia]] as ''Santana'' (1998).
The movie is an official remake of 1987 Tamil movie ''[[Enga Chinna Rasa]]'',<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=Anil Kapoor turns 64: Where to stream actor's must-watch films, from Mr India to Lamhe-Entertainment News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anil-kapoor-turns-64-where-to-stream-actors-must-watch-films-from-mr-india-to-lamhe-9142431.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Firstpost}}</ref> whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel ''Ardhaangi'', by [[B. Puttaswamayya|B. Kuttaswamayy]].


''Beta'' was the [[Highest-grossing Bollywood films|highest-grossing Bollywood film]] of [[List of Bollywood films of 1992|1992]]. It won five [[Filmfare Awards]]. Kapoor and Dixit won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] awards, respectively. [[Anuradha Paudwal]] won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer Award]] for the [[item number]] "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga," while [[Saroj Khan]] won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography]] and Irani won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg== |title=Box Office 1992 |work=Box Office India |access-date=2010-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918074946/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg%3D%3D |archive-date=18 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
''Beta'' was the Highest-grossing Bollywood film of List of Bollywood films of 1992. It received a leading 69 nominations at the 38th Filmfare Awards, including Filmfare Award for [[Best Film]], Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director, and won 5 awards including Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor](Kapoor), Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress](Dixit) and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress (Aruna Irani).<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1992|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg==|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918074946/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg%3D%3D|archive-date=18 September 2010|access-date=2010-08-09|work=Box Office India|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
The [[item number]] "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" remains one of the most popular Hindi songs of the 20th century.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} The music for this number was originally composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] for the song "Abbanee Teeyani" in the 1990 film ''[[Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari]]''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Raju (Anil Kapoor) is the only son of his rich landlord father Prem (Akash Khuranna). Raju had lost his mother at birth and feels deeply deprived of a mother's love.
Raju (Anil Kapoor) is the only son of his wealthy land owning father Prem Chaudhary (Akash Khuranna). Raju had lost his mother at birth and feels deeply deprived of a mother's love.


On Raju's 5th birthday party, as a promised birthday gift, Prem brings home a new mother Laxmi (Aruna Irani), hoping that she will be a doting and caring mother for Raju. However, Laxmi turns out to be greedy, shrewd and cunning. She married Raju's father only for his vast fortune, money and property. Joining with her brother Totaram (Anupam Kher) and his wife Mynavati (Bharati Achrekar), they conspire on how to transfer all property to Laxmi's name. However, Laxmi and Totaram are enraged when they find out that Prem's first wife had prepared a will before her death transferring all property to Raju. And that Prem is only a trustee to all the wealth.  In the will, it has been written that Raju will have full control of his property only after marriage and unless his wife jointly consents with him, he will not be able to transfer his wealth and property to another name.
On Raju's 5th birthday party, as a promised birthday gift, Prem brings home a new mother Lakshmi Devi (Aruna Irani), hoping that she will be a doting and caring mother for Raju. However, Lakshmi Devi turns out to be greedy, shrewd and cunning. She married Raju's father only for his vast fortune, money and property. Joining with her brother Totaram (Anupam Kher) and his wife Mynavati (Bharati Achrekar), they conspire on how to transfer all property to Lakshmi Devi's name. However, Lakshmi Devi and Totaram are enraged when they find out that Prem's first wife had prepared a will before her death transferring all property to Raju. And that Prem is only a trustee to all the wealth.  In the will, it has been written that Raju will have full control of his property only after marriage and unless his wife jointly consents with him, he will not be able to transfer his wealth and property to another name.


Laxmi begins her vile schemes. On the front, she puts up an act of being a very loving mother for Raju, who exhilarated for a mother's love, becomes a devoted son. He showers Laxmi with love and respect, ever-ready to obey her every word. In the process, unknowingly, he allows Laxmi to manipulate him. She very cunningly misleads Raju to give up his education. When his father finds out that Raju stopped going to school at Laxmi's instructions, he called out to her to question her. Laxmi and Totaram, hearing Prem, pours oil on the steps causing him to fall down the flight of stairs and hurting his head severely. Using this opportunity, they proved that Prem had become mentally unstable and locked him up in a corner room of the house.
Lakshmi Devi begins her vile schemes. On the front, she puts up an act of being a very loving mother for Raju, who exhilarated for a mother's love, becomes a devoted son. He showers Lakshmi Devi with love and respect, ever-ready to obey her every word. In the process, unknowingly, he allows Lakshmi Devi to manipulate him. She very cunningly misleads Raju to give up his education. When his father finds out that Raju stopped going to school at Lakshmi Devi's instructions, he called out to her to question her. Lakshmi Devi and Totaram, hearing Prem, pours oil on the steps causing him to fall down the flight of stairs and hurting his head severely. Using this opportunity, they proved that Prem had become mentally unstable and locked him up in a corner room of the house.


Raju being naïve and uneducated, believed every word of his step-mother and her brother. Over the years, Laxmi increasingly isolated his aging father from the family and mainly Raju.
Raju being naïve and uneducated, believed every word of his step-mother and her brother. Over the years, Lakshmi Devi increasingly isolated his aging father from the family and mainly Raju.


One day, Raju meets Saraswati (Madhuri Dixit) at a wedding and falls head over heels in love with her. After some pursuing and an intense incident in her village, Raju and Saraswati gets married. In the meantime, Laxmi fixes an alliance for Raju with an equally uneducated girl from their own village, so that she too can be manipulated and can finally succeed in transferring the property in Laxmi and her son, Ramesh (Adi Irani), Raju's step brother's name.
One day, Raju meets Saraswati (Madhuri Dixit) at a wedding and falls head over heels in love with her. After some pursuing and an intense incident in her village, Raju and Saraswati gets married. In the meantime, Lakshmi Devi fixes an alliance for Raju with an equally uneducated girl from their own village, so that she too can be manipulated and can finally succeed in transferring the property in Lakshmi Devi and her son, Ramesh (Adi Irani), Raju's step brother's name.


Laxmi is shocked to learn about Raju and Saraswati's marriage. Because Laxmi knew that Saraswati was not only educated but also a very intelligent girl. As usual, Laxmi puts on an act of a doting mother in front of Saraswati also. But Saraswati soon discovers that Laxmi, Totaram, Mainavati, Ramesh and his wife Kunika (Kunika) are all scammers and that their love for Raju is only a ruse. She challenges to expose their deceit to Raju.
Lakshmi Devi is shocked to learn about Raju and Saraswati's marriage. Because Lakshmi Devi knew that Saraswati was not only educated but also a very intelligent girl. As usual, Lakshmi Devi puts on an act of a doting mother in front of Saraswati also. But Saraswati soon discovers that Lakshmi Devi, Totaram, Mainavati, Ramesh and his wife Kunika (Kunika) are all scammers and that their love for Raju is only a ruse. She challenges to expose their deceit to Raju.


First thing, Saraswati takes Prem to the temple thus releasing him from the confined room of 20 years. This bold step of Saraswati antogonised Laxmi. Laxmi clearly disapproved of her guts. But Saraswati successfully proved to all that his father was normal. Initially, Saraswati had to bear the brunt of Raju's anger when she tried to convince him of his mother's conniving intentions. After which, Saraswati cleverly exposed every one who had been cheating Raju over the years. For every attempt of Laxmi's schemes, Saraswati wittingly played and backfired their plans ensuring that Raju gets the message and yet not offended.
First thing, Saraswati takes Prem to the temple thus releasing him from the confined room of 20 years. This bold step of Saraswati antagonised Lakshmi Devi. Lakshmi Devi clearly disapproved of her guts. But Saraswati successfully proved to all that his father was normal. Initially, Saraswati had to bear the brunt of Raju's anger when she tried to convince him of his mother's conniving intentions. After which, Saraswati cleverly exposed every one who had been cheating Raju over the years. For every attempt of Lakshmi Devi's schemes, Saraswati wittingly played and backfired their plans ensuring that Raju gets the message and yet not offended.


In one incident, Saraswati, along with Prem and their faithful servants Pandu (Laxmikant Berde) and Champa (Priya Arun), planned for Laxmi to slip and fall, forcing her to be bedridden. Promptly, the responsibility of the entire household is handed over to Saraswati. Laxmi is infuriated and plots to get rid of Saraswati for good.
In one incident, Saraswati, along with Prem and their faithful servants Pandu (Lakshmi Devikant Berde) and Champa (Priya Arun), planned for Lakshmi Devi to slip and fall, forcing her to be bedridden. Promptly, the responsibility of the entire household is handed over to Saraswati. Lakshmi Devi is infuriated and plots to get rid of Saraswati just for rewards.


When Saraswati becomes pregnant, her father, Shyamlal (Satyen Kappu) comes home with hoards of sweets for her in-laws and a box of saffron. He requests that a pinch of saffron be mixed with milk and be given to Saraswati. Laxmi, adds poison to the box of saffron. She prepares the milk and tells the unaware Raju to give Saraswati the milk along with a pinch of the poisoned saffron. Champa, who witnessed Laxmi mixing the poison, runs to Saraswati's rescue, narrating everything that happened and warns her against drinking the poisoned milk. A devastated Saraswati informs Raju the same. But blinded by Laxmi's love, Raju not only refuses to believe her, he even accuses her of conspiring stories against his mother. In defense, Raju drinks the poisoned milk to prove to Saraswati her error. Raju's world comes crumbling down when he coughed up blood.
When Saraswati becomes pregnant, her father, Shyamlal (Satyen Kappu) comes home with hoards of sweets for her in-laws and a box of saffron. He requests that a pinch of saffron be mixed with milk and be given to Saraswati. Lakshmi Devi, adds poison to the box of saffron. She prepares the milk and tells the unaware Raju to give Saraswati the milk along with a pinch of the poisoned saffron. Champa, who witnessed Lakshmi Devi mixing the poison, runs to Saraswati's rescue, narrating everything that happened and warns her against drinking the poisoned milk. A devastated Saraswati informs Raju the same. But blinded by Lakshmi Devi's love, Raju not only refuses to believe her, he even accuses her of conspiring stories against his mother. In defense, Raju drinks the poisoned milk to prove to Saraswati her error. Raju's world comes crumbling down when he coughed up blood.


He, then recollected and realised that everything he had heard about Laxmi all these years from others were eventually true. Yet, Raju could not bring himself to hate Laxmi. His words to Laxmi before dying touched her deeply. Laxmi repented that her greed for wealth stretched a bit too far this time to the point of killing a son who had loved her with a true heart.
He, then recollected and realised that everything he had heard about Lakshmi Devi all these years from others were eventually true. Yet, Raju could not bring himself to hate Lakshmi Devi. His words to Lakshmi Devi before dying touched her deeply. Lakshmi Devi repented that her greed for wealth stretched a bit too far this time to the point of killing a son who had loved her with a true heart.


Saraswati, in the meantime, rushed to get a doctor. On returning she is told that if she wants Raju alive she will have to sign the property transfer papers. Saraswati agrees immediately. However, Laxmi forbids Saraswati from signing it and apologizes to her. A fight ensues between Laxmi and Ramesh. Totaram and Mynavati also joins with Ramesh. Ultimately, it required Raju himself to come forward to save Laxmi from being killed by Ramesh.
Saraswati, in the meantime, rushed to get a doctor. On returning she is told that if she wants Raju alive she will have to sign the property transfer papers. Saraswati agrees immediately. However, Lakshmi Devi forbids Saraswati from signing it and apologizes to her. A fight ensues between Lakshmi Devi and Ramesh. Totaram and Mynavati also joins with Ramesh. Ultimately, it required Raju himself to come forward to save Lakshmi Devi from being killed by Ramesh.


Eventually Raju recovers and hands over the signed property papers to Prem. He bids good-bye to his father, Pandu and Champa. He boards the vehicle with Saraswati to leave his home for good, when Laxmi begs him not to leave. To prove her remorse she rips up the papers and tells him that all she wants is nothing more than "her son". The family is happily reconciled.
Eventually Raju recovers and hands over the signed property papers to Prem. He bids good-bye to his father, Pandu and Champa. He boards the vehicle with Saraswati to leave his home for good, when Lakshmi Devi begs him not to leave. To prove her remorse she rips up the papers and tells him that all she wants is nothing more than "her son". The family is happily reconciled.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Rahul "Raju" Chautala– Prem's son; Laxmi's stepson; Saraswati's husband
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Rajshekhar "Raju" Choudhry
* [[Madhuri Dixit]] as Saraswati Chautala– Raju's wife
* [[Madhuri Dixit]] as Saraswati "Saru" Choudhry
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Laxmi Chautala– Raju's stepmother
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Raju's step mother
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Pandu Hooda
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Pandu Hooda
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Totaram Chautala
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Totaram Chautala
* [[Priya Arun]] as Champa Hooda
* [[Priya Arun]] as Champa Hooda
* [[Akash Khurana]] as Mr Prem Chautala, Laxmi's husband; Raju's father
* [[Akash Khurana]] as Premal Choudhry
* [[Kunika]] as Kunika Chautala
* [[Kunika]] as Kunika Ramesh Choudhry
* [[Adi Irani]] as Ramesh Chautala– Raju's Half Brother
* [[Adi Irani]] as Ramesh Choudhry
* [[Bharati Achrekar]] as Mainavati Chautala
* [[Bharati Achrekar]] as Mainavati
* [[Rajeev Mehta]] as Groom in a Marriage (Uncredited Role)
* [[Rajeev Mehta]] as Groom
* [[Jack Gaud]] as Nagdev Chautala Goon of Ramesh
* [[Jack Gaud]] as Namdev
* [[Gurbachan Singh (actor)|Gurbachan Singh]] as Tiwari Sher Singh (Uncredited Role)
* [[Gurbachan Singh (actor)|Gurbachan Singh]] as Tiwari Sher Singh


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==


All songs sung by Anuradha Paudwal with male Co-singers
The soundtrack of ''Beta'' was the second Beast selling album of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beta second most sold music album of 1992|url=http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614210115/http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/|archive-date=14 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Anand–Milind]] received a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]], but lost out to [[Nadeem-Shravan]] for [[Deewana (1992 film)|''Deewana'']]. [[Anuradha Paudwal]] won her third consecutive [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Filmfare Award for Beast Female Playback Singer]] for the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga". Music directors Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen, Amar-Utpal and Naresh Sharma's compositions are included in the album but not in the film, nor are they credited in the film titles. Audio is available on [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].
The soundtrack of ''Beta'' was the second best selling album of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beta second most sold music album of 1992|url=http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614210115/http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/|archive-date=14 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Anand-Milind]] were nominated in the Filmfare, Best Music Directors category, but lost out to [[Nadeem-Shravan]] for [[Deewana (1992 film)|''Deewana'']]. [[Anuradha Paudwal]] won her third consecutive Filmfare award for Best Female playback singer. Music directors [[Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen]], Amar-Utpal and Naresh Sharma's compositions are included in the album but not in the film, nor are they credited in the film titles. Audio is available on [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].


Ilaiyaraja's music for the song "Abbanee Teeyani" from the film ''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'' in 1990, has been used for the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga".{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}


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| "Koyal Se Teri Boli"
| "Koyal Se Teri Boli"
| Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
| Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
| 05:38
| 05:420
|  
| Originally composed by Shankar–Ganesh
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==Awards==
==Awards==
;[[38th Filmfare Awards]]
;[[38th Filmfare Awards]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>


'''Won'''
'''Won'''
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Madhuri Dixit]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Madhuri Dixit]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Aruna Irani]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Aruna Irani]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Singer]] – [[Anuradha Paudwal]] "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]] – [[Anuradha Paudwal]] for "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreographer]] – [[Saroj Khan]] "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreographer]] – [[Saroj Khan]] for "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"


'''Nominated'''
'''Nominated'''
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[Indra Kumar]], Ashok Thakeria
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[Indra Kumar]], Ashok Thakeria
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Indra Kumar
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Indra Kumar
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]] – [[Laxmikant Berde]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] – [[Anand–Milind]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] – [[Anand-Milind]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]] – [[Laxmikant Berde]]
 
==Other versions==
 
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Title !! rowspan=2|Language !! rowspan=2|Director !! colspan=3|Cast
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!Step-mother !! Son !! Wife
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| 1955 || ''[[Ardhangi]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[P. Pullaiah]] || [[Santha Kumari]] || [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] || [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Pennin Perumai]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[P. Pullaiah]] || [[Santha Kumari]] || [[Sivaji Ganesan]] || [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Bahurani (1963 film)|Bahurani]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || T. Prakash Rao || [[Lalita Pawar]] || [[Guru Dutt]] || [[Mala Sinha]]
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Mallammana Pavaada]]'' || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || [[Puttanna Kanagal]] || [[Advani Lakshmi Devi]] || [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] || [[B Sarojadevi]]
|-
| 1975 || ''Swayamsiddha'' || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Sushil Mukherjee ||  || [[Ranjit Mallick]] || Mithu Mukherjee
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Jyothi (1981 film)|Jyothi]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Pramod Chakravorty]] || [[Shashikala]] || [[Jeetendra]]|| [[Hema Malini]]
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Enga Chinna Rasa]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[K. Bhagyaraj]] || C. R. Saraswathy || [[K. Bhagyaraj]] ||  [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
|-
| 1992 || ''Beta'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Indra Kumar]] || [[Aruna Irani]] || [[Anil Kapoor]] || [[Madhuri Dixit]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Abbaigaru]]''|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]] || [[Jayachitra]] || [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] ||[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Annayya (1993 Kannada film)|Annayya]]'' || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || [[D. Rajendra Babu]] || [[Aruna Irani]] || [[V. Ravichandran]] || [[Madhoo]]
|-
| 1998 || ''Santan'' || [[Odia language|Oriya]] ||  || [[Snigdha Mohanty]]  || [[Siddhanta Mahapatra]] || [[Rachana Banerjee]]
|-
| 1998 || ''Shundori Bodhu'' || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||  || [[Nasima Khan]]  || [[Riaz (actor)|Riaz]] || [[Shabnur]]
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Satvapariksha]]''|| [[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||  || [[Smita Jaykar]] || [[Laxmikant Berde]] ||[[Resham Tipnis]]
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Dikro kahu ke dev]]''|| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] ||  || [[Pratima T]] || [[Hiten kumar]] ||[[Pranjal bhatt]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Sakkha savatra]]''|| [[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||  || [[Priya Arun]] || [[Makarand Anaspure]] ||[[Kranti redkar]]
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Oji Re Diwana ]]''|| [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] ||  || [[Pushpa Verma]] || [[Arvind Vaghela]] ||[[Nilu Vaghela]]
|}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:10, 7 June 2022

Beta
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIndra Kumar
Produced byIndra Kumar
Ashok Thakeria
Written byKamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Naushir Khatau
Screenplay byGyandev Agnihotri,
Rajiv Kaul,
Praful Parekh
Story byK. Bhagyaraj
StarringMadhuri Dixit
Anil Kapoor
Aruna Irani
Laxmikant Berde
Anupam Kher
Music byAnand–Milind
CinematographyBaba Azmi
Edited byHussain. A.Burmawalla
Production
company
Maruti International
Distributed byShemaroo Entertainment
Release date
  • 3 April 1992 (1992-04-03)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Beta (Translation: Son) is a 1992 Indian Hindi drama film, directed by Indra Kumar and written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey. It featured Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Aruna Irani in pivotal roles. The soundtrack was composed by Anand-Milind. The movie is popular for its songs like "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" and 'Koyal Si Teri Boli'. [1]

The movie is an official remake of 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa,[1] whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel Ardhaangi, by B. Kuttaswamayy.

Beta was the Highest-grossing Bollywood film of List of Bollywood films of 1992. It received a leading 69 nominations at the 38th Filmfare Awards, including Filmfare Award for Best Film, Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director, and won 5 awards including Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor](Kapoor), Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress](Dixit) and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress (Aruna Irani).[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Raju (Anil Kapoor) is the only son of his wealthy land owning father Prem Chaudhary (Akash Khuranna). Raju had lost his mother at birth and feels deeply deprived of a mother's love.

On Raju's 5th birthday party, as a promised birthday gift, Prem brings home a new mother Lakshmi Devi (Aruna Irani), hoping that she will be a doting and caring mother for Raju. However, Lakshmi Devi turns out to be greedy, shrewd and cunning. She married Raju's father only for his vast fortune, money and property. Joining with her brother Totaram (Anupam Kher) and his wife Mynavati (Bharati Achrekar), they conspire on how to transfer all property to Lakshmi Devi's name. However, Lakshmi Devi and Totaram are enraged when they find out that Prem's first wife had prepared a will before her death transferring all property to Raju. And that Prem is only a trustee to all the wealth. In the will, it has been written that Raju will have full control of his property only after marriage and unless his wife jointly consents with him, he will not be able to transfer his wealth and property to another name.

Lakshmi Devi begins her vile schemes. On the front, she puts up an act of being a very loving mother for Raju, who exhilarated for a mother's love, becomes a devoted son. He showers Lakshmi Devi with love and respect, ever-ready to obey her every word. In the process, unknowingly, he allows Lakshmi Devi to manipulate him. She very cunningly misleads Raju to give up his education. When his father finds out that Raju stopped going to school at Lakshmi Devi's instructions, he called out to her to question her. Lakshmi Devi and Totaram, hearing Prem, pours oil on the steps causing him to fall down the flight of stairs and hurting his head severely. Using this opportunity, they proved that Prem had become mentally unstable and locked him up in a corner room of the house.

Raju being naïve and uneducated, believed every word of his step-mother and her brother. Over the years, Lakshmi Devi increasingly isolated his aging father from the family and mainly Raju.

One day, Raju meets Saraswati (Madhuri Dixit) at a wedding and falls head over heels in love with her. After some pursuing and an intense incident in her village, Raju and Saraswati gets married. In the meantime, Lakshmi Devi fixes an alliance for Raju with an equally uneducated girl from their own village, so that she too can be manipulated and can finally succeed in transferring the property in Lakshmi Devi and her son, Ramesh (Adi Irani), Raju's step brother's name.

Lakshmi Devi is shocked to learn about Raju and Saraswati's marriage. Because Lakshmi Devi knew that Saraswati was not only educated but also a very intelligent girl. As usual, Lakshmi Devi puts on an act of a doting mother in front of Saraswati also. But Saraswati soon discovers that Lakshmi Devi, Totaram, Mainavati, Ramesh and his wife Kunika (Kunika) are all scammers and that their love for Raju is only a ruse. She challenges to expose their deceit to Raju.

First thing, Saraswati takes Prem to the temple thus releasing him from the confined room of 20 years. This bold step of Saraswati antagonised Lakshmi Devi. Lakshmi Devi clearly disapproved of her guts. But Saraswati successfully proved to all that his father was normal. Initially, Saraswati had to bear the brunt of Raju's anger when she tried to convince him of his mother's conniving intentions. After which, Saraswati cleverly exposed every one who had been cheating Raju over the years. For every attempt of Lakshmi Devi's schemes, Saraswati wittingly played and backfired their plans ensuring that Raju gets the message and yet not offended.

In one incident, Saraswati, along with Prem and their faithful servants Pandu (Lakshmi Devikant Berde) and Champa (Priya Arun), planned for Lakshmi Devi to slip and fall, forcing her to be bedridden. Promptly, the responsibility of the entire household is handed over to Saraswati. Lakshmi Devi is infuriated and plots to get rid of Saraswati just for rewards.

When Saraswati becomes pregnant, her father, Shyamlal (Satyen Kappu) comes home with hoards of sweets for her in-laws and a box of saffron. He requests that a pinch of saffron be mixed with milk and be given to Saraswati. Lakshmi Devi, adds poison to the box of saffron. She prepares the milk and tells the unaware Raju to give Saraswati the milk along with a pinch of the poisoned saffron. Champa, who witnessed Lakshmi Devi mixing the poison, runs to Saraswati's rescue, narrating everything that happened and warns her against drinking the poisoned milk. A devastated Saraswati informs Raju the same. But blinded by Lakshmi Devi's love, Raju not only refuses to believe her, he even accuses her of conspiring stories against his mother. In defense, Raju drinks the poisoned milk to prove to Saraswati her error. Raju's world comes crumbling down when he coughed up blood.

He, then recollected and realised that everything he had heard about Lakshmi Devi all these years from others were eventually true. Yet, Raju could not bring himself to hate Lakshmi Devi. His words to Lakshmi Devi before dying touched her deeply. Lakshmi Devi repented that her greed for wealth stretched a bit too far this time to the point of killing a son who had loved her with a true heart.

Saraswati, in the meantime, rushed to get a doctor. On returning she is told that if she wants Raju alive she will have to sign the property transfer papers. Saraswati agrees immediately. However, Lakshmi Devi forbids Saraswati from signing it and apologizes to her. A fight ensues between Lakshmi Devi and Ramesh. Totaram and Mynavati also joins with Ramesh. Ultimately, it required Raju himself to come forward to save Lakshmi Devi from being killed by Ramesh.

Eventually Raju recovers and hands over the signed property papers to Prem. He bids good-bye to his father, Pandu and Champa. He boards the vehicle with Saraswati to leave his home for good, when Lakshmi Devi begs him not to leave. To prove her remorse she rips up the papers and tells him that all she wants is nothing more than "her son". The family is happily reconciled.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The soundtrack of Beta was the second Beast selling album of the year.[3] Anand–Milind received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, but lost out to Nadeem-Shravan for Deewana. Anuradha Paudwal won her third consecutive Filmfare Award for Beast Female Playback Singer for the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga". Music directors Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen, Amar-Utpal and Naresh Sharma's compositions are included in the album but not in the film, nor are they credited in the film titles. Audio is available on T-Series.


# Title Singer(s) Length Distinction(s)
1 "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal 05:20
2 "Koyal Se Teri Boli" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal 05:420 Originally composed by Shankar–Ganesh
3 "Saiyan Ji Se Chupke" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal 07:30
4 "Sajna Main Teri" Anuradha Paudwal, Vipin Sachdeva 07:14
5 "Dhadkane Saansein Jawani" Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal 05:20 Music by Dilip Sen – Sameer Sen and lyrics by Dilip Tahir.
6 "Yeh Do Dil Hain Chanchal" Babla Mehta, Anuradha Paudwal 06:52 Music by Amar-Utpal and lyrics by Naqsh Lyallpuri.
7 "Bhool To Maa Se" Udit Narayan 02:17
8 "Kushiyon Ka Din Aaya Hai" Anuradha Paudwal 05:57
9 "Kitna Pyara Yeh Chehra" Anuradha Paudwal, Indrajeet 04:40 Music by Naresh Sharma and lyrics by Dev Kohli.
10 "Nach Mudiya" Anuradha Paudwal, Vipin Sachdeva 06:48 Music by Naresh Sharma and lyrics by Dev Kohli.

Awards[edit | edit source]

38th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Anil Kapoor turns 64: Where to stream actor's must-watch films, from Mr India to Lamhe-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. "Box Office 1992". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  3. "Beta second most sold music album of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

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