Aansoo Aur Muskan is a 1970 Hindi-language film
directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Padmini and Bindu.
The films playback music was sung by Kishore
Kumar, Lata
Mangeshkar and Mukesh.
The film was a remake of the Tamil film Kanne
Pappa (1969), in which the latter reprised her
role in both language versions. This was Padmini's final Hindi film as a
heroine, who later made a decade-long comeback to Bollywood in
supporting roles with the film Dard Ka Rishta (1982).
Beautiful
Radha lives in a small hill station in India. One day, Mahesh comes for
sightseeing; both meet, fall in love with each other, get intimate, and Mahesh
promises to return, marry her, and take her with him to live in Bombay. He does
not return; Radha continues to search for him in every train that stops at
Shampur, in vain. She eventually gives birth to a baby girl, Laxmi, and both
are looked after by Shampur's kindhearted station master. Radha does come
across Mahesh, but he refuses to recognize her, and she kills herself. The
Station Master takes Laxmi to her next of kin, in all two families, but all
reject Laxmi, consider her inauspicious, and want nothing to do with her.
He leaves Laxmi with her maternal grandparent, Bhagwanti, and her husband, but
Laxmi is abused, and she runs away to Bombay, where she is befriended and looked
after by a blind beggar, Anwar. One day Laxmi and Anwar find that they have won
a lottery worth 2.5 lakh rupees, are delighted, and look forward to the
positive change in their lives. Laxmi is happy as she feels that she will be
able to find her parents with her new-found wealth. Then all of Laxmi's
relatives descend on them, their neighbors show their greed by severely beating
up Anwar, and Laxmi runs away, followed closely by people with only one motive—to steal the lottery ticket from her. Laxmi seeks the help of the police, and
Inspector James is asked to look after her. Then a man claiming to be her
father comes to take possession of her, but Laxmi remembers him as the man who
had refused to recognize Radha and refuses to go with him. Subsequently, Mahesh
returns with Radha, much to Laxmi's delight—which only turns to sorrow and
heartbreak when she finds out that it is not Radha but a courtesan by the name
of Girja who is assisting Mahesh to get the lottery ticket. It looks like
Laxmi is headed for heartbreak upon heartbreak and may not find the happiness
that she is looking for.
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