''Mera Damad'' is a

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family-drama Indian Hindi film directed by

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and produced by Shipra Biswas and Tushar Mazumdar. It stars

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, Tariq Khan and

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in lead roles. Dialogue writer was

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and Play back singing was done by

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, Shailendra Singh, Kavita Krishnamurty and Sabita Chowdhury whereas Music for the film was scored by

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and background music by Babul Bose.

Plot

Sitanath Ardhnarayan Choudhry and Ajit Khanna are old friends. Sitanath has a daughter named Sunita, and Ajit has a son named Jai. Both fathers would like their respective children to meet each other and get married. In order to do this, Ajit asks Jai to travel to Sitanath's village, meet Sunita, and if found compatible, make arrangements for marriage, to which Jai agrees to. On reaching Rampur railway station, Jai, in the company of his friend, Pradeep, come across a man named Ravi, who tells them they are in the wrong village, and directs them to a mansion run by an eccentric owner, so that they can spend the night there, and then take the train back the next day. Ravi warns them about the owner, who likes to talk all night to anyone who listens. Both Jai and Pradeep meet the owner, and are quite abrupt with him. The next day, Jai meets the owner's daughter Kimi, and falls in love with her.

Cast

as Jai Khanna *

as Kimi/Sunita *

as Barrister Ajit Khanna *

as Sitanath Chaudhary (This was the last movie of

which was released after 2 years of his death). *

as Shalu *

as Shalu's bapu *

as Ravi * Praveen Paul as Smt. Chaudhary * Priyadarshini as Jharna *

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as drunkard *

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as Pradeep * Ava Mukherjee (as Abha Mukherjee) as Radha Devi Khanna

References

External links

* * 1990s Hindi-language films Indian drama films Films scored by Salil Chowdhury {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub