Rajput

Rajput is a 1982 Hindi romantic action film starring Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Tina Munim and Ranjeeta Kaur. It was directed by Vijay Anand. The film took many years for its completion and despite being delayed was critically acclaimed and became a commercial hit upon its release. As per box office of India, it was the ninth highest-grossing film of 1982. Plot An amendment in independent India comes in which kingdoms are seized, and people from the royal family are no longer rulers. One such kingdom is about to be seized from Jaipal Singh, who refuses to lose his position. He continues to rule the jurisdiction as king and compels people to pay tax to him. People protest against that, and one such person is Police Inspector Dhirendra Singh, which causes his tansfer to a small village. His parents arrange his marriage with Janki, who is the daughter of Dhirendra's father's childhood friend. However, Janki is in love with Manupratap Singh. Enmity between two families makes Janki's aunty warn her that their love will not be accepted by Janki's father, Pratap Singh, but both of them are strong in their love and have an intimate affair. Manupratap Singh's younger brother Bhanupratap, is in love with an orphan girl Kamli. All are happy until Raja Jaipal Singh rapes Kamli, and she runs away from the village. Meanwhile, Jaipal Singh says that he wants to marry Janki, which angers her father, as he is the father of a teenage girl even if he is a King. Manupratap and Bhanupratap protest against the king, and Bhanupratap becomes a dacoit. Both Manupratap's father and Janki's father strongly oppose their love. Janki is forcefully married to Dhirendra Singh against her wishes. When Janki leaves for her husband's home, she is kidnapped by Jaipal Singh's nephew, who tries to rape her. However, Manupratap shoots him dead, and he falls on Janki, who faints due to falling from a horse. Dhirendra misunderstands that Janki was raped, and he will not touch her. After two months, he discovers that Janki is pregnant and suspects it is the result of rape and tells her to abort the baby, but Janki knows that it is Manupratap's child and so refuses and insists that she will leave Dhirendra's life. However, Dhirendra, out of his love for Janki, permits her to give birth to the baby. Janki gives birth to a son, and she goes to jail to inform Manupratap about it.