Amiri Garibi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harmesh Malhotra
Written by	Dr. Achala Nagar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. B. Pathak
Story by	K. B. Pathak
Based on	Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)
Produced by	Pradeep Sharma
Starring	Jeetendra Rekha Rishi Kapoor Neelam Raj Babbar Poonam Dhillon
Cinematography	V. Durgaprasad
Edited by	Govind Dalwadi
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production company	TUTU Films
Release date	23 March 1990 (1990-03-23)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Amiri Garibi (transl. Wealth and Poverty) is a 1990 Hindi-language drama film, produced by Pradeep Sharma under the TUTU Films banner and directed by Harmesh Malhotra. It stars Jeetendra, Rekha, Rishi Kapoor, Neelam, Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Makutamleni Maharaju (1987), starring Krishna, Sridevi, and Rajendra Prasad in the pivotal roles.^[1][2]

Plot

A wealthy Bombay-based industrialist Kedarnath (Om Shivpuri) travels to a small town where his childhood friend Narayan (Pran) resides. He meets with him, his wife Laxmi (Urmila Bhatt) and their daughter Rani (Poonam Dhillon). He proposes that Rani marries his son Rajesh (Raj Babbar) and move with him to the city. Narayan and Laxmi are overjoyed. Soon a marriage takes place. When Rani reaches Kedarnath's house, she is welcomed neither by her mother-in-law Sheela (Rohini Hattangadi), nor her husband and his sisters Jyoti (Neelam) and Pinky. She is ill-treated, belittled, slapped and humiliated on every possible occasion.

Then the unexpected happens, Jyoti happens to be a child bride, married to a poor Bhardwaj family. Now Deepak Bhardwaj (Rishi Kapoor) has grown up and has come to claim Jyoti as his wife and moves into their house, much to the chagrin of Jyoti, Rajesh, Pinky and Sheela. Tragedy follows as Kedarnath passes away, leaving Rani and Deepak to the mercy of Sheela, who loses no time in turning the tables on them and asking them to leave the house. She is now busy preparing Rajesh's marriage to a young woman named Sona (Rekha), who is not only rich but also beautiful and is ready to come to her home with a huge dowry. What Sheela does not know that Sona has her own agenda and plan, which do not include Sheela at all.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal while the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. Alka Yagnik and Shailendra Singh were the playback singers.