Waaris (1988 film)

Waaris
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Directed by	Raveendra Peepat
Produced by	Swarn Yograj, J. S. Cheema, Baldev Gill
Screenplay by	Baldev Gill
Based on	Kaare — Hatthi by Sohan Singh Hans
Starring	Smita Patil Raj Babbar
Music by	Uttam-Jagadish
Cinematography	Manmohan Singh
Edited by	Subhash Sehgal
Release date	May 06, 1988 (India)
Language	Hindi

Waaris (English: Heir) is a 1988 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Raveendra Peepat, starring Smita Patil and Raj Babbar in lead roles. The film was adapted from Punjabi novel Kaara — Hatthi by Sohan Singh Hans (as credited in the film). Film actress Rekha dubbed the lines for late actress Smita Patil. This was her late movie and she died before this movie released.

Multi-millionaire widower Kishan Singh prepare a will which states that his ancestral property is equally divided among his two sons, Gajjan and Dulla while the son of Gajjan, Shravan shall inherit the farm land. Enraged at not willing anything to his three sons, Thade, Dara and Chhote, Dulla confronts his father which leads to an argument leading to violence and Kishan is killed in the process. Dulla is then apprehended by the police and is jailed leaving his sons to be raised by Gajjan. Years later Shravan meets with a poor young woman, Paramjit alias Paro and both fall in love leading to marriage. Eventually Dulla's sentenced gets completed and he joins the family once again; shortly after he schemes with goons and have Shravan killed. With no one to claim their rights on Shravan's land this leaves the way clear for Dulla and his three sons to take control of this land but Paro will not permit this to happen and the only way she can prevent this is by giving birth to an heir so she confronts Gajjan to remarry her younger sister, Shibo but there is a short-coming involved as Shibo is in love with a young man, Bhinder and wants to marry only him.