I remember watching this movie with my parents when I was in High School almost 40 years ago. This movie broke boundaries as far as the conservative Bollywood cinema of the time is concerned by showing a heroine in short skirts and a bikini. This movie was the first movie for the two main actors : young Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapur, who is the son of the producer director Raj Kapur. They later became major stars of Bollywood. The songs in the movie became very popular as well.
Raju is deprived of the love of his two busy parents and is sent to a boarding school. When he returns to his parents for his 18th birthday party he becomes attracted to pretty 16 year old Bobby who is the daughter of his nanny old Mrs. Braganza. It is love at first sight. However, Bobby's father is a simple fisherman of Portuguese descent I believe. Mr. Braganza is happy that Bobby likes Raju but the big question is will the rich parents of Raju agree to his marring a nanny's daughter ?
The answer is obvious - Raju's parents prohibit him from meeting Bobby and even insult Mr. Braganza by accusing him of scheming to get at their wealth. To add insult to injury, they even offer him money to keep his girl away from Raju !!
The obstinacy of the parents causes the kids to elope and even attempt suicide. That is the gist of the story.
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