Category : Religious Bollywood! Humor.
Synopsis:
What would you ask God if he appeared before you unexpectedly ? Will you ask whether he knows anything about real life on earth ? Ask him to explain why some suffer thru poverty while others lead a life of luxury! Ask him if he ever pulled a Rikshaw or ground spices with hand ? Has he missed sleep while worrying over how he will pay his son's school fee and how will he arrange his daughter's marriage without any savings ?? Of course, you being so polite would offer Krishna a cup of chai and a laddu while Krishna pondered over your queries !!
These are the questions that Anand (Sanjeev Kumar), a poor cook in a small Indian restaurant, asks Lord Krishna as he appears before Anand unexpectedly. You see, Anand does not believe in luck and God's grace vagera and boasts that whatever he has achieved and will achieve is because of his own hard work and Krishna/God has nothing to do with it !
There is one more question Anand asks - why is Krishna visiting a poor man's hut in the middle of night especially when that poor man does not have much faith in God!! Krishna replies that he is appearing before Anand because Krishna wants his money back !!!! Anand had stolen the small amount of money his wife had kept aside for temple donation. Anand tell Krishna "why do you care ! It is the money I earned and so it is mine anyway !"
Anand tells Krishna " if I had money, I would give my kids the best education and the best food and a mansion...". Krishna asks Anand whether money will give him happiness because Anand is going to have lots of it soon. Krishna also mentions that he will need a commission to make that happen!! Anand agrees!!
Soon Anand wins 10k and buys the restaurant where he worked and and slowly becomes rich and a little later he buys a chain of hotel. Now he has everything he had once desired . But the villains are hiding around the corner - the villainous old restaurant owner, who had grudge against Anand, drives a wedge between his son and Anand; his daughter has an affair and gets pregnant before marriage which is a big problem in conservative India because the family will be ostracized. Gone are the dinners that the family joyfully enjoyed together when they were not rich. Anand and his family are afflicted with all the evils that haunt the 'rich' in India.
Meanwhile, Krishna appears just at the right time to irritate as well as teach Anand, who assumes Krishna is there to collect his commission! As Anand boasts that he is setting up hotels in every major country in the world and even Krishna cannot stop that, Krishna advises him that he should not let the horses of Greed lead his mind astray but use the leash of self control guide them !!
The stress created by his family and the business affects Anand to such an extent that he becomes ill with diabetes, blood pressure etc. Now he is a broken man with only his wife by his side. Krishna appears one last time to tease Anand ! Krishna offers Anand rice pudding but Anand refuses because of his diabetes ! Krishna then asks him the names of his medications and Anand recites the names like a parrot "arithro mycin " "terra mycin"....and Krishna repeats, with a twinkle in his eyes, "arithro mysin , terra mysin..." . You see, Krishna in his own inimitable way is teaching Anand that every human being has to pay the price of his past bad Karmas ('my sins' / misdeeds) from this and previous lives!
Anand thru his entire journey from poor to a rich man had not forgotten his poor friends and helped them financially whenever they asked. Krishna informs Anand that that was his commission and vanishes into the mirror...Anand tries to return to his previous life with his wife by handing over the keys to the mansion and his business to his sons but they are repentant and express their helplessness in handling the complexity involved....
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