Mother

Mother

1999 · 142 min · ★ 3.8 · Comedy, Drama

Single and lusty Asha's (Rekha) affairs with three men (Randhir Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan, Jeetendra) lands her with a baby-girl, and she must relocate to distant Mauritius to start life anew. She makes up a story about her husband, Mr. Brittania, while admitting her daughter in school, heroically saving lives of numerous Indians and being unable to save himself. Now Asha has a grown up daughter, Jiya (Sanober Kabir). She finds out that Jiya wants to marry Mrs. Chaudhary's (Shashikala) grandson, Raj (Rahat Khan). Asha's three beaus also contact her one by one that they will be coming, with their respective wives and families to tow, to visit Mauritius. Asha's past is now coming back to haunt her, and Asha must use all her wits to see herself through this crisis.

Directed by Saawan Kumar Tak · Written by Ravi Kapoor

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Jeetendra Sunil Malik
Rekha Asha Britannia
Randhir Kapoor Kumar Sinha
Rakesh Roshan Amar Khanna
Sanober Kabir Jiya Britannia
Asrani Johnny
Altaf Raja Self
Shashikala Mrs. Chaudhary
Shubha Khote Maria
Nishigandha Wad Mrs. Sinha
Prabha Sinha
Fatima Sheikh

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