Guest House 1959

Guest House is a 1959 Indian Bollywood suspense film released on Jan 01, 1959. The film is directed by Ravindra Dave.
A moral fable presented as a crime melodrama. Amar (Ajit) and his cousin Manohar (Pran) are a pair of shifty childhood friends. However, Manohars father believes his son to be a fine person led astray by Amar. When Amars dying mother makes her son promise never to tell lies, Manohar, caught by the police, is jailed because Amar refuses to lie to save his friend. Amar is disinherited by his equally shifty grardian and goes to Bombay where he is taken in by Neela (Shakila) and drams of becoming a saintly figure with his new-found idealism. When Manohar is released, he seeeks revenge on his cousin and erstwhile friend. In the process he has to disown his doting father, now a beggar on the streets. *.* " TRUTH TRIUMPHS......." is a maxim that embodies the hoarded experience of many a wise gerneration. Though a truthful person achieves success in the end, yet with what constant laborious efforts and what hardship and storms he has to face to accomplish it, has been sattirically depicted in this film, treated more in a humourous vein than seriously. . Amar spent his childhood in the house of his uncle Girdharilal along with his widow mother. Amar had the habit of telling lies and Uncles son Manohar indulged in stealing. Both joined hands to create havoc with the village folks. But uncle Girdharilal had misunderstanding. He would consider his own son as most honest, whom Amar had been spoiling One day, tired of their nefarious activities, his wrathfell on his widow sister, whom he ordred to quit the house for good. . It was a "bolt from the blue" for Amars mother who has none in this world but her only son, Amar. She had no alternative but to leave the house ; and while she was packing her bag and baggage in such tension and excitement, she fell down from the stairs and her head was seriously wounded. No sooner did Amar see her mother lying unconscious in a pool of blood than he rushed towards village Hakim. Unfortunately the Hakim had an experience of Amars habit of telling lies and totally disbelieving him, the Hakim turned Amar away. In the mean while Amars mother breathed her last, and at the time of her death she handed over her Mala to Amar from whom she also got solemn promise not to tell a lie in his life. . Days passed on. Amar and Manohar grew into young med. Amar kept on fulfilling his solemn promise of telling the truth at every step of his life but Manohars habit of steating became more intensified At last Manohar was arrested on the charge of theft. Amar whose honesty and truthfulness had by then spread to evey nook and corner of the village, was enthusiastically approached by his uncle to give false evidence to get his own brother released from police custody In spite of his uncles repeated persuations, Amar remained adamant and remained adamant and determined not to tell a lie at any cost, even at the risk of his very life. Manohar got six months, imprisonment. The uncle outright turned Amar out of his house mercilessly. . Amar took a train for Bombay. As soon as he got down at the station, a thug by the name of Dharmraj met him. Very cleverly, this thug robbed Amar of his entire cash. The result was that Amar slpt on footpath at night and whatever other belongings he had, were also taken away by a theif. . It was in Bombay-Indias mosy glamorous city-that Amar lost his entire money-he was robbed of his bag and baggage and eventually, his heart, too. It was in quite strage circumstances that he happened to have his first meeting with one beautiful, educated girl, named Neela, the only daughter of Seth Karamchand, the owner of a popular hotel" Guest House". Their incidental contacts were not only full of " love and life", but also brought them nearer to each other. Neela simply adored his truthful nature. Amar would dream of becoming a great man by sticking to truth and nothing but the truth. . Manohar, who had, by then, completed his six months imprisonment came straight to Bombay. He had made up his mind to take revenge on Amar . Manohar had developed friendship with another criminal named Shamsher, during his stay in jail. Both of them had planned to hoodwink the public of Bombay after their release. According to plan, Shamsher spread the fame of Manhohar in Bombay, as a big Jagirdar. This helped them to rob the people of Bombay right and left. But the main aim of Manohar was to cripple Amar in every way and Manohars first step taken towards this end was to purchase over the motorgarage in which Amar was working as an apprentice mechanic. Manohar also had an eye on Neela and by clever manipulations, he made Seth Karamchand to agree to his proposal of his marriage with Neela. . While the betrothal ceremony was being clebrated in all its glory, emtered Manohars old father Girdharilal, who had been continuosly seaching for him since the formers release from jail. Manohar, on seeing his poor haggard father, realised the awkwardness of his great position. He refused to recognise his own father and got him dragged out of that glaxy of aristocratic gathering . . After that what happened, you will see on the screen. Check out this page for more updates on Guest House.