Tarana

It is a simple, sweet, beautifully filmed story. Tarana is an innocent young girl, played to perfection by the effervescent, talented and stunning Madhubala. She lives in a village with her blind father, Surdas, and her pet lamb called Saiyan. Saiyan has a charming and loveable presence in the film. One day, a plane crashes near their village and they end up giving shelter to a handsome young doctor, Motilal, played expertly by the charismatic Dilip Kumar. Tarana and Moti fall in love. The course of their love, however, is not smooth; a prominent villager, Totaram, wishes to marry Tarana and creates a lot of trouble for the lovers. Doctor Motilal has his own troubles; unknown to him, his father has arranged a marriage for him with the daughter of his friend, a girl called Sheila. At some point, Doctor Moti has to go to town to see his father. Meanwhile, Totaram manages to malign Tarana’s reputation, and Surdas, who feels humiliated in front of the villagers, burns the house down with Tarana in it. By the time Doctor Motilal comes back for Tarana, he thinks her dead and is heartbroken. He goes back to town to his father and to Sheila. Moti, however, is unable to forget the beautiful Tarana but is finally persuaded to marry Sheila. It is on the wedding day that a mysterious girl leaves a small lamb in his house. That’s right: Saiyan!