He now realises both are the same person and accepts Roopa as his wife. In the swirling waters of the flood, Rajeev realises how shallow he has been, and saves Roopa from drowning. The village is being evacuated as the dam's shutters are opening. Roopa vows that she will never ever return to him as his mistress.Ī terrible storm ravages the village, breaking open the dam which Rajeev had come to repair. He publicly shames her and sends her back to her home. When Rajeev finds out that his wife is pregnant, he suspects her of infidelity and refuses to believe that his 'mistress' and wife are the same. Rajeev spends his days ignoring his wife, and his nights loving his mistress, not knowing they are both the same woman.ĭuring one of their nights together, they make love and Roopa gets pregnant. Roopa decides to meet him at night, using a veil to hide the charred side of her face. He then asks her father's permission to marry her.Īfter the wedding, he discovers the truth and thinks that he was cheated and forced to marry someone else, at which point he disowns Roopa and drives her out of the house. He hears Roopa's lovely singing and meets her, but does not see her disfigured side, and falls in love with her. Rajeev is a dashing engineer who arrives in the village to oversee the operation of a major dam. Despite the terrible accident, Roopa remains religious and goes to the village temple daily, singing hymns and devotional songs. Henceforth, Roopa keeps her right cheek hidden under the veil of her sari. As a young child, the right side of Roopa's face and neck were burned by a pot of boiling oil, leaving part of her face disfigured. The story is set in a village where Roopa lives with her father, the village priest. Satyam Shivam Sundaram was released on 24 March 1978 on the day of Holi. It is a social drama about the differences between physical and spiritual love. The film's original soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.
The truth, the God, the beauty) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Jainendra Jain, starring Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman. ₹4.5 crore (equivalent to ₹99 crore or US$14 million in 2019) ₹85 lakh (equivalent to ₹19 crore or US$2.6 million in 2019) Kale naino vali ne aisa jadu dala isiliye kala Ladla kanhaiya mera ho ladla kanhaiya mera Radha kyo gori mai kyo kala radha kyo gori