Purab Aur Pachhim

Circa British rule in India, Harnam betrays a freedom fighter, and as a result is rewarded, but the freedom fighter is killed, leaving his wife, and family devastated and destitute. Years later, the freedom fighter's son, Bharat, has grown up and goes to Britain to study. On his arrival in Britain, he is quite shocked to find that the Indian population settled there, shun India and Indians. He takes it upon himself to try and change their way of thinking, meets with Prithi, a Blondie of Indian origin, and both fall in love. Prithi accompanies him to India, and is appalled at the conditions that Bharat and his family in. Will this shock end their relationship?

Purab Aur Pachhim is a 1971 drama romance movie directed by Manoj Kumar, starring Manoj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Saira Banu. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 1,083 votes and runs 2h 22m.