Bollywood comic family drama, Khoobsurat, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Shanu Banerjee was released in the year 1980. The movie starred Rakesh Roshan and Rekha in lead roles while Ashok Kumar, Shashikala, Aradhana, Dina Pathak, S. N. Banerjee, Ranjeet Chaudhary, Amarnath, Vijay Sharma and David Abraham also played important characters in the film. The hit melodious music of the movie was given by none other than famous music director Rahul Dev Burman while the songs were crooned by Ashok Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar, Rekha, Asha Bhonsle, Sapan Chakrobrothy etc.

The movie starts with a family headed by Nirmala Gupta ( Dina Pathak ). The family comprises of her husband, Dwarka Prasad Gupta ( Ashok Kumar ), and four sons and a daughter-in-law. Nirmala doesn’t allow any of family member to live a free lifestyle even her husband. She wants everyone to live in a very strict manner. Every family member obeys her saying and pretends to be on her good side. Niramla seconds son gets married with Anju ( Aradhana ), who comes from happy go lucky family. But Anju too is forced to live according to the rules of their home and to obey Nirmala’s saying.

Anju’s younger sister, Manju Dayal ( Rekha ), comes to meet her and her new family. Manju get shocked to see the lifestyle of this family as she has never experienced such restrictions in her own home. Soon things starts changing as Manju convinces everyone to do waht they want to and not what Nirmala says.Manju becomes favourite of everyone in the home except Nirmala. Things becomes even worsen for Nirmala when her third son, Inder Gupta ( Rakesh Roshan ), falls in love with Manju and wants to get married with her at any cost. What will happen next?

The hit songs of the movie are:

1. Sun sun sun didi tere liye ek rishta aaya hai
2. Kayda kayda lekin fayda
3. Piya bawari piya bawari