Bollywood movie, Karwa Chouth, directed by Ramlal Hans was released in the year 1980. The movie starred Ashish Kumar and Salma Agha in lead roles while Bharat Bhushan, Bhagwan, Meera Madhuri and Kanan kaushal also played significant charactrers in the film. The hit melodious music of the movie was directed by the music director trio Kusum, Arjun and Anil while the songs were crooned by Udit Narayan, Suresh Wadkar, Mahendra Kapoor, Kavita Krishnamurthy etc.

Young and beautiful, Gauri ( Meera Madhuri ) is living a wealthy lifestyle alongwith her family. She is fond of eating and always seen eating throught the day. She is the only daughter of her seven brothers. All of her brothers are happily married. Gauri come across a handsome guy named Shankar ( Ashish Kumar ). She get attracted towards him. Shankar too falls in love with her and they both decides to get married to each other. Soon they both get married and Gauri moves into the house of Shankar.

Gauri soon adjust herself in the new environment. But problem arises when Karwa Chouth festival arrives and she is asked to keep a fast for her husband’s long life. Her brothers arrive there and after seeing her difficulty in starving, decides to produce fake moon lighting. Gauri then eats her food. But her fault leads to Shankar’s death and then she decides to worship Maa Karwa Chouth in order to bring her husband back.

The songs of the movie are:

1. Maa karwa chouth
2. Karwa chouth ka din