Bollywood family drama, Aap Beati, directed by Mohan Kumar was released in the year 1976. The movie starred Shashi Kapoor and Hema Malini in lead roles while Ashok Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Tun Tun, Prem Nath, Madan Puri, Aruna Irani, Helen and Asrani also played important roles in the film. The hit melodious music of the movie was directed by none other than veteran music director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal while the songs were rendered by Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor, Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar.

The movie starts with a family headed by Kishorilal ( Ashok Kumar ). The other family members are Kishorilal’s wife and his son, Prakash and daughter Geeta. Kishorilal takes loan for Prakash’s higher education and ensures that he get good education. He wants him to get a good job and repay the loans that he has taken. Prakash returns to India as the boss of Kishorelal. Prakash then get married to a wealthy firl named Reena ( Aruna Irani ) and starts living all togther. Geeta ( Hema Malini ) tells her that she is in love with a young guy named Ranjeet ( Shashi Kapoor ) and wants to get married with him only.

But Ranjeet’s father wants him to get married with another rich girl and as a result of which an argument ensues between him and his father and Ranjeet leaves his house. On the otherhand, Reena wants a better lifetyle and therefore ask Prakash to move out of the house. She also ask Prakash to not to have anything to do with his parents. Now the loan is to be payed by Kishorilal only. But he also becomes ill leaving behind Geeta to repay the loan. How will she manage to do so?

The songs of the movie are:

1. Qismat ki baat ka
2. Ban gaya budha sharabi
3. Zara jaldi jaldi mila
4. Neela peela hara gulabi
5. Meri dilruba