Bollywood family drama, Gharana, directed by K. Ravi Shankar was released in the year 1989. the movie starred Rishi Kapoor, Govinda and Jayapradha in lead roles while Meenakshi Sheshadri, Asrani, Satyendra kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Tanuja, Neelam Kothari, Yunus Parvez, Mac Mohan, Dara Singh, Prem Chopra, Aruna Irani and Ramesh deo also played significant characters in the film. The hit melodious music of the movie was directed by the veteran music director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal while the songs were beautifully crooned by Amit Kumar Ganguly, Anuradha Paudwal, Mohammed Aziz, Premlata etc.

Vijay Mehra ( Rishi Kapoor ) and Ravi Mehra ( Govinda ) are two sons of a wealthy man named Prem Mehra, who deals in the business of jewellery. Dharamdas ( Prem Chopra ) is the enemy of Prem mehra and plans to prove him a thief by stealing some piceless diamonds from his safe with the help of a gangster named Durlabh ( Shakti Kapoor ) and Prem’s employee ( Ramesh Deo ). Prem Mehra looses all his wealth and he relocates to a small house alongwith his whole family. vijay somehow manage to get a job of a new-reporter. Ravi is still doing his studies and is on the verge of completing his studies.

Vijay falls in love with his co-worker named Radha ( Meenakshi Sheshadri ) and are planning to get married soon. But Vijay betrays her and get married to a wealthy but blind woman named Naina ( Jayapradha ). On the otherhand, Ravi falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Dharamdas named Lalita ( Neelam Kothari ). Ravi even decides to move in Dharamdas house as his ‘jamai’. Prem mehra is now left with only his wife and a daughter, who is of marraige age.

The hit songs of the movie are:

1. Bajit hai kyun mere dil ki yeh bell
2. Bahut khush hoon main
3. Dhak dhak dhak jiyaare kare
4. Salamat rahega yeh ghar yeh gharana
5. Tere daddy ne diya mujhe permit