Bollywood comedy flick, Kunwara Baap, directed by Mehmood and written by Aziz Quaisi was released on November 23, 1974. The movie starred Mehmood and Bharti in lead roles while Bhushan Tiwari, Mumtaz Ali, Manorama, Nasir Hussain, Sanjeev Kumar, Lalita Pawar, Sunder, Asit Sen and Mukri also played importanat characters in the film. The melodious evergreen music of the movie was composed by the well known music director Rajesh Roshan while the songs were beautifully crooned by Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar etc.

The movie starts with a guy named Mahesh ( Mehmood ), who works as a rickshaw driver for making his living. He has no knowledge of his parents. He loves a girl named Sheela ( Manorama ) and is determined to get married with her soon. Sheela wroks as a maidservant in a house. Mahesh is not liked by Kalu Dada ( Bhushan Tiwari ), who is lusty for Sheela. Mahesh comes across a baby boy while returning to his home. He tries to find out the parents of the child but fails. He is forced to adopt the child but is also strongly opposed by his neighbours.

He starts hating the child. He starts neglecting the child and as a result of this, the child gets infected with polio. Child’s miserable condition changes Mahesh’s heart. he then decides to look after the child on his own and names him Hindustan. After tweleve years, the child has grown up but is still dependent on Mahesh. Mahesh needs more money for the treatment of Hindustan but before he could proceed towards earning the required money, he is arrested by police in the charge of abducting Hindustan.

The hit songs of the movie are:

1. Aa ri neendiya tu le chal
2. Arre aao na mohallewaalon
3. Jai bholenath jai ho
4. Main hoon ghoda yeh
4. Main mandir pahuncha haan