Maa Beti was a family drama that was released on February 27, 1987 under the banner of Radhika Films. The movie was directed by Kalpataru. The lead roles in the film were played by Shashi Kapoor, Meenakshi, Sharmila Tagore and Sachin while Tanuja, Pran, Kader Khan, Ashok Saraf and Karan Shah were also there in the movie. The music of the film was directed by Anand Chitragupt and Milind Chitragupt while the songs were sung by Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Shabbir Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal.

Maa Beti was a family flick that revolved mostly around a lady named Savitri ( Sharmila Tagore ) who lived a wealthy life with her husband ( Shashi Kapoor ) who is a businessman and daughter Meenu ( Meenakshi ). Savitri was pregnant once again and this time gives birth to a son Khetan ( Sachin ) but unfortunately she was not able to keep herself and passes away. Her children were left with her husband who was finding it difficult to manage the business and his children at the same time.

So Savitri’s husband remarries another woman named Laxmi ( Tanuja ). Initially Laxmi wanted to keep loving her husband’s children but her brother Raghunandan ( Neelu Phule ), who has also moved in the same house along with her, advises her to stop loving them so much. As a result she started abusing the children Meenu and Khetan who started missing their mother. When they matured, both ran away from the house when it was hard for them to bear with the torture.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Baaje badhaai more angna
2.    Chunri saji bidiya lagi
3.    Dil ne aavaaz di aur tum aa gaye
4.    Kaahe roye dil haar ke ho