The social movie Naya Daur was released in the year of 1978. The movie was directed and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. The major roles in the movie were played by Rishi Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Bhavna Bhatt and Farida Jalal while the supporting roles were played by Paintal, Madan Puri, Ranjeet, Sapru, Om Prakash and Shreeram Lagoo. The music of the film was directed by R D Burman while the songs were sung by Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi, Danny Denzongpa and Balbir Bittu.

The movie Naya Daur was a famous film of its time and managed to hold the audience for a long time. The story of the movie revolved mostly around a man named Mahesh Chopra ( Rishi Kapoor ) who lived a usual life of a middle class man with his family consisting of his government servant father and mother named Shanti ( Purnima ). They lived in the government quarters allotted to them in Bombay. Mahesh is a student studying currently in the Arts College.

There Mahesh comes across a young and beautiful girl named Kiran Mehta ( Bhavana Bhatt ) and liked her instantly. He fell in love with her soon but this was not liked by her father who is a businessman. Mahesh gets graduated from the college but Kiran’s father wanted him to do a post-graduate course. But before this could happen his life takes a turn and was forced to vacate his house and settle in the slum areas of Bomaby.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Bottle Khaali Hone To Do
2.    Chalo Kahin Aur Chalte Hain, Sunte Hai Yahaan Chhu
3.    Mujhe Dosto Tum Gale Se Laga Lo
4.    O Paise Vaalo Bade Insaanon Kaun Hoon Main Mujhe P
5.    Uden Jab Jab Zulfen
6.    Yeh Desh Hai Veer