Shomu Mukherjee

Thakur Virendra Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle in India along with his wife and a son, Kumar. His relative Bihari is envious, and successfully switches his son, Kishan, with Kumar, and also ends up killing Virendra. In this manner, Kumar grows up a wealthy lifestyle, while Kishan lives a poor lifestyle, shunned by his father and his mother, who has lost the use of her vocal chords. Bihari takes Kishan to his brother in Bombay, and leaves him there to lead a life of crime. (imdb)

Asha Rai wants to establish herself as a dancer, while her sister, Lata, wants to establish herself as a singer par excellence. Both compete openly in front of a crowd, and Asha wins this competition. Lata does not take this loss sportingly, and recklessly drives her car, injuring several people, and then ends up throwing herself off of a cliff to her death. This traumatic incident leave a scar on Asha and she loses her sanity. (imdb)