![]() With the result that poor Balraj Sahni’s character gets the short end of the stick. ![]() A neighbour, a close relative (often a step-relative, step-brother, step-sister, etc, of the bahu-since, again, blood relations can’t be all bad) or other person who despises the family for its saccharine sanctimoniousness, decides to throw a spanner in the works. But, someone evil and self-serving or just plain old malicious lurks in the vicinity. ![]() ![]() She is warmly welcomed and is inclined to be as sweet to others as others are to her. Then, as the result of a wedding (usually of a younger male relative, often a character who’s the younger brother of Balraj Sahni’s character), a somewhat headstrong chhoti bahu enters the household. These films, often made by production houses like AVM Productions, equally often followed a fairly predictable pattern.Ī close-knit joint family (with Balraj Sahni as its head, usually as elder brother) lives in one home, each member of the family devoted to the other, each going out of their way and being self-sacrificing to smoothen the way for the others. That said, there was a certain type of film that he very often got slotted in: the family drama. He brought a sense of dignity to pretty much every role he essayed, and there were very few roles which he could not pull off convincingly. Balraj Sahni ranks as one of my favourite actors.
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