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{{Infobox film
| name = Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
| image = Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki 1978 film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Raj Khosla]]
| producer = Raj Khosla
| writer = Raj Bharti Chandrakant Kakodkar G.R. Kamath [[Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza]] Suraj Sanim
| narrator =
| starring = [[Nutan]] [[Vinod Khanna]] [[Asha Parekh]], [[Ravi Behl#Personal|Geeta Behl]]

| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = Pratap Sinha
| editing = Waman Bhonsle
| studio =
| distributor = Raj Khosla Films
| released = {{Film date|1978|08|04|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1978|1978]] Indian [[drama film]] directed by [[Raj Khosla]] and Sudesh Issar. It is based on a Marathi novel titled ''Ashi Tujhi Preet'' by Chandrakant Kakodkar.

==Plot ==
''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' is about an aristocrat, Thakur Rajnath Singh Chouhan ([[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]), who is in love with his mistress Tulsi ([[Asha Parekh]]) but forced to marry a strong aristocratic woman named Sanjukta ([[Nutan]]). Tulsi sacrifices her life, some time after giving birth to Rajnath's son Ajay, because she wants Sanjukta to have her husband all to herself. Rajnath and Sanjukta send Ajay to boarding school to prevent him from bearing the stigma of being an illegitimate child. Sanjukta and Rajnath have a son, Pratap. Rajnath dies in a horse-riding accident. Sanjukta makes regular visits to the boarding school to see Ajay and, when he grows up, she brings him home. Ajay meets Naini (Neeta Mehta) and fall's in love with her after a few misadventures. Sanjukta makes Ajay ([[Vinod Khanna]]) into not only a very important man but also shields him every time and finally confesses before the public that Ajay is her husband's first son and therefore, is entitled to respect. However, her own son Pratap ([[Deb Mukherjee]]) feels slighted and becomes wayward. Some people around them also try to further damage the relations between the two brothers. However, for every sin of the younger brother, Ajay protects him and takes the blame. Sanjukta, not knowing the actual situation, gets disturbed. Pratap seduces Geeta (Geeta Bhel)and gets her pregnant and blames Ajay vide her father Rana(Trilok Kapoor).At one stage, she blames Ajay for every wrong thing which actually has been done by her own son. Ajay leaves the house. But soon thereafter, the situation changes as Rana standing in support of Pratap feel deceived as he lets him down refusing to accept his daughter. In the climax, these men try to kill Pratap in a polo match, but Ajay, who comes to know of this plan, rescues his brother. Then, Pratap realizes his half-brother's kindness. He surrenders to Ajay and accepts him as the elder brother. The family reunites.

== Cast ==
* [[Nutan]] as Sanjukta Chouhan
* [[Vinod Khanna]] as Ajay Chouhan
* [[Asha Parekh]] as Tulsi
* [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] as Thakur Rajnath Singh Chouhan
* [[Deb Mukherjee]] as Pratap Chouhan
* Neeta Mehta as Naini
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Agarwal
* [[Chandrashekhar Dubey]] as Subramaniam (Accountant)
* [[Purnima (Hindi actress)|Purnima]] as Rajnath's mother
* Geeta Bhel as Geeta
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Naini's father
* [[Bhagwan]] as Bhimsingh (Naini's servant)
* [[Goga Kapoor]] as Thakur Ajmer Singh
* [[Hina Kausar]] as courtesan

==Soundtrack==
The music is composed by [[Laxmikant-Pyarelal]] and lyrics are by [[Anand Bakshi]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 25:53
| title1 = Chhap Tilak Sab Chhini Re | extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]] | length1 = 5:09
| title2 = Nathaniyan Jo Dali | extra2 = [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Hemlata (singer)|Hemlata]] | length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Yeh Khidki Jo Band Rahti Hai | extra3 = [[Mohammed Rafi]] | length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Saiyan Rooth Gaye | extra4 = [[Shobha Gurtu]] | length4 = 3:23
| title5 = Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki | extra5 = Lata Mangeshkar | length5 = 4:53
| title6 = Main Tera Kya Le Jaoongi | extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar | length6 = 1:35
| title7 = Mat Ro Behna | extra7 = Lata Mangeshkar | length7 = 1:34
}}

==Awards and nominations==
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* [[Filmfare Best Film Award]] — [[Raj Khosla]]
* [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] — [[Nutan]]
* [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]] - [[Rahi Masoom Raza]]
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Director — [[Raj Khosla]]
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — [[Nutan]]
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — [[Asha Parekh]]
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Lyrics — [[Anand Bakshi]] for "Main Tulsi Tere."
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer — [[Shobha Gurtu]] for "Saiyan Rooth Gaye"
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Story — Chandrakant Kakodkar
* [[Nutan]] was nominated as both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She won the [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]], but she and co-star [[Asha Parekh]] lost out the Best Supporting Actress Award to [[Reena Roy]] for [[Apnapan]] (1978), who refused the award saying that her role in the film was a leading role, not a supporting role.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref>

==Reception==
The film became a success at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold-70s/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181419/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold-70s/ |archive-date=18 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The title song sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] became an instant classic.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0151466|Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki}}

{{FilmfareAwardBestFilm 1971–1990}}

[[Category:1978 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Raj Khosla]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]

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