Kathputli (1971) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) [DVD]

Pushpa (Vaijayanthi Mala), a sweet young girl, lived to love inanimate puppets
spring to life at the hands of the handsome puppeteer Shivraj (Kamala Laxman).
But the hand that made puppets dance & jump, skid & fight, make love &
romance, got crippled in an accident. Shivraj shed silent tears & Pushpa
cried. Her pity turned to love & she found a new life surge in her. She loved
to dance & sing in her newfound joy. Her devotion to her love symbolised in
her dance did not go un-noticed by the famous impresario Loknath (Balraj
Sahni). She found herself on the stage & soon after that in the lime light.
She married Shivraj, made a small happy home for him & bore him a child. But
Shivraj didnt enjoy his life in the back-seat of Pushpas drive to fame. He
found fault with her for no reason & saw red where it didnt exist. His feeling
of humiliation gave way to jealousy & frustration. Her little hopes, her fond
love, her child were all beyond her reach now. But Loknath, the man who
brought her into limelight, helped her find Shivraj & her child. Shivraj
refused to come back to her. On the stage it was never the same again.
Everything had changed. Thats how she felt.Perhaps they were all victims of
circumstances; Pushpa, Shivraj, the little child & Loknath. So are we - but do
our circumstances makes us helpless while facing the situation that Pushpa had
before her or Shivraj! Does Loknaths struggle to find a solution in bringing
joy where there were tears, hope in despair, light in darkness?