Mangalsutra-clad, sindoor sporting, kanjeevaram wearing wives took over the screen with chants of their respective 'pati parmeshars' in a manner that would put K soaps to shame.

Known to make films that involved around female protagonists, filmmaker Raj Khosla unleashed a soppy melodrama called Main Tulsi Tere Aanghan Ki, about two women in love with the same man. Asha Parekh plays the other woman demonstrating unconditional devotion towards her illicit affair. Nutan essays the strong-willed wife raises the former's son, despite being fully aware, that he is the progeny of her husband's infidelities. Complicated, yes but Main Tulsi ran to packed houses.

It was time to play dutiful wifey yet again for Nutan; but this time to a deceased hubby in Sawaan Kumar Tak's tearjerker drama, Saajan Bina Suhagan. By then, the legendary actor was sleepwalking through such roles.

At that time, Ghar came like a breath of fresh air amidst these suffocating portrayals of the 'ideal' woman. Sensitive and realistic, Ghar which dealt with rape and its aftermath on the psyche of a married victim, was laced with Manik Chatterjee's keen direction, Dinesh Thakur's compelling narrative, Gulzar's lilting poetry, Rahul Dev Burman's enchanting score and superlative performances from Rekha and Vinod Mehra.

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