Pyaasa

Vijay (Dutt) is unemployed and striving to become a published poet, but his efforts are initially only appreciated by his loyal mother, his girlfriend (Mala Sinha), his comic pal, masseuse Abdul (Johnny Walker) and a young prostitute he befriends, Gulab (played by then rising star Waheeda Rehman). But after he is mistakenly believed killed in an accident and his reputation instantly soars, he sees that success may hang only on a twist of fate. (Independent Cinema Office)