Mere Huzoor 1968

Akhtar Hussain, Jeetendra, saves the life of Nawab Salim Raaj Kumar and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, and Akhtar goes there. On a train journey, he meets Saltanat Mala Sinha and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim’s house, Akhtar is treated with utmost respect, given employment, and a place to live. Akhtar meets Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, leaving him heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down. Pyarelal, Johnny Walker, Akhtar’s friend, falls in love with Geeta, Indira. Saltanat soon gives birth to a son. Salim is very affectionate with this child, and the child grows to like Salim. Akhtar, meanwhile, has fallen in with bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan named Firdous by the instigation of Nabban Miya, Rammohan Sharma. When Saltanat finds out about the affair, she is outraged and asks Akhtar to reform, but instead, Akhtar divorces her, leaving her and her child homeless, and with nowhere to turn. Salim offers to assist her, but Saltanat thinks that Salim is to blame for the current situation, as he may have had a hand in bringing ruin upon herself and Akhtar just to get even for her not marrying him. But soon Saltanat realizes that she was wrong. Salim marries Saltanat to save her from people’s wrong thinking about her. Meanwhile, Akhtar realizes that he has lost everything as the courtesan rejects him for another man. But it is too late. One day Akhtar comes to Salim’s home to see his son for the last time as he is leaving the city and also to seek pardon from Saltanat. While leaving the house, Salim calls to Akhtar many times, but Akhtar runs away. Running behind Akhtar, Salim suffers a road accident and dies in the arms of Akhtar and Saltanat. After many years, when Saltanat’s son is going abroad to be a doctor, all the family visits Salim’s grave. Near the grave, there is an old man who has tended the area for years. He is none other than Akhtar Hussain…