Kaajal is a 1965 Hindi-language Drama Musical motion picture written by Phani Majumdar, Gulshan Nanda and Kidar Sharma. The movie is directed by Ram Maheshwari and produced by Pannalal Maheshwari under the banner of Famous Cine Studios in collaboration with Tardeo and Mumbai. The Munim (Clerk) in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh. Years later, Rajesh has grown up and is of marriageable age. He meets with beautiful Bhanu Saxena and both fall in love with each other. Shortly thereafter, in a boating accident, Kaushal passes away, leaving behind a devastated Madhavi, Rajesh, who blames himself for his death, and Ranimaa. A few months later, Rajesh gets married to Bhanu and she moves in with them. Bhanu dislikes Madhavi and would like her out of the way, she goes to the extent of accusing her of having an affair with her husband. Under pressure, Madhavi goes to kill herself, and is rescued by a young man named Moti. Rajesh likes Moti and would like him to marry Madhavi, to which he agrees. After the marriage, Madhavi bids adieu to Ranimaa, and Rajesh, and moves in with Moti. What Madhavi does not know that Moti had an agenda and an ulterior motive for marrying her, and it looks like she has been dumped from the frying pan into the fire. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Kaajal features Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari Bano, Padmini Ramachandran, Raaj Kumar Pandit and Gopal Sehgal. The screenplay is written by Phani Majumdar which is inspired from Maadhavi by Gulshan Nanda. The music was composed by Ravi. Cinematography was done by Sudhin Majumdar and editing by Keshav Nanda. It was released on 8th December 1965. The film made a box office gross of ₹2 crore.