sentences:  At the 22nd National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, while Lata Mangeshkar won the award for Best Female Playback Singer.The film is a remake of 1963 Bengali film "Saat Pake Bandha" directed by Ajoy Kar, and starring Suchitra Sen which itself was based on the story "Saat Paake Bandha" by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay 
  
  Professor Sukesh Dutt (Vijay Anand) and Archana Gupta (Jaya Bachchan) meet each other in a chance encounter while traveling by BEST bus service in Mumbai.Archana's father likes Sukesh and both Archana and Sukesh also get attracted to each other and get married.