Mhari Pyari Chanana (1983)

Successful Rajasthani melodrama adapted from Vyas’s stage hit. Poor Ramu (Puri) and rich Chanana (Saxena) are childhood lovers but class differences keep them apart as her desires conflict with the need to maintain her father’s social standing. The film evokes the Laila- Majnu and Shirin-Farhad legends with overtones of Devdas thrown in for good measure.