Chatpati is a 1983 Bollywood film directed by V. Ravindra and produced by Deven Verma, starring Smita Patil and Raj Kiran in lead role. The film also has a huge supporting cast including Reema Lagoo, Sudhir Dalvi, Shreeram Lagoo, Preeti Ganguli and Jayshree T..
A former theater owner and his crippled daughter live in poverty until a chance encounter with a young pickpocket brings romance for the petty criminal and daughter as well as a chance by the father to get back at the villainous new theater owner who ousted him from the business years before.
Uma (Mumtaz Shanti) and Babul (Suresh) are poor and homeless siblings. Both of them have got singing talent but are unable to find any job. Then they meet Nirmal who is younger brother of theater owner Janki Babu. Nirmal persuades his brother to give them a chance. After seeing their talent, Janki...
Chandra, an upcoming lawyer, meets and falls in love with Roopa, a poor woman. After the wedding, Roopa is ill-treated by her in-laws and, unable to stand up to his family, Chandra takes to drinking.