Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971)

In the background of the rise of the International Hare Krishna movement in the 1970s, is a Montreal-based family of the Jaiswals, consisting of mom, dad, son, Prashant, and daughter, Jasbir. Due to irreconcilable differences between Mr and Mrs Jaiswal, they separate, leaving Jasbir with dad, and Prashant with his mom. Eventually Prashant and his mom travel to India, leaving father and daughter behind in Montreal. Mr. Jaiswal re-marries, and brings his new wife to live in his home. Janice is told by her nanny that her mother & brother are dead. Back in India Prashant is sent to a boarding school and her father makes sure that none of his letters reach Jasbir, so that it would be easy on her part to get over emotional trauma. Jasbir on the other hand is upset with her inconsiderate step-mother and ignorant father who is deeply immersed in his business.

Years later, Prashant has grown up to be a pilot. He has received a letter from his dad that Jasbir, who had rebelled and left home, is now located in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a group of hippies. Prashant undertakes to find his sister and hopefully get her back to the family. When Prashant lands in Kathmandu he does not find Jasbir, but instead finds Janice, who is indeed his sister with a new name. Janice has no recollection of her childhood, and is always in the company of fellow-hippies spending most of her time consuming alcohol & drugs with them.

Janice lives with the hippies in the property rented out by local landlord Drona. Drona's real business is stealing ancient artifacts from Kathmandu and selling it to foreign nationals. Michael, one of the hippies is the one who does all the dirty work for him. Janice's boyfriend Deepak misunderstands that Prashant is trying to woo Janice, hence they exchange a few blows everytime they meet. Meanwhile Drona has an eye on Shanti, a local salesgirls working in one of the shops owned by him. Shanti has feelings for Prashant which creates one more enemy for him. Later Prashant and Shanti elope and they get married. At the same time a precious idol is stolen from local temple by Michael, which he hides in Janice's house. Prashant secretly observes all this. Drona tries to frame Shanti for theft by secretly planting another stolen artifact in her house. Later he spreads the word, that since the day Prashant has arrived idols are getting stolen and he is stalking local girls.

The police commissioner is a friend of Prashant's father, has already received a letter to him stating the actual purpose of Prashant's visit to Kathmandu. Police commissioner suspects that Drona is trying to frame Prashant because he has married Shanti. He gets a search warrant for the entire property of Drona and recovers a diary which has contact details of his friends in abroad who help him sell the stolen artifacts. The police also recover the stolen artifact from Shanti's home, squarely blaming Prashant for it. Shanti is deeply hurt by this and looks around for Prashant. Prashant meanwhile is with Janice, trying to convince her that he is her brother, which she had assumed dead long back. Michael overhears the conversation & conspires to put the blame of all this thefts on the brother sister duo. Taking advantage of the situation Drona and Michael infuriate the locals against Prashant by falsely framing him for the theft and duping Shanti under pretext of marriage. The hippies and the locals are now ready to bash the moment they come across Prashant.

When Prashant again tries to meet Janice, the hippies give him a solid thrashing. The police commissioner intervenes and Prashant is saved. At the same time real face of Drona is uncovered and he meets his end trying to run away from police. Janice sees that both her parents have arrived to meet her and realizes that Prashant is indeed her bother. Janice is deeply hurt that her parent had to see her in this state. She runs away from them and commits suicide. In suicide note she tells Prashant how deeply she loved him and she never intended him to find her in this state and suicide was the only way out for her.