Karz is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Rishi Kapoor and Tina Munim in the lead with Simi Garewal in the critically acclaimed role of Kamini Verma, the murderous wife, which won her a Filmfare nomination. The film's music was given by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. With chartbusting numbers like Om Shanti Om and Dard-E-Dil they went on to win Filmfare Best Music Director Award for this film and Anand Bakshi received two Filmfare nominations for the lyrics of these two hits.

Plot

The film begins with Ravi Verma (Raj Kiran) winning a court case against Sir Judah (Premnath), who had unjustly usurped the wealth and property of Ravi's father, Shanta Prasad Verma, after his death. Ravi calls his widowed mother (Durga Khote) and younger sister (Abha Dhulia) to share the good news and that he is marrying his girlfriend, Kamini (Simi Garewal), who is actually a gold-digger working for Judah, unbeknownst to him. On their way home to Coonoor, Kamini throws Ravi over a cliff to his death near a small temple of the Goddess Kali. Distraught at the sudden death of her son, Ravi's mother demands Goddess Lakshmi to allow her son to pay his mother's debt for dying prematurely, while Kamini inherits everything. Two decades later, Monty (Rishi Kapoor), an orphan raised by the wealthy G.G. Oberoi (Pinchoo Kapoor), is a professional singer who begins to have visions of Ravi's memories triggered by a tune that was Ravi's favourite.