Beta (Translation: Son) is a 1992 Indian Hindi drama film, directed by Indra Kumar and written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey.

[3] It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with major praise directed towards the performances of Kapoor, Dixit and Irani.

At the 38th Filmfare Awards, Beta received a leading 9 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Kumar) and Best Music Director (Anand–Milind), and won a leading 5 awards, including Best Actor (Kapoor), Best Actress (Dixit) and Best Supporting Actress (Irani).

[4] Raju (Anil Kapoor) is the only son of his wealthy land owning father Prem Chaudhary (Akash Khuranna).

Together with her brother Totaram (Anupam Kher) and his wife Mynavati (Bharati Achrekar), they conspire on how to transfer all property to Lakshmi Devi's name.

When his father finds out that Raju stopped going to school at Lakshmi Devi's instructions, he called out to her to question her.

Lakshmi Devi and Totaram, hearing Prem, pours oil on the steps causing him to fall down the flight of stairs and hurting his head severely.

One day, Raju meets Saraswati (Madhuri Dixit) at a wedding and falls head over heels in love with her.

In the meantime, Lakshmi Devi fixes an alliance for Raju with an equally uneducated girl from their own village, so that she too can be manipulated and can finally succeed in transferring the property in Lakshmi Devi and her son, Ramesh (Adi Irani), Raju's step brother's name.

Initially, Saraswati had to bear the brunt of Raju's anger when she tried to convince him of his mother's conniving intentions.

For every attempt of Lakshmi Devi's schemes, Saraswati wittingly plays and backfires their plans ensuring that Raju gets the message without being offended.

When Saraswati becomes pregnant, her father, Shyamlal (Satyen Kappu) comes home with hoards of sweets for her in-laws and a box of saffron.

But blinded by Lakshmi Devi's love, Raju not only refuses to believe her, he even accuses her of conspiring stories against his mother.

Lakshmi Devi repented that her greed for wealth stretched a bit too far this time to the point of killing a son who had loved her with a true heart.

Anuradha Paudwal won her third consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" which is based on Sridevi's Telugu song "Abbanee Teeyani" from Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, composed by Ilayaraja.