[2] and the success of Chhailla Babu gave a boost to the career of Khanna, who went through a bad phase between 1976 and 1978 at the box office.

A suspense thriller, Chhaila Babu was the yesteryear actor Joy Mukherjee's second and only successful film as a director.

A warning sign on the slopes is chopped down by an unseen person, and Rita skis blithely on into danger.

Meanwhile, in Bombay, Rita's gangster dad is murdered while trying to run away with a suitcase that has cash worth Rs 80 lakhs.

A policeman curiously reaches the murder scene, and the dying dad murmurs a number into his ear: 77203.

With no sign of the suitcase and suspecting the dreaded "Scorpion" to be behind the crime, the police call Rita to Mumbai.

Mac Mohan attacks Rita at her home and suddenly Chhaila Babu steps in to save her.

He tells her that society has made him a thief; that it robbed him of his family and left him with nothing to live for except vengeance, but she's unsympathetic.