Manchali is a 1973 Hindi romantic drama movie produced and directed by Raja Nawathe,[1] starring Sanjeev Kumar, Leena Chandavarkar, Nazima and Nirupa Roy.

Being a headstrong and self-willed person, Leena concocts a plan on the advice of her best friend Pushpa, to hire a fake husband under a marriage contract in order to be eligible for her wealth.

She then announces to her uncle and aunt that she has found a suitable life partner and she is going to Dehra Dun to marry him alone.

A street-smart young man who helps her in this (Sanjeev Kumar) becomes her confidante that she is here to hire a fake husband.

He helps her in finding a hotel for the night and with his fast-talking street smart ways introduces himself as a candidate for the post.

Stuck in a corner and not wanting to go back home without a husband, She agrees to marry him and they both sign a contract that it is a fake marriage and he is to give her divorce after two days of her inheriting her wealth.

On reaching her home, to her surprise, Her uncle and aunt are very impressed with her husband (introduced as Sushil Kumar) and take to him very well.

Not able to share her concerns about Sushil Kumar robbing her, with anyone in the house; she speaks to Pushpa as she comes for the reception party and the two friends reconcile.

Then Sushil Kumar tells her that he spent the whole day, transferring the property back in her name only, putting the cash and jewellery in a bank locker, the key to which he gives her, and getting special divorce papers made by a magistrate that they just have to sign out of court.