Laali Mausi would always hug Ajit, and call him her son. Other villagers would gather around to dissuade her from calling the stranger her son. Ajit was invited by the villagers to relive them of the ongoing menace of decoits. When she’s finally been coaxed away, Ajit discovers the truth: Mausi’s son was kidnapped and taken away by dacoits eighteen years ago. This touching sequence in the film connects the past with the present. Who acted as Laali Mausi in the 1971 film Mera Gaon Mera Desh? No one could respond but the film director Raj Khosla himself, who took care to inform us that the actress was none other than Purnima. The reviewer of this biography has fond memories of this incident. Raj was behind some of the finest films of the times, Woh Kaun Thi?(1964) and Do Raaste (1969), and endearing soundtracks like Lag ja gale and Jhumka gira re.