Haathi Mere Saathi (1971)

"Haathi Mere Saathi" is a 1971 Drama movie directed by M. A. Thirumugam and starring by Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja Samarth. Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to survive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is able to build his own private zoo, housing tigers, lions, bears, and of course the four elephants. His wife, however, fears for her child and tells him that he must choose between the animals and his family.