The third Big B movie, I would like to review is: Reshma Aur Shera . I will always remember this movie for long time.
Reshma and Shera love each other in the midst of a violent feudal conflict between their clans. When their families find out about their relationship, Chotu, Shera's sharp shooting kid brother carries out his father's orders to kill Reshma's father and her recently married brother. Unable to bear the grief of the widowed bride Raakhee, Shera kills his own father believing he actually pulled the trigger. Trying to save Shera from grief and destructive madness, Reshma marries Chotu. In the climax, Shera tries to redeem his patricidal act and commits suicide. Reshma also dies, rolling down a sand dune towards his dead body. A sandstorm comes to cover their bodies, united in death.
‘Reshma Aur Shera’ is a romantic drama movie which was directed by Sunil Dutt. The movie was released in 1971 under the banner of Ajanta Arts. Other starcast included Ranjeet, Naval Kumar, Padma Khanna, B.B. Bhalla, Sulochana Latkar, Amrish Puri, K.N. Singh, Jayant, Om Prakash Chopra etc in important roles. The movie was produced by Sunil Dutt and S.P. Mahendra whereas the movie was written by S. Ali Raza. Music of the movie was given by Jaidev Verma and the songs of the movie were rendered by Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar. Hit songs of the movie are listed below:
1. Tu Chanda Main Chaandini2. Ek Meethi Si Chuban3. Jab Se Lagan Lagaayi Re4. Tauba Tauba Meri Tauba5. Nafrat Ki Ek Thokar Ne
Movie starts at the place of Rajasthan where a beautiful and attractive village belle named Reshma (Waheeda Rehman) lives with her family. She has fallen in love with a guy named Shera (Sunil Dutt) who is also living in the same place. He is tall, handsome and fair in appearance on which she has fallen. But the problem is that their family members are sworn enemy of each other and their relationship is not possible if they inform their respective parents. Later both of their families come to know about their love and then Shera’s father named Sagat Singh (Jayant) orders his second son to kill Reshma’s father named Chaudhary (K. N. Singh) as well as his newly married son named Gopal (Ranjeet).
Then Shera is not able to see Gopal’s wife (Rakhee Gulzar) in the state of devastation and therefore he kills his own father believing he actually pulled the trigger. But this incident makes the feud between the families more deep. Here Shera swears to kill his younger brother named Chhotu (Amitabh Bachchan) and starts searching him. But he is hiding in Reshma’s house and seeks protection from her. In the last, Shera waits outside the house of Reshma to kill Chhotu and then he comes to a shock when he witnesses that Chotu and Reshma emerge from the house as a married couple. Also he notices that Reshma has ‘Sindoor’ on her forehead and therefore he cannot kills her husband.
Great acting from all the cast. Amitabh Bachchan plays a mute man - and he proves that he is capable of speaking with his gestures more effectively than his superb voice.
Good photography with panoramic view of Thar desert of Rajasthan and blue sky above it. There are few scenes with breath taking beauty of the desert.
Great playback music and soundtrack from Jayadev. Excellent, true literary songs, by one of popular poet Bal Kavi Bairagi.
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