On the fifth day of the Rajasthan Mahotsav 2015, the Bhopalites experienced a delightful day witnessing one of the hit movies of Rajasthan Bai Chali Sasriye. Notably, under the series of film screenings at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan Rajasthani movie was screened. Bai Chali Sasariye is a 1988 Rajasthani language film. The movie ran for 100 days and thus created a history in Rajasthan cinema.
It was reported in 2004 that the film helped revive interest in films made in the Rajasthani language. but an article in 2005, reported that Bai Chali Sasariye was the only successful Rajasthani film over the previous 15 years. This movie is remade in Hindi as Saajan Ka Ghar (1994) starring Juhi chawla and Rishi kapoor. The Dhanrajs are blessed with a daughter. However, during childbirth, Dhanraj’s wife dies and he blames his daughter for his wife’s fate. He refuses to see her face and remarries. His daughter, laxmi, grows up to be a beautiful woman who’s ignored by her father and abused by her stepmother.
The only person who stands by her is her half-brother. laxmi soon gets married but fate seems to hold nothing new for her. She has a loving relationship with her husband, but her mother-in-law couldn’t stand her and she too physically abuses her. The adherent movie goers and the art lovers of the city were observed at the film screening enjoying the movie at Abhirang Hall Bharat Bhavan.
