A Hindi film ‘Meera’ was screened at Bharat Bhavan here on Sunday. The movie is directed by Gulzar and features Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna and Shammi Kapoor in lead roles.

The movie is based on the life of saint-poet Meera who left princely comforts in pursuit of her love for lord Krishna. The movie was released in year 1979 and showcases Meera’s life through historical perspective than the mythological perspective.

Through the movie, Gulzar showcased the struggles of a woman, her sacrifices and her love filled with purity.

The story is set around 1580, in the time of King Akbar. Biramdev is the king of Medta, a province in Rajasthan. He has two daughters, Meera (Hema Malini) and Krishna (Vidya Sinha) and a son, Jaimal (Dinesh Thakur).

Meera is in deep emotional love with lord Krishna, so much so that she considers lord Krishna to be her husband.

Medta decides to join hands with Raja Vikramajit (Shammi Kapoor). As a part of this agreement Meera is married to Vikramajit's son, Rana Bhojraj (Vinod Khanna). But even after getting married her love for lord Krishna remains the same and she follows her own ideals and way of living which are not very acceptable to Bhojraj and his family.

One thing leads to another and one day Meera is declared as an outcast and traitor who failed to play a wife's duties towards her husband, a bride's duties towards her family, and a woman's duties towards society.

Finally she is given a death sentence and is ordered to drink a cup of venom in front of the public.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Bharat Bhavan Prem Shankar Shukla along with adherent film lovers of the city were present watching the show.