A Bollywood film, Deedar, was screened here on Sunday at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan, that received a good response from Bhopalites. Screened under Chhavi series of classical cinema the movie was a part of weekly film screenings held at Bharat Bhavan every Sunday.
Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles. The movie is all about a story of unfulfilled love, when hero’s childhood love is separated from him due to class inequalities.
It is one of noted tragedies made in early Hindi cinema. Upon its release it became popular film of the Golden era and further established Dilip Kumar as ‘King of Tragedy’. The story revolves around young Shamu who lives with his widowed mom, and works in the orchard of Daulatram Rai. He is very friendly with Mala, Daulatram’s only child, and they often go horse-riding. While riding one day, Mala and Shamu get thrown down, and Mala is injured. Her enraged and snobbish dad fires Shamu and forbids Mala to ever see him again.
He and his mom leave to re-locate elsewhere. On the way, his mom passes away, leaving a grieving Shamu in the care of young Champa and her uncle. A depressed Shamu runs away, straight into a sand-storm, and loses his vision. Blind and dependent, Shamu is looked after by Champa and her uncle.
Years later, the uncle passes away, but Shamu still lives with Champa and makes a living by singing. Champa adores him, but Shamu is unable to get Mala out of his mind. Dr. Kishore hears him sing, is pleased, and offers to restore his vision free of cost. When Shamu regains his sight, his only thought is to find Mala and re-kindle their love. A huge crowd visited the hall to watch the movie and enjoyed watching Dilip Kumar and Nargis all over again on big screen.