Another Hindi classic of Guru Dutt left the audience mesmerised. When screened on big screen at Bharat Bhavan, Hindi film ‘Bharosa’ took the audience back to memory lane of old Hindi cinema.
It is to be noted that the movie was screened here on Thursday at Bharat Bhavan, marking the seventh day of film festival Ekagra. The festival is being organised by Chhavi wing, of classical movies, Bharat Bhavan to pay a tribute to legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt.
Bharosa is a Hindi film which was released in 1963. The film features Guru Dutt, Asha Parekh and Mehmood in lead roles. The film is directed by K Shankar.
The film revolves around Ramdas, a rich man suffering from tuberculosis gives his servant a large sum of money to look after his son, but the servant misuses the money and keeps the boy uneducated, making him do menial work instead.
Ramdas is a trusting individual, and trusts everybody around him. When times turn bad for him, he entrusts the life of his son, Bansi, to his trusted employee, Ronaklal, and departs. He regularly sends money to Ronaklal to provide for the upkeep of his son, but Ronaklal uses this money to educate his son, Deepak, keeps Bansi uneducated, and makes him do a lot of manual work.