Reshma Aur Shera

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Reshma Aur Shera (Devanagari: रेशमा और शेरा, Nastaliq: ریشما اور شیرا, translation: "Reshma and Shera")is a 1971 Bollywood film starring Waheeda Rehman as Reshma and Sunil Dutt as Shera. Sunil Dutt had also produced and directed the film. The film also stars Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee and Amrish Puri. Sunil Dutt's son Sanjay Dutt who was 12 years at the time appears briefly as a qawali singer in his first film appearance.

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of Rajasthan, Reshma (Waheeda Rehman) and Shera (Sunil Dutt) love each other in the midst of a violent feud between their clans. When their families find out about their relationship, Chotu (Amitabh Bachchan), Shera's mute sharp shooting brother carries out his father Sagat Singh (Jayant)'s orders to kill Reshma's father (K. N. Singh) and her recently married brother Gopal (Ranjeet). Unable to bear the grief of Gopal's widowed bride (Raakhee), Shera kills his own father believing he actually pulled the trigger. After this tragedy, Reshma and Shera's family's feud will end only in more tragedy as misunderstandings lead to more bloodshed between the clans.

Cast

• Waheeda Rehman .... Reshma
• Sunil Dutt .... Shera
• Raakhee .... Gopal's wife
• Amitabh Bachchan ..... Chotu (Shera's brother)
• Vinod Khanna .... Vijay (Shera's brother)
• Ranjeet .... Gopal (Reshma's brother)
• Jayant .... Sagat Singh (Shera's father)
• K. N. Singh .... Chaudhary (Reshma's father)
• Amrish Puri .... Rehmat Khan
• Sanjay Dutt .... Qawali Singer (child artist)

External links

• Reshma Aur Shera at IMDB

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