Meera

9/20/2026

# **Film: *Meera* (1979)** ***Meera*** is a 1979 Hindi-language film by **Gulzar**. **PLOT:** \*\*\*\*\* **MUSIC:** \*\*\*\*\* **PERFORMANCE:** \*\*\*\*\* **CINEMATOGRAPHY:** \*\*\*\*\* ### **Starring** **Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Shreeram Lagoo, Shammi Kapoor, Dina Pathak, Vidya Sinha, Bharat Bhushan, Amjad Khan** **Review by Dr Usman Latif Khwaja** # **A SAINT OR A SINNER?** The magnum opus by **Gulzar** is a very underrated movie. It received critical acclaim but was a commercial flop when released in 1979. It is historically accurate, and the making was immaculate too, but our audiences want masala, and that was absent. **Hema Malini** was devoid of her nakhras, wigs, elaborate sarees or dancing, especially *post-Sanyasi*, so it was rejected. But it remai