Shabri played by
veteran actress Sarita Devi was an elderly lady with low vision who waits for
the visit of Rama as told by her guru at her hut in the jungle. Each day she
goes to the wild and collects berry fruits to offer Rama. She would bite the fruit
and keep the sweet berries aside and throw away the bitter ones. One day
finally, Rama and Lakshmana visit the old Shabri at her hut.
Shabri could not hide
her joy and offers her half eaten berries to which Rama smiles and eats. Lakshmana becomes skeptics and says to Rama,
the food is spoiled as it is half eaten. To which Rama says he would accept
anything offered with such devotion. It was Shabri who tell Rama to meet
Sugriva. Shabri is known for her patience of devotion in awaiting Rama which she
finally attains.
Born in 1925, Sarita
Devi stated her film career in 1953 with Jeewan Jyoti that lasted till late
80s; an overall of 200 movies and four TV series. She was part of popular hindi
films like Devdas (1955), Pakeezah (1972) and Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985) to name
few. She was the first cinematic face of Rajasthan. Interestingly she had done
a hindi dubbing of seven Russian movies in her long career. She passed away in
2001.
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