Friday, April 17, 2020

UNFORGETTABLE_FACE_OF_RAMAYAN : Sarita Devi as Shabri



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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