53 years ago the film turned two villains into heroes, the actress died a few days after the film’s release.

53 years ago, this film produced two villainous heroes


New Delhi:

There is a film recorded in the history of Bollywood which simultaneously changed the lives of three big actors of the film industry. This film proved to be such a turning point in one’s career that the image on the cine screen changed. So, this proved to be the last film of one’s life. Not only this, some of the dialogues of the film became such hits that even today’s generation repeats them. Whether you have seen the movie or not. The name of this movie is Mere Upne. Which was released in the year 1971. The film was a huge hit at the box office. Apart from this, some special memories were also associated with this film.

The villain became the hero

The film featured both Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha. Interestingly, both of them had played negative roles in most of the films before this. Both were in action avatars in this film but for the first time both got a chance to play a positive character. The film proved to be a major turning point in both their careers and changed their image on screen. The dialogue of this film says that when Shyam came, Hainu came to meet him. Even today it is a big hit and is on the lips of children.

The actress died

Meena Kumari played an important role in this film. The entire film revolves around him. In this film, she played the role of an old and widowed woman. Who gradually becomes famous as grandmother among the orphans. Meena Kumari died shortly after this film. Meena Kumari breathed her last on 31 March 1972. After this film, Meena Kumari could work in few more films.



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