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{{Infobox film
| name = Meera
| image = MeeraFilmPoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| producer = Premji, J.N. Manchanda
| director = [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
| writer = [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
| screenplay = [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
| story = Bhushan Banmali
| starring = [[Hema Malini]] [[Vinod Khanna]] [[Shreeram Lagoo]] [[Shammi Kapoor]] [[Dina Pathak]] [[Vidya Sinha]] [[Bharat Bhushan]] [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]
| cinematography = K. Vaikunth
| editing = Waman Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1979|05|25|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| music = [[Ravi Shankar|Pandit Ravi Shankar]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| country = India
| budget =
}}
'''''Meera''''' ({{lang-hi|मीरा}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1979|1979]] [[Hindi language]] film by [[Gulzar]]. The film is based on the life of [[Meera]], a [[Hindu]] saint-poet who renounced princely comforts in pursuit of her love for [[Krishna|Lord Krishna]]. The film portrays the life and times of Meera from a historical perspective rather than a mythological one. The soundtrack by Pt. Ravi Shankar features the award-winning playback singer Vani Jairam.

The film did not perform well at the Indian box office, although it received critical acclaim.<ref name="Somaaya2008">{{cite book|author=Bhawana Somaaya|title=Hema Malini: The Authorized Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnVsBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT77|date=1 February 2008|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5194-048-7|pages=77–}}</ref><ref name="Dwyer2006">{{cite book|author=Rachel Dwyer|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsKR1RKoJKUC&pg=PA88|date=27 September 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-38070-1|pages=88–}}</ref>

==Plot==
The story is set around 1580, in the time of King [[Akbar]]. Biramdev ([[Shreeram Lagoo|Dr Shreeram Lagoo]]) is the king of Medta, a province in [[Rajasthan]]. He has two daughters, Meera ([[Hema Malini]]) and Krishna ([[Vidya Sinha]]) and a son, Jaimal ([[Dinesh Thakur]]). Meera is in deep emotional love with [[Krishna|Lord Krishna]], so much so that she considers Lord Krishna to be her husband. Akbar ([[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]) is becoming stronger day by day and hence other small provinces are trying to join against him. Medta, in one such political agreement, decides to join hands with Raja Vikramajit ([[Shammi Kapoor]]). As a part of this agreement Meera is married (against her wish) to Vikramajit's son, Rana Bhojraj ([[Vinod Khanna]]). But even after getting married her love for Lord Krishna remains the same and she follows her own ideals and way of living which are not very acceptable to Bhojraj and his family. One thing leads to another and one day Meera is declared as an outcast and traitor who failed to play a wife's duties towards her husband, a bride's duties towards her family, and a woman's duties towards society. She is jailed and a public trial is ordered to decide her fate. But Meera is still unshakable and her spirituality keeps her going. She is not even afraid of death. Finally she is given a death sentence and is ordered to drink a cup of venom in front of the public. The love between Meera devi and Lord Krishna is so unshakeable that even the venom does not affect her. She walks out of the royal court after drinking the venom singing Lord Krishna's praises. The entire town follows her, completely absorbed in her kirtan (devotional song). She enters the Krishna temple and becomes one with Lord Krishna.

==Cast==
*[[Hema Malini]] as [[Meera|Meera Rathod]]
*[[Vinod Khanna]] as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
*[[Shreeram Lagoo|Dr. Shreeram Lagoo]] as Raja Biramdev Rathod
*[[Shammi Kapoor]] as Raja Vikramjeet Singh Sesodia
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Kul Guru (Head Priest)
*[[Dina Pathak]] as Mrs. Biramdev Rathod a.k.a. 'Kunwarbai'
*[[Vidya Sinha]] as Krishna Rathod
*[[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] as Badshah [[Akbar]]
*[[Bharat Bhushan]] as [[Tansen]]
*[[A.K. Hangal]] as [[Guru Ravidas|Saint Raidas]]
*[[Sudha Chopra]] as Uda Sesodia
*[[Dinesh Thakur]] as Jaimal Rathod
*[[T P Jain]] as Poojary (priest)

==Production==
Film's costume designer Bhanu Athaiya used changing hues of Meera saris to show her spiritual evolution rather dissolving into Krishna. Starting with vibrant colours as a princess, she leave the palace in orange (bhagwa), gradually shifting to yellow, fawn and finally to much paler beige colour.<ref name="SommyaJigna2012">{{cite book|author1=Bhawana Sommya|author2=Kothari Jigna|author3=Supriya Madangarli|title=Mother Maiden Mistress : Women In Hindi Cinema,1950-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dtec0Ykfo1sC&pg=PA1978|date=17 April 2012|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-93-5029-485-7|pages=1978–}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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| all_music = [[Ravi Shankar|Pandit Ravi Shankar]]

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| title1 = Aeri Main To Prem Deewani
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| title2 = Baala Main Bairaagan Hoongi
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| title3 = Badal Dekh Dari
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| title4 = Hari Om Tansen
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| title5 = Jaago Bansiwale
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| title6 = Jo Tum Todo Piya
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| title7 = Karna Fakiri Phir Kya Dilgiri
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| title8 = Karuna Suno Shyam More
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| title9 = Main Sanware Ke Rang Rachi
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| title10 = Mere To Giridhar Gopal
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| title11 = Pyar Darshan Dijo Aaj
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| title12 = Ranaji Main To Govind
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| title13 = Shyam Maane Chaakar
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==Awards and nominations==
* 1980 [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] - Won - [[Vani Jairam]] for "Mere To Giridhar Gopal"

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Chatterjee, Saibal (2007) - Echoes and Eloquences, The Life and Cinema of Gulzar, Rupa & Co. {{ISBN|978-81-291-1235-4}}.
* Gulzar (1979) - Meera: Katha, Montage, Anusandhan aur Patkatha : Gulzar, Radhakrishan Prakashan.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0081147|Meera}}

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[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1580s]]
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[[Category:Films set in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Films set in the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ravi Shankar]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Gulzar]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gulzar]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Akbar]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Tansen]]
[[Category:Films set in the Rajput Empire]]
[[Category:Krishna in popular culture]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Indian historical films]]
[[Category:1970s biographical films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indian monarchs]]

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