No big star, no big budget, the film which gave competition to ‘Sholay’ in 1975, ‘Mata Rani’ had immense blessings.

New Delhi. The noise about expensive budget films has been there for years, not just today. In the era of lakhs, when films worth crores were made, they used to be in the headlines. ‘Sholay’ of 1975 is considered among the expensive films of that era. This film was made for around Rs 3 to 4 crores. The film created history in terms of earnings. But do you know that this year a film came in which neither there was any big actor nor the film had a big budget. But still the film gave a huge competition to ‘Sholay’.

The film we are talking about is ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ which was released in the year 1975. The era when people only liked to watch action. Then this film also set a new trend and films started being made on such stories.

Low budget film created a stir
Made with a budget of only Rs 20 to 25 lakhs, this film broke all records in terms of earnings. These figures had included this film in the list of films with great collections in the history of Bollywood. ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ was the second biggest hit after the 1975 film ‘Sholay’. After that the film ‘Deewar’ was at number three. The film would do business of more than Rs 5 crore in that period.

Second highest grossing film of 1975.

The film neither had any big star nor any action.
There is no big Bollywood actor in this film of director Vijay Sharma. This film based on the lives of common people was greatly liked by the audience. The special thing is that there is no action scene in it, yet this movie left a different impression on the hearts of people.

Anita Guha played the lead role
Anita Guha played the lead role in ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’. She reached Mumbai after winning a talent hunt. There came a period in her career when she continued doing religious films. He did films like Sampoorna Ramayana, Kan-Kaan Mein Bhagwan, Devkanya and Maharani Padmamini. She got typecast in similar films.

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