Mahesh Bhatt’s debut film Manzilen Aur Bhi Hain portrayed three runaway convicts striding through a desert unable to find their way out. They have been on the run for days and now the heroine, Prema Narayan is hallucinating water everywhere and when the illusion breaks, so does her spirit!
Dev Anand in Vijay Anand’s Guide falls asleep outside a temple and a priest covers him with his shawl and now convict Raju is mistaken for a swami. The villagers believe that the swami will bring rain. There is a long sequence where Waheeda Rehman walks the street enduring the sun till she reaches Dev Anand in the climax.
Different directors projected the season to portray different moods. For Praksh Mehra, it was to evoke sympathy and tears for Omprakash dragging a cartload to be able to afford a drink for his master, Amitabh Bachchan in Sharabi.
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