'Mere Paas Maa Hai': How a single 50-year-old dialogue redefined Bollywood's portrayal of motherhood

If you call yourself a cinema lover, you must have heard this iconic dialogue from the famous 1975 movie Deewar, where Shashi Kapoor delivers a line, 'Mere paas maa hai.'  This simple yet powerful dialogue became iconic, and it redefined Bollywood’s depiction of motherhood in the best possible way. Today, on the occasion of International Mother's Day 2025, let us tell you how this iconic line transformed storytelling in Hindi films.

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