I enjoy seeing good, artistic, relevant and meaningful films. Indian Cinema has produced many great and timeless films. , But Shelley is my favorite film. I have seen it many times over. Even now, whenever, there is an opportunity to see it, I do not miss it because its appeal is irrepressible.
Every time I see it, I find something new, something fascinating missed before. It is now almost 20 years old and yet it is ever fresh, green, wonderful and fascinating. These 20 years could not diminish the repeat value of the film.
Shelley is undoubtedly one of the best films Indian Cinema has produced. It was a great and unique teamwork of the best talents in the field. The team included director Rajesh Sappy, actors like Ajar Khan, Santee Kumar, Dharmendra, Amite Bacchant, Hemi Melina, Jay Bacchant and screen writers like Salem Jived. They were all at their creative best, and the result was a blockbuster. There are only a few films which can come near or measure up to this film. The film has tremendous and timeless appeal because of its superb dialogues, characters, combination of reality and fantasy, and great entertainment. People still remember Gabber Singh, Sonoma Bhopal, Samba, Kalian and even the mare Drano. Many dialogues can still be heard being repeated by the people here and there. Shelley proved a turning point, a corner-stone in the history of Indian Cinema as it introduced a new sensibility, a new style in the art of celluloid. He audience can very easily see their desires, hopes, fears, fantasies etc. reflected in the vast a panoramic sequence of scenes, situations, characters and their life-styles. Moreover, a couple of its songs too have been all torque hits.
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Everything about Shelley is so good and wonderful that it gives much pleasure to talk about it. To visualize its scenes, characters and dialogues is really fantastic. It holds a special place in my mind because it is once in life-time creation. It is simply extra-ordinary in conception, characterization, scenes, dialogues and audience-appeal. Even after 20 years of production it still commands a very large audience and appreciation. Rajesh Sappy was very right when he commented; it was a labor of love.’ Nothing he did after it measured up to it in dimensions quality, style and entertainment value.