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Added: Oct 15, 2008

From: jbz7879

Duration: 4:59

the pen ultimate indian romance which belittles any other love epic in it's intense emotional appeal and vast vision of the adventures of a courtesan in 18th century india, this is an acclaimed masterpiece of writing and execution .this is stylized cinema at its best and it is more tasteful then any opera or ballet you have ever seen, its chic,high camp and ravishingly artistic in its set design ,use of subtle colour with dazzling costumes and jewellery.the sound editing is used in unison with the effortless camera movements, that sweep gracefully in montages of the most melodious soundtrack ever from bollywood, embellished by the most insightfull dialogues from the genius of kamal amrohi and who can mouth the poetic urdu prose better than meena as saheb jan-the doomed virginal courtesan who searches across the vasteness of a fertile indian plain in a spiritually desolate terrain ,as a victim hunted by the vultures of social aristocracy .that she is a muslim aristocrat herself is the cruel but humourous prank played upon the establishment by fate .the story in one of the greatest romantic adventures on screen and it used the images of the train as a real revelation , the eighteenth century steam locomotor persistently haunts ,deceives and succours our love protagonists .the first meeting in a train compartment where a stranger stumbles on a sleeping sahib jan to leave an eternally written note at the feet of the dancing woman is the ultimate chivalryous tribute a man can pay to a woman .DO NOT PUT YOUR PRETTY FEET ON THE GROUND ,THEY MIGHT GET SOILED .THE URDU RENDITION IS MAGICAL ,and the satire immersed in the romance works from showing the family life of the muslim aristocracy in india to the cultural spendour of the institution of courtesans and the callously civilized exploitation of the weaker sex ,but all this is nothing compared to the loneliness of the young courtesan who is virtually entombed in a gilded cage of gold and gems ,the debate on sexual repression and emancipation within the context of sex trade is even more relevant in todays milieu ,making this universal and evergreen .the most artistically consummate commercial movie ever done in india and a jewel in the crown of urdu language ,this is an immortal epitaph for the great vocals of meena with her absolutely graceful body language and for the genius of amrohi to capture a social satire in the confines of a romance without even baring the arms of his leading lady [let alone a kiss],yet she looks like a celestial beauty descended from heavens itself -i believe 2 versions exist with the directors cut showing a tragic end but the one available is no less profoundly moving -a masterpiece

Channel: Education

Tags: amrohi  bollywood  classic  ghulam  hyder  kamal  kumari  lata  mangeshkar  meena  nadira 

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