Cutting Chai with Bhawana Somaaya - Day 480

Garam Hawa relevant after 40 years. Kill/ Dil disappoints.

14/11/2014

Ishan Arya produced aur M S Sathyu directed Garam Hawa ab tak ki partition filmon mein sab se bahtareen film hain.

Wo isliye ki azaadi ki kahani hote hue bhi ismein koi hinsa nahi dikhayi gayi hain.

Batwaare ke 26 saal baad, jab ye film saal 1973 mein release hone ko thi, tab sab se pehle, Censor Board ne subject ke khilaaf objection uthaya.

Baad mein Bombay ki ruling party ne virodh kiya aur aur phir Opposition ne isse Pakistan funded film bataya.

Jab Revising Committee ne aakhir mein film ko pass kiya, tab protestors ne film ko uttejit batakar ban  kar diya!

Ye alag baat hain ki Garam Hawa ko sabhi rashtriya aur antarashtriya puraskaron se sammanit kiya gaya.

Balraj Sahni ko iss film ke liye Best Actor National Award samarpit kiya gaya magar iss khabbar ke ek din pehle hi, Balraj Sahani ka intekal ho gaya.

Writer Ismat Chugtai ki kahani par adharit, Shama Zaidi- Kaifi Azmi likhi Garam Hawa Balraj Sahni ki aakhri aur Farooque Shaikh ki pehli film hain. Director M S Sathyu aur cmeraman  Ishaan Arya ki bhi pehli film hain.

Ye gaurav ki baat hain ki 40 saal purani film saal 2014 mein restore hokar theatre mein release hui hain.

Ye dukh ki baat hain ki 70 saal baad bhi, communal riots se jude muddein aaj bhi utne hi relevant hain jitne saal 1947 mein thhee, balki usse kai zyaada!

Garam Hawa ko Big Star entertainment ratings dainay ki meri kya aukaad – aap ne agar isse nahi dekha toh apne desh ko nahi samjha!

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Yash Raj Films produced aur Shaad Ali directed Kill/Dil do dost aur unke Bhaiyaaji ki kahani hain.

Bhaiyaaji yaane Govinda ne Dev/ Ranveer Singh aur Tutu/ Ali Zafar ko kachre se uthakar paal poss kar bada kiya hain.

Dev aur Tutu Bhaiyaaji ke liye, kabhi/ kahin aur kissi ka bhi murder kar sakte hain.

Kahani mein twist aata hain jab Dev ko Parineeti Chopra se pyaar ho jaata hain aur wo shareef banna chahta hain.

Film ka first half, unrealistic hone ke bawajood, racy, funny, witty aur engaging hain, problem, film ka second half hain jisme na surprises, na naveenta aur na hi conviction!!

Aakhir tak samajh mein nahi aata, ki kaun, kahan, kaunse shehar ya galli mein rehta hain? Kyon villain ka ghar mahal nazar hain aur hero ka ghar tabela? Kyon Gulzar saab har gaane ke pehle sher sunate hain?

Film ka minus film ka screenplay, film ka plus, film ka music khaas taurpe ShankarMahadevan- SonuNigam ka title song aur saare performances:

Parineeti Chopra, Ali Zafar, Ranveer Singh, Govinda energetic hain magar dil mein ghar nahi karte Jhoom Barabar Jhoom ke saat saal ke baad, director Shaad Ali se bohat umeed thi, magar baat nahi bani.

Kill /Dil ko Big EntertainmentRatings milte hain 2.5 stars.

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