‘Qatl’ was Sanjeev Kumar’s last film; he finished dubbing it a day before he died. The premise of the film: Who will believe a blind man can plan the perfect crime?
Khubsoorat won the Filmfare Best Film award in the 1980s. It established Rekha as a star who could carry a film on her own, even in the absence of famous male hero.
It steers clear of the traditional Bollywood stereotype of the Christian woman who goes on dates and loves to party. Lily is shown as an intelligent, studious and ambitious woman.
Benegal’s 1975 film is violent and brutal, an unflinching gaze on everything that can go wrong in a society where illiteracy is rampant and landlords hold all the power.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Films and books are a reflection of time they are created in. Can the wokeism around this stop? You may say it’s not a good watch for current times but it was a bold and important movie for that time. Calling it flawed is total BS. Flawed is the pov of people like you since you seem to think there is only 1 way that is ‘right’.
There is no reason to blame Rishi Kapoor’s character for playing the rescuer. At the time probably men NEEDED to step up since women did not have sufficient voice? Many men still have to step up since damsels in distress are not exactly an extinct species now. Just look at relevant sub-Reddits. Women are complaining all the time that they are not ‘allowed’ to speak out or live their lives and they have to silently accept as they can’t fight out irrespective of how educated and job ready they are. Would you blame any of their male relatives for stepping in and forcing changes in the family or call it much needed?
Wokeism and these annoying habits of calling most things past ‘flawed’ has to go if you want real change.
Isn’t it too late to review a 1982 movie in 2024. Very shallow review…
Films and books are a reflection of time they are created in. Can the wokeism around this stop? You may say it’s not a good watch for current times but it was a bold and important movie for that time. Calling it flawed is total BS. Flawed is the pov of people like you since you seem to think there is only 1 way that is ‘right’.
There is no reason to blame Rishi Kapoor’s character for playing the rescuer. At the time probably men NEEDED to step up since women did not have sufficient voice? Many men still have to step up since damsels in distress are not exactly an extinct species now. Just look at relevant sub-Reddits. Women are complaining all the time that they are not ‘allowed’ to speak out or live their lives and they have to silently accept as they can’t fight out irrespective of how educated and job ready they are. Would you blame any of their male relatives for stepping in and forcing changes in the family or call it much needed?
Wokeism and these annoying habits of calling most things past ‘flawed’ has to go if you want real change.