tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post112835125601851558..comments2023-11-19T00:42:48.156-08:00Comments on balancing life: Revisiting Bandini: where strength is from withinSunilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-39135691642098406392009-02-25T18:35:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:35:00.000-08:00Once I played Rom, I did not know how to get stron...Once I played Rom, I did not know how to get strong, someone told me that you must have <A HREF="http://www.runesofmagicgold.us/" REL="nofollow">Rom Gold</A>. He gave me some <A HREF="http://www.runesofmagicgold.us/" REL="nofollow">Runes of Magic Gold</A>, he said that I could <A HREF="http://www.runesofmagicgold.us/" REL="nofollow">buy Rom Gold</A>, but I did not have money, then I played it all my spare time. 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I haven't seen the movie but you pain...Nice review. I haven't seen the movie but you painted a nice picture. But from what you've written it seems to me that if this film were to have been produced today, Paheli would still have been chosen over it for the Oscars.gawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081710140055676484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128502487242186652005-10-05T01:54:00.000-07:002005-10-05T01:54:00.000-07:00Chupke Chupke! What an awesome movie. Hrishikesh M...Chupke Chupke! What an awesome movie. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a genius. Chupke Chupke, Bawarchi, Golmaal, Guddi, Abhimaan. Such wonderful films. <BR/><BR/>We were watching Golmaal a few weeks ago and it was surprising how literate it is, how casually it references history and culture. Good stuff.karrvakarelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564711886357771427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128485800936376672005-10-04T21:16:00.000-07:002005-10-04T21:16:00.000-07:00true, good roles really helped. also having nostri...true, good roles really helped. also having nostrils capable of great acting skills helped gorgeous D at that time. and then of ocurse, the flaring nostrils took over and all we saw were the above mentioned kammeney roles. Hrishikesh, of course, Chupke Chupke - my all time favorite - what a fantastic movie! will now hum at work all day thinking about it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128438257566842882005-10-04T08:04:00.000-07:002005-10-04T08:04:00.000-07:00Sujatha.....do, its a wondeful movie.A......yes!qu...Sujatha.....do, its a wondeful movie.<BR/><BR/>A......yes!<BR/><BR/>quizman....as always, you're right! Looked it up, and indeed, this was not really Gulzaar's first movie as a lyricist, but he has indeed written as Gulzar Deenvi. Good bit of trivia...<BR/><BR/>Charu....i think the early Dharmendra was fortunate to have worked with some fabulous directors (Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, to name just two), who really know how to use his abilities, and get the most out of him. Good roles really helped. But imo, Hindi films took a nosedive, with the rise of the superstars....<BR/><BR/>Karrvakarela.....i think you'll enjoy Roy's movies immensely. Do bigha zameen and Sujata are my favs.<BR/><BR/>Sourin.....yes, it really was our Casablanca! I thought about that....but didn't want to introduce too much in to the post. The parallels are quite remarkable.....but this was a more moving tale of a woman, while there it was really about Bogart and Bergman. <BR/><BR/>'Gun na tha koi bhi, avgun mere bhula dena'.....wonderful.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128421011514921392005-10-04T03:16:00.000-07:002005-10-04T03:16:00.000-07:00SunilMan, this was excellent. If I remember correc...Sunil<BR/>Man, this was excellent. If I remember correctly the last scene of the movie is where Nutan is waiting for the train to take her to a young handsome Dharmendra and she bumps into Ashok Kumar who is dying of TB and boarding the ferry, for some hospital.<BR/><BR/>After just a moment of hesitation she turns aroung and runs to board the ferry into the arms of Ashok Kumar and SK Burmans earthy, melancholic voice, aided by the ships horn, sings this wonderful song in the background. What a deep song man. 'Gun na tha koi bhi, avgun mere bhula dena' Wow.<BR/><BR/>o re maajhii o re maajhii o o mere maajhii<BR/>mere saajan hai.n us paar, mai.n man maar, huu.N is paar<BR/>o mere maajhii, abakii baar, le chal paar, le chal paar<BR/>mere saajan hai.n us paar...<BR/><BR/>ho man kii kitaab se tuu, meraa naam hii miTaa denaa<BR/>gun to na thaa koii bhii, avagun mere bhulaa denaa<BR/>mujhako terii bidaa kaa...<BR/>mujhako terii bidaa kaa mar ke bhii rahataa i.ntazaar<BR/>mere saajan...<BR/><BR/>mat khel jal jaaegii, kahatii hai aag mere man kii<BR/>mat khel...<BR/>mat khel jal jaaegii, kahatii hai aag mere man kii<BR/>mai.n ba.ndinii piyaa kii chir sa.nginii huu.N saajan kii<BR/>meraa khii.nchatii hai aa.Nchal...<BR/>meraa khii.nchatii hai aa.Nchal man miit terii har pukaar<BR/>mere saajan hai.n us paar<BR/>o re maajhii o re maajhii o o mere maajhii<BR/>mere saajan hai.n us paar...<BR/><BR/>Excellent man. This was our Casablanca.<BR/><BR/>SourinSourin Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403501269620049377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128416510367531802005-10-04T02:01:00.000-07:002005-10-04T02:01:00.000-07:00Sunil: enjoyed reading this. I haven't seen any of...Sunil: enjoyed reading this. I haven't seen any of Bimal Roy's films but will go and look for them now. If the work of Gulzar and Hrishikesh Mukherjee is anything to go by, they ought to be superlative. I saw Nutan in <I>Tere Ghar ke Saamne</I> recently and she was wonderful there. Incidentally, the movie struck me as such an apt metaphor for the Indo-Pak relationship.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Quizman: Deena is a village near Jehlum, not Ludhiana.karrvakarelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564711886357771427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128413512830420842005-10-04T01:11:00.000-07:002005-10-04T01:11:00.000-07:00sunil, perfect. I found myself nodding in agreemen...sunil, perfect. I found myself nodding in agreement with every line...though my favorite is sujata. maybe just because of 'jaltey hain jiske liye'<BR/><BR/>and dharmendra was so handsome in those early movies. and managed to scrape some decent acting too - where and when did it degenrate into kuttey, kameene, mein tera khoon pee jaunga. sob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128382786618427292005-10-03T16:39:00.000-07:002005-10-03T16:39:00.000-07:00Nice post. Regarding Gulzar - this was not his fir...Nice post. <BR/><BR/>Regarding Gulzar - this was not his first film. He had written the lyrics for two earlier films using the name Gulzar Deenvi (from Deena, a village near Ludhiana). He has written in 1960 for Choron ki Baraat, Diler Hasina and Shriman Satyavaadi before Bandini.<BR/><BR/>There are two schools of thought regarding his disclaimer - one, that he had help with his roomates (Gulshan Bawra and others) in writing the lyrics of the above songs and is uncomfortable in calling them his own. Second, he wants people to believe that he arrived with a bang. <BR/><BR/>We are free to believe what we want <BR/>to. :-)<BR/><BR/>Related film - Duniya Na Mane (a.k.a Kunku in Marathi) starring Shanta Apte. It was made in 1937. Quite early for a feminist film, eh? You can get the VCD in the Prabhat films website.Quizmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954917456386552531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128364878071721102005-10-03T11:41:00.000-07:002005-10-03T11:41:00.000-07:00many many years back, SD's music ( O panchhhi pyar...many many years back, SD's music ( O panchhhi pyare...my favourite) led me to watch bandini. And although i've seen it so many times now, I still find something new in the movie that i didn't appreciate before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1128360601563194752005-10-03T10:30:00.000-07:002005-10-03T10:30:00.000-07:00Sunil, I'm sure I must have watched this on DD bac...Sunil, I'm sure I must have watched this on DD back in the b/w days, but will watch this one again now. Good write up. Thanks.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.com