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Special screening of `Aandhi'
Gulzar's `Aandhi' has a timeless appeal PHOTO: V. SUDERSHAN
Very few filmmakers in Hindi cinema have employed the flashback technique as extensively (and effectively) as Gulzar. This interplay between past and present is used to maximum advantage in one of his best works, Aandhi.
A film that released around the same time Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in the country, it ran into censorship problems thanks to its protagonist's obvious likeness to the then Prime Minister. Suchitra Sen as Aarti Devi and Sanjeev Kumar as a small-time hotelier J.K. play the central characters around whom the film revolves.
Gulzar's dialogues, his lyrics and R.D. Burman's music are crucial players in this human drama. The three Lata Mangeshkar-Kishore Kumar duets: Is mod se jaate hain, Tere bina zindagi se and Tum aa gaye ho, effectively bring out three different phases of Aarti Devi and J.K.'s complex relationship.
Sanjeev Kumar had to execute a daunting task in tracing his character's transition from a cheerful but headstrong person into an older, mellower character. He does it with tremendous ease and absolute conviction. Equally powerful (if not better) is Bengali actress Suchitra Sen's portrayal of a woman who is torn between professional ambition and personal gratification. She opts for the former, and Sen makes her unusual choice seem perfectly natural!
It is these qualities, and not its obvious sensational value that gives Aandhi a timeless appeal.
The film's credits include direction, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics by Gulzar, story by Kamleshwar, cinematography by K. Vaikunth, music by R.D. Burman. The film also stars Om Shivpuri, A.K. Hangal, Om Prakash and Rehman.
Moving Images invites you to a special screening of this `timeless creation' at Prasad Labs Auditorium on July 10 at 8.30 am. Gulzar will be present on this occasion to introduce the film.
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