Bazaar-E-Husn, Hindi Bollywood filmmovie review,Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * 1/2
Bazaar-E-Husn, Hindi Bollywood filmmovie review,Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * 1/2
Hindi film Review
Johnson Thomas
#Bazaar-e-Husn (Hindi)
Rating: * * 1/2 Director #AjayMehra tries hard to invoke
the nostalgia of an era passed, through this adaptation of age old(1919)
outdated #MunshiPremchand story - aperiod piece, enlisting #Khayyam’s ‘#RaziaSultan’ ish musical support. Fairly
competent invoking of #Pakeezah &
#Umrao Jaan moments but without the tension or emotive appeal. Not strong on
mood either. #ReshmiGhosh, #OmPuri #YashpalSharma #AshwaniShukla #Altairmedia
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Johnson Thomas
Banking on Nostalgia!
Film: Bazaar-e-Husn
Cast: Reshmi Ghosh,
Jeet Goswami, Rajeshwari Sachdev,Om Puri, Yashpal Sharma, Rajeev Verma, Savita
Prabhune
Director: Ajay Mehra
Rating: * * ½
This film is an
adaptation from the 1919 published Munshi Premchand story which was titled
‘Bazaar-e-Husn’ in Urdu and ‘SevaSadan’ in Hindi. Needless to say it brings
back to mind the classic old-world charm of a bygone era-One that was supremely
evoked in films like ‘Pakeezah’ and ‘
Umrao Jaan.’
This one is neither
an ambitious take nor a progressive one. It’s merely an effort at telling a
tale which now seems too outdated to amount to anything meaningful for today’s
fast food generation.
Director Ajay Mehra
brings us this fairly engaging, understated tale of a young virtuous woman,
Suman(Reshmi Ghosh) who falls foul of love(Jeet Goswami) because of family
compulsions, and is coerced into marrying a slime ball, Gajadhar(Yashpal
Sharma) following her father, Darogaji(Om Puri)’s incarceration for taking a
bribe. Suman’s trails and tribulations continue after marriage and she is
forced to take shelter in a brothel run by a kind-hearted soul(Rajeshwari
Sachdev).Thereafter it’s a series of predictable events leading up to the
former lovers’ reunion.
In 1919, Munshi
Premshand’s story had bite since it captures quite beautifully the traditions
and compulsions of that bygone era. Today, though there’s really nothing we can
relate to, here. This film is a mere period piece which is fairly engaging and
nothing more. The scripting is done without much finesse. Merely re-invoking
the written word doesn’t justify this sort of a movie. Ajay Mehra’s lack luster treatment also makes
the exercise pointless. There no
tension, the mood is underdeveloped and the moments are non-existent. The art
direction is smartly nondescript.
The performances are quite crisp even though
the characterizations appear underdeveloped.
Reshmi Ghosh, Rajeshwari Sachdev and Om Puri elevate the experience
somewhat. Khayyam’s music which appears to be a rehash of ‘Razia Sultan’ is
nostalgia inducing at best. Even though
this is one of the better offerings this week it still doesn’t make the cut for
a must-see!
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