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#GarmHawa(Hindi/Classic) Rating:* * * * Ain’t nothing like a
classic to drive away those blues…this one’s a masterpiece. M.S.Sathyu’s take
on the partition and it’s aftermath centered on a family that has to give up
it’s security for a bifurcated nationhood..Stunning! #PVRDirectorsRare
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Hindi Classic film Review
Johnson Thomas
Remastered Masterpiece
Film: Garm Hawa(Digitally restored print)
Cast: Balraj
Sahni ( Salim Mirza );
Gita Shauhat Kaifi ( Amina Mirza ); Jalal Agha ( Shamshad ); Dinanath Zutski ( Halim ); Badar Begum ( Salim's
mother ); Abu Siwani ( Baqar
Mirza ); Faroukh Shaikh ( Sikander
Mizra ); Jamal Hashmi ( Kazim ).
Director: M S
Sathyu
Rating: * * * *
Winner
of the National Award for Best Film on Integration and Best Screenplay, 1974; Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay and Best Story
Writer,1974, several International awards and cult classic status among cinema
critics and lovers of artistic cinema, ‘Garm Hawa’ is one of a kind. More so
because , other than a few stray efforts of indeterminate quality, there’s
never been anything as powerful as this on the aftermath of partition. Even the
performances in this film are legendary.
Garam Hawa (Hot Winds) was the first feature from director M.S. (Mysore Shrivinas) Sathyu, a
south Indian. The film was controversial from its inception, as it was the
first film to deal with the human consequences resulting from the 1947
partition and did not have many takers at the inception stage. Sathyu had to secure
the newly founded FFC’s financing for his film based on an unpublished story by Ismat Chughtai with screenplay by Kaifi
Azmi and Shama Zaidi. Even during the shoot in Agra
Once
finished, Garam Hawa was
banned initially and then saw the light after protracted lobbying with the
censor board. The film is basically a
testament to the struggle for identity and security endured by Muslims in North India who did not wish to move from their homes
after the partition.
The complex
narrative spells a powerful engagement through the pained eyes of Salim Mirza(unforgettable
Balraj Sahni in his final film), a Muslim shoemaker and patriarch who does not
want to relocate to Pakistan Pakistan
What
lifts this telling enactment beyond the commonplace is the sheer power of
lighting techniques employed and the evocative framing of each character amidst
the agony of loss and insecurity. M.S. Sathyu’s narrative makes you feel every
agonising moment through some stunningly intense sequences made masterly by
excellent technique and economy of purpose. Made in 1973, the film was all but lost to the
public and it took almost 3 years and Rs 1 crore to make it possible for a public
re-viewing. So don’t go wasting your hard earned money on trash this week. This
one is the film to die for !
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