I saw this film in 75-76, and rated best ever seen film by me and Suchitra sen conversation with her father in law still I remember even after 45 years
I have never seen this movie. But after reading this article, I have started searching for Cassette/DVD/CD of it. I will definitely see it. Thanks for this nice article
Check out Kishore Kumar in the movie...he was fabulous in his small role. He showed that irrespective of being prototype with his funny image, he could deliver pathos with an equal punch. He shall make you cry throughout and laugh out loud when he finds that the poison was adultered. Another worth mention is Salil Chowdhury's song Munna Bada Pyara. A light breezy song with a superb tune, with Kishore doing justice to the song to the hilt. Musafir is a film which should not be missed.
Very nice article. It set me thinking whether directors like Hrishida and their simple and unpretentious films will be accepted by today's audience. Another gem you can write on is Guru Dutt's 'Aar Paar' which has some nice location shots of Bombay. And Guru Dutt essays his roguish character brilliantly.
This movie came as surprise. This shows that Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a true genius who integrated two genres of commercialism & art seamlessly. Now I am passionate to watch this movie. Thanks a lot Ms.Sukanya Verma for this wonderful piece.
Your column reminds me of another film- a film which should be counted as one among the few "world class" films. It was directed by Kryztof Kiezlowski- the famed Polish filmmaker. The length of the film is 9+hours and it has 10 parts to it- based on the 10 commandments.The director is no more but his films will live on forever in the hearts of his fans.His films were not too artsy and confounding to the layman. But on the other hand, neither did he go all out to become a people pleaser.
I was fortunate to watch all the 10 parts on the big screen at the International Film Festival held in Trivandrum in 1997.
Gradually, over a period of time,a much larger percentage of the world's population will wake up to such masterpieces and realize how much the commercial movie moghuls and studios have treated the masses as asses and fed them crap all these years.
Nice article. It's amazing that films of this kind were made in india in 1950's. Nowadays you get to see a lot of hollywood and european movies (Thanks to Zee MGM), where a lot of interconnected stories are nicely interwoven to produce an effect, that is both refreshing and entertaining.
Budding film makers in the indian film industry should understand entertaining film means much more than miss universe's and shapely models dancing in bikinis.
