This film was directed by Mrinal Sen. He had a knack to represent things and character in some different fashion. They are differently narrative and finish with an uneasiness in the mind of the audience. Audience would not feel fully satisfied with the ending but would believe that it was what the film was destined for. I heard he has influence of European films, specially french in his works and it just proved so true to me. The camera work, sound, representing characters are very unlike of Indian movies of that time and I can now understand why he is compared to Satyajit Ray. To me this film seems very well acted and plotted. I don't know, probably I could relate with the movie more and that's the reason I am more interested in it? "Khandhar", the ruined house is the movie I am talking about. One of the best performances of Shabana Azmi with a gloomy melancholy narration of past is what wondered me. The unspoken words, the helplessness, the unresponsiveness towards what is happening in that time set the film apart. Audience will feel a bit of dissatisfaction, a gloom over the plot. The main theme is of a ruined house where three friends come to see one of the friend's ancestral house which is in a verge to be ruined. They came there to have good times and there could the story be ended but Shabana Azmi turned this table around and took the charge from here. It was indeed not a solo performance by her but she put the best on it. She is my one of the favorite actresses but she just broke her record and set it to a distance difficult to cross. She had been thoroughly submerged in the character and you can not apart her from the character. As a director Mrinal Sen had some experiment with the background and camera. He extensively chose some background focus and some sudden wonders. I am feeling lucky that I came across this film on my own--just by delving inside. Would like to watch more films like this in coming days and try to find more from them
cause films are made for a cause.
