I lost it at these hidden gems of Indian Cinema - "Sitabo Gulabo" (Review)
The foxy Mirza hopes his very old Begum will die this year so he can inherit her Lucknow Khandaani Haveli. He musters the courage to ask her in a break as she slips in and out of sleep. She tries to clarify her failing memory through the mist-laden fog of time - "Shaadi kiye they tumhare saath ya bhagey they?" (I can't remember - did I marry you or elope with you?). The Mirza is flabbergasted and reminds her of the Mehr he paid on their very legal marriage. She then rakes her memory - "toh bhagey they kiskey saath?" - "So who did I elope with?". Mirza is sure it was with the thief Abdul Rehman.
Tongue in cheek, stinging wit lace this richly layered, artistically staged but never heavy Lucknow patois film about the cunning fox and the staunch hedgehog. The fox knows many small tricks but the hedgehog has ONE BIG TRICK.
I laughed hard and for a long time, but it was mostly inside. Relive the moments of your youth when you could laugh fully and completely by forgetting everything else.
I am glad that Indian Cinema isn't dead, isn't on life support and is very much alive with the creativity of its nearly unknown, unfamous and very alive craftsmen/women, the people who breathe life into film and snap us back into aliveness, leave us wondering what cant films be like this and why is everyone is boring us.
The foxy Mirza hopes his very old Begum will die this year so he can inherit her Lucknow Khandaani Haveli. He musters the courage to ask her in a break as she slips in and out of sleep. She tries to clarify her failing memory through the mist-laden fog of time - "Shaadi kiye they tumhare saath ya bhagey they?" (I can't remember - did I marry you or elope with you?). The Mirza is flabbergasted and reminds her of the Mehr he paid on their very legal marriage. She then rakes her memory - "toh bhagey they kiskey saath?" - "So who did I elope with?". Mirza is sure it was with the thief Abdul Rehman.
Tongue in cheek, stinging wit lace this richly layered, artistically staged but never heavy Lucknow patois film about the cunning fox and the staunch hedgehog. The fox knows many small tricks but the hedgehog has ONE BIG TRICK.
I laughed hard and for a long time, but it was mostly inside. Relive the moments of your youth when you could laugh fully and completely by forgetting everything else.
I am glad that Indian Cinema isn't dead, isn't on life support and is very much alive with the creativity of its nearly unknown, unfamous and very alive craftsmen/women, the people who breathe life into film and snap us back into aliveness, leave us wondering what cant films be like this and why is everyone is boring us.