Parichay – Movie
{Spoiler alert}
It has been a really long time since I saw this movie Parichay (1975). Screenplay and direction by Gulzar. Starring Jeetendra, Pran and Jaya Bhaduri in the lead roles and amply supported by the Children in the movie.
One of my favorite movies, each time I see it I always become nostalgic and it often takes me to a different simplistic world. As I am writing this piece in the background a song that is constantly playing in repeat mode is “Mitwa Bole Meethe” by Bhupinder Singh. As I listen to this song, it transports me into a different world altogether. Personally whenever I listen to this song, I feel like someone is singing this sitting under a tree and lost in his own world and you are an observer who is getting immersed in the song as it comes to you along with a cold breeze, unaware of the time, you keep standing and getting immersed in it. Very few songs can actually give you this feeling. I love all the songs, but the one mentioned here and the song “Beete na Beetaiye Raina” are my all time favorites.
I simply adore any movie which deals with the intricacies of human relationships and this movie does exactly that and also is a good entertainment movie. Subtlety is the keyword in the movie and every scene is handled that way. I am an ardent fan of such movies.
Some of my favorite scenes are:
1. Between Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri. These two actors will always steal the show wherever they are together whether as father-in-law, daughter-in-law or as Father – daughter or as a couple. The song, the scenes that follow the song where the daughter expresses her displeasure that her father is sending letter to the grandfather is marvelously captured. I can watch this scene many times over.
2. The scene again between Jeetendra and Jaya Bhaduri where she recaptures the memory of her late father during his last days.
There are few scenes in the movie which captured my attention and made me think. With very few scenes the in the movie one has been able actually showcase the social condition of that time.
1. A scene where Jeetendra goes for an interview and finds out that he will replace an old man who has served the company for 22 years and is being removed because of his age. It is heart wrenching to see how the old man actually describes his day to day activities to the would be – joinee and you start questioning the hard reality of such days where the old man continued his job despite old age for he had no other means for survival .
Can we still claim that such people don’t exist? I think no, there are still such families in this world where the old people have to work because they have to run the household. But amidst the flashiness of today’s world we cannot see them. They are still left in the dark.
2. Another scene was between Jeetendra and AK Hangal where when questioned about his last job, Jeetendra says that there was a strike and finally he lost the job. After hearing this the uncle ( A K Hangal) advises his nephew not to get involved in this because the only people for whom the strike/protests matter are the ones who don’t have to worry for their food and the ones who anyways don’t get to eat any food.
Did the strikes yield any result anytime? Mostly they failed and it was always a no-win situation for both workers and industrialists alike. Then what are the other platforms for protests that the downtrodden can look up to in order to get their issues resolved. Do our government /constitution support the workers enough to see that they get their basic rights always? Are the industrialists protected against losses when market fails or when workers go on strike? Is there any neutral forum to discuss the issues? Too many questions and to this day unanswered, hopefully we will find answers to these soon.
But the best part in the movie is the constant nagging conversation that Jeetendra has with himself whenever he faces any untoward situation that also provides the comic relief in the movie.
Signing off on a note of hope that we will get to see more such movies made.
{Spoiler alert}
It has been a really long time since I saw this movie Parichay (1975). Screenplay and direction by Gulzar. Starring Jeetendra, Pran and Jaya Bhaduri in the lead roles and amply supported by the Children in the movie.
One of my favorite movies, each time I see it I always become nostalgic and it often takes me to a different simplistic world. As I am writing this piece in the background a song that is constantly playing in repeat mode is “Mitwa Bole Meethe” by Bhupinder Singh. As I listen to this song, it transports me into a different world altogether. Personally whenever I listen to this song, I feel like someone is singing this sitting under a tree and lost in his own world and you are an observer who is getting immersed in the song as it comes to you along with a cold breeze, unaware of the time, you keep standing and getting immersed in it. Very few songs can actually give you this feeling. I love all the songs, but the one mentioned here and the song “Beete na Beetaiye Raina” are my all time favorites.
I simply adore any movie which deals with the intricacies of human relationships and this movie does exactly that and also is a good entertainment movie. Subtlety is the keyword in the movie and every scene is handled that way. I am an ardent fan of such movies.
Some of my favorite scenes are:
1. Between Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri. These two actors will always steal the show wherever they are together whether as father-in-law, daughter-in-law or as Father – daughter or as a couple. The song, the scenes that follow the song where the daughter expresses her displeasure that her father is sending letter to the grandfather is marvelously captured. I can watch this scene many times over.
2. The scene again between Jeetendra and Jaya Bhaduri where she recaptures the memory of her late father during his last days.
There are few scenes in the movie which captured my attention and made me think. With very few scenes the in the movie one has been able actually showcase the social condition of that time.
1. A scene where Jeetendra goes for an interview and finds out that he will replace an old man who has served the company for 22 years and is being removed because of his age. It is heart wrenching to see how the old man actually describes his day to day activities to the would be – joinee and you start questioning the hard reality of such days where the old man continued his job despite old age for he had no other means for survival .
Can we still claim that such people don’t exist? I think no, there are still such families in this world where the old people have to work because they have to run the household. But amidst the flashiness of today’s world we cannot see them. They are still left in the dark.
2. Another scene was between Jeetendra and AK Hangal where when questioned about his last job, Jeetendra says that there was a strike and finally he lost the job. After hearing this the uncle ( A K Hangal) advises his nephew not to get involved in this because the only people for whom the strike/protests matter are the ones who don’t have to worry for their food and the ones who anyways don’t get to eat any food.
Did the strikes yield any result anytime? Mostly they failed and it was always a no-win situation for both workers and industrialists alike. Then what are the other platforms for protests that the downtrodden can look up to in order to get their issues resolved. Do our government /constitution support the workers enough to see that they get their basic rights always? Are the industrialists protected against losses when market fails or when workers go on strike? Is there any neutral forum to discuss the issues? Too many questions and to this day unanswered, hopefully we will find answers to these soon.
But the best part in the movie is the constant nagging conversation that Jeetendra has with himself whenever he faces any untoward situation that also provides the comic relief in the movie.
Signing off on a note of hope that we will get to see more such movies made.
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