Garm Hava or Scorching Winds, as the subtitles suggest, is I feel one of the best and amongst the must watch movies in the category which deals with the subject of post partition atrocities faced by the common man, to be more particular by the Muslims who stayed back, in India.
The story of the film unfolds at its own pace slowly and steadily making you a part of the day to day life and problems of the Mirza family, headed by Salim Mirza. The character of Salim Mirza, through Balraj Sahni, tells its viewers how to follow your heart in spite of being in unfavorable conditions. In conditions where your loved ones are moving to an altogether and newly formed country whereas you are staying back; in conditions where your business is being hit because you have always worked on your own terms and want to continue with the same; in conditions when you have to mortgage your house of many decades to make your ends meet; in conditions when your children are not getting jobs because of communal prejudices; in conditions where your daughter is under mental trauma for the fact that all eligible bachelors have moved to the new country; and these all being just a part of the bigger picture. Balraj Sahni has played all emotions, and as his reputation goes, he has played them all very well. He has done it in a very subtle yet effective way. He shows the pain of loss, the love of a father, the care for an ailing mother, the hard work of a good businessman, the fear of one day giving in to the surmounting situations and many more.
In all a very nice movie and some very nicely power packed performances by all the actors. No doubt that apart from being the debut movie of a fine actor Mr. Farooq Sheikh, some very fine performances by the very respected Balraj Sahni, playing the lead character of Salim Mirza, A.K. Hangal, Yunus Parvez and others this movie also boasts about being India’s official entry to The Oscars for the year 1974 in the best foreign language film category and many other national and international awards.
Written By: Gaurav Karmakar
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