When I talk to my Mom about cinema, we don’t talk about Mel Gibson or Scorsese or Satyajit Ray or Guru Dutt. Our discussions usually revolve around Basu Chatterjee’s and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films. Their movies talk about common man and their small little problems. Their characters are real and believable. The plot of stories are not much intricate and each scene has a story in itself. I relished many movies on SET Max and Zee Classic… Anand, Naram Garam and Choti Si Baat top the list.
Hrishi Da movies had a very strong impact on people of that time. It was a time when nuclear families were becoming a fashion. Personal needs were getting priority over Family needs. Joint families were facing wrecks. Hrishi Da movies resisted these changes. My uncles still remember that his movies had such an impact on people that there was a strong air against nuclear families. Even those who left their families for personal space, bonded well with them.
His movies were contemporary and delightful… both at the same time. Not many directors achieved such a distinction. As a tribute to the legendary director, TheReelMag family is proud to present a special edition. This little tribute is a sincere effort to remember all those lovely entertaining family movies which made ’70 a memorable era of Hindi Cinema.
Love…
Sujoy Ghosh
1 comment:
heartfelt.... nice to see people appreciating good cinema in days of DK bose
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