Direction – M.S. Sathyu
I went to a video store to purchase this film.
Me: Do you have a DVD or VCD or Garam Hawa?
Store Owner: What? Which film?
Me: Garam Hawa starring Balraj Sahni
Store Owner: [leans forward to say something in my ears] Is it a XXX film?
I was annoyed as well as embarrassed at the same time. I didn’t know how to react to that question. So I just left that shop with a grin on my face.
It is very sad to see such classics are now forgotten. Balraj Sahni, one of the finest actors who always took me by surprise with his realistic performances (Waqt, Do Bigha Zamin, Kabuliwala) is no longer in people’s memory and they own video stores. For them Balraj Sahni might have starred in a XXX film. Sad indeed.
Anyways, Garam Hawa very aptly titled, is a film about the consequences a joint Muslim family has to face after India gets its freedom. Balraj Sahni plays the character of Salim Mirza, and we see him dropping yet another family member to the station. He is headed to Pakistan because of the problems Muslims are facing in India. His elder brother Halim Mirza. who once talked of never leaving India, also gives up and leaves India. And hence Salim Mirza is a witness to all the problems his family was facing and leaving India or dying one by one. And the Joint family isn’t joint anymore.
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1 comments:
Excellent film for me, I gave it a 10/10. The Geeta romantic track was heartrending.
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