Ankahee - Amol Palekar's first Directorial venture.
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few directors manage to portray effectively. Amol Palekar has probably
directed only two movies, the other one being 'Thoda sa romani ho
jaaye' (1991). He did a brilliant job in Ankahee. It prompts me to
watch the 1991 movie. He also probably directed the TV serial
'Kachchi Dhoop' which brought Ma'am Bhagyashree into the limelight.
His choice of artistes for the characters in the film is perfect.
Deepti Naval, with her beautiful big eyes and dazzling smile, does
total justice to the role of an innocent Indumati who is locked
in childhood though an adult otherwise and believes in 'bhoot
pisaach'. A very lovable and innocent girl she undergoes a major
mental change after marriage to Nandu.
The other performers Amol Palekar, Dr. Shriram Lagu, Dina Pathak
and Anil Chatterjee are excellent. They give their usual very
real portrayal of characters. The only non-excellent performance is
probably by Devika Mukherjee, and for a debutant she shows a
lot of potential. Reema Lagu provides the dubbing voice for
Devika, I think.
The music is the usual Jaidev-kind, though more classically-based.
A little too heavy for me, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi has two bhajans in the movie :
raghuvar tum to meri laaj sada sada main sharan tihari
and I couldnt catch the starting lines of the other one.
Asha has two bhajans(though not picturised as such) :
kauno THagwa nagariya lootan ho bhagwan
and
mujhko bhi radha bana le nand lal (which recurs a couple of times)
ANKAHI (1985)
Producer: Amol Palekar + Jayant Dharmadhikari
Director: Amol Palekar
Music Director: Jaidev
Playback: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Asha Bhonsle
Story:
Doctor - Vinod Mehra
Devkinandan urf Nandu - Amol Palekar
Sushma - Devika Mukherjee
Indumati - Deepti Naval
Jyotir Bhaskar Pt. Satyanarayan Chaturvedi(we will call him Naru)
- Dr. Shriram Lagu.
Nandu's Mother - Dina Pathak
Naru's friend - Anil Chatterjee(also Indumati's father)
The movie starts off with Vinod Mehra (a doctor), ready for
operating on a lady(wife of Nandu's friend). Naru has predicted
that she will die. The Doctor argues that the operation isnt a
complicated one and since he has performed so many of these, it
cant result in death. But Naru walks away with 'kaal ko koi nahi
badal sakta'. After the lady dies in the operation, Naru and
Doctor have an interesting conversation on medical science and
science of number/planets. The doctor asks Naru the use of
astrology when it can only tell you what will happen, but you
cant do anything to change it.
As Naaru ponders on this, the title credits come up.
Scene shifts to the actual life of Naru. Nandu, his son, has a
girlfriend, Sushma, whom he brings home after some scenes to
talk about their marriage. Mother is quite happy, but Naru says,
he cannot bless the marriage because he knows that Nandu has 2
lagna-yogs in his life and his first wife is going to die in 11
months during the delivery of his first baby. After this Naru,
gives up Jyotish Vidya.
Nanu's friend (Anil Chatterjee) comes to visit with his daughter
Indumati. He is trying to find a cure for her mental condition.
She is very innocent and sweet. She hears pop music coming from
Amol's room, she thinks it is bhoot-pisach. She feels the same
way about telephone ringing. Her father keeps beating her and
shouting at her because he is sick with worry. Doctor says that
she needs to have an intimate relationship with a man to break
the lock on her mind which is still in childhood.
At this, the hassled Nandu, who cannot part from Sushma, gets
the idea that he could marry Indu and when she dies, he could
marry Sushma. Sushma doesnt agree with this. She says, she is
ready to live for only 11 months, but as his wife. She doesnt
want anyone else to be sacrificed for her happiness. Sushma
goes out of town for an office trip and tells Nandu that on
her return they would get married.
Nandu on the other hand is quite frustrated and decides to go
through with his idea and Naru cannot stop it because now
his friend's hope, that his daughter might afterall lead a
happy life, is strengthened and starts singing again(in Pt.
Bhimsen's voice:)). So Naru doesnt have the heart to tell
him anything about his prediction. Also Indu tells him not to
send her away because she has gone through a lot of pain in the
village with people harassing her and trying to get rid of the
'bhoot' that her body hosts. So eventually Nandu and Indu get
married.
Sushma returns and realises what has happened. She breaks off
all ties with Nandu. He says he will make sure that Indu becomes
pregnant and then after 9 months they can get married. But Sushma
maintains that it is wrong. They soon drift apart and there are
still a few interactions between Indu and Sushma. Sushma feels
more and more guilty for Nandu's actions. She stops talking to
Nandu and goes to a marriage bureau.
Around this time Indu gets pregnant and she has also become better
mentally. One day Nandu tells her that his intention when getting
married were such and asks her to try to live. For him. Because
now he has only her. She understands. Her father comes back and
is very happy. He is the only one who doesnt know about the
prediction. There is one final time she goes to see Sushma and
tells her that even after all this she doesnt hold anything against
them, because whatever she has experienced in the last 11 months
are enough for her. She is quite contended. She also asks Sushma
to marry Nandu. When she is leaving, she goes into labour and
delivers a baby. She remains alive which defies the prediction.
A police officer comes looking for Nandu and brings a letter from
Sushma who has committed suicide. She tells him that she was torn
by guilt everytime she thought of Indu and her innocent questioning
eyes. She could not live a life based on such selfish sacrifice. So
she was ending her life. It is her choice not jyotish vidya. The
movie ends on the effective note of:
'Zindagi har kadam par aadmi ka apna chunaav hai'
---
Now it is upto us to wonder whether Sushma's death defies Jyotish
Vidhya or supports it. And was it her choice that she died or was
jyotish vidya controlling all that happened. She was afterall Nandu's
first wife, in thoughts.
So was Jyotir Bhaskar Pt. Satyanarayan Chaturvedi right after all?
--
Neha Desai
sanjeev
>.....
> The music is the usual Jaidev-kind, though more classically-based.
> A little too heavy for me, but enjoyable nonetheless.
>
> Pt. Bhimsen Joshi has two bhajans in the movie :
> raghuvar tum to meri laaj sada sada main sharan tihari
> and I couldnt catch the starting lines of the other one.
>
> Asha has two bhajans(though not picturised as such) :
> kauno THagwa nagariya lootan ho bhagwan
> and
> mujhko bhi radha bana le nand lal (which recurs a couple of times)
>
> ANKAHI (1985)
> Producer: Amol Palekar + Jayant Dharmadhikari
> Director: Amol Palekar
> Music Director: Jaidev
> Playback: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Asha Bhonsle
>
Dr. Bhimsen Joshi deservedly won the National Award for Best Singer
for this movie.
Sanjeev
Reeta Sinha
> raghuvar tum to meri laaj sada sada main sharan tihari
> and I couldnt catch the starting lines of the other one.
here's an attempt (corrections requested):
Thumak-thumak pad kumud [kunjamag]
japal charan hari aaye ho
aaye re mere pran bhulavan aaye
aaye re mere nain lubhavan aaye
aaye re mere pran lubhavan aaye
hari aao, hari aao...
Nimki jhimki jhimi, nimki jhimki jhimi
[n- ]dan pad brij aaye ho
aaye re mere pran bhulavan aaye ho
aaye re mere nain lubhavan aaye ho
aaye re mere pran lubhavan aaye ho
hari aao, hari aao...
reeta
Anant Rege
neha...@hotmail.com wrote in message <72i865$d...@pdrn.zippo.com>...
>An Amol Palekar film, it has the simplicity and realism that only
>few directors manage to portray effectively. Amol Palekar has probably
>directed only two movies, the other one being 'Thoda sa romani ho
>jaaye' (1991). He did a brilliant job in Ankahee. It prompts me to
>watch the 1991 movie. He also probably directed the TV serial
>'Kachchi Dhoop' which brought Ma'am Bhagyashree into the limelight.
>
>
>Producer: Amol Palekar + Jayant Dharmadhikari
>Director: Amol Palekar
>Music Director: Jaidev
>Playback: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Asha Bhonsle
>
>--
>Neha Desai
Some additional trivia. The movie was based on an excellent Marathi play
written by Chi. Tryan. Khanolkar (who also wrote poems under the pseudo name
Aarti Prabhu.)
Before producing 'Anhahee', Amol had produced (and probably directed also) a
Marathi film. The film was based on serial killings those occured near
Manavat in Maharashtra some times around late 60's. Actutally two Marathi
films were based on this story and released around same time. Name of one of
the film was 'Saravasakshi'. I don't exactly remember whether this was the
one produced by Amol or the other one.
Cheers
Anant
Anant Rege
Anant Rege wrote in message <72mp3s$maf$1...@supernews.com>...
>>few directors manage to portray effectively. Amol Palekar has probably
>>directed only two movies, the other one being 'Thoda sa romani ho
>>jaaye' (1991). He did a brilliant job in Ankahee. It prompts me to
>>watch the 1991 movie. He also probably directed the TV serial
>>'Kachchi Dhoop' which brought Ma'am Bhagyashree into the limelight.
>>
>>
>>Producer: Amol Palekar + Jayant Dharmadhikari
>>Director: Amol Palekar
>>Music Director: Jaidev
>>Playback: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Asha Bhonsle
>>
>
>>Neha Desai
>
>Some additional trivia. The movie was based on an excellent Marathi play
>written by Chi. Tryan. Khanolkar (who also wrote poems under the pseudo
name
>Aarti Prabhu.)
>
>Before producing 'Anhahee', Amol had produced (and probably directed also)
a
>Marathi film. The film was based on serial killings those occured near
>Manavat in Maharashtra some times around late 60's. Actutally two Marathi
>films were based on this story and released around same time. Name of one
of
>the film was 'Saravasakshi'. I don't exactly remember whether this was the
>one produced by Amol or the other one.
>
>Cheers
>
>Anant
>
>
produced and directed by Amol. It was 'Aakrit'.
ani...@my-dejanews.com
"Anant Rege" <ar...@removethiscyberus.ca> wrote:
>
> Sorry to follow. But I remember the name of the other film which was
> produced and directed by Amol. It was 'Aakrit'.
>
>
Didn't Amol P. also make a film a couple of years back called 'dayaraa'?
I know I have an audio cassette of it, with lyrics by Gulzar and music
by Anand-Milind. It has that Yesudas/Asha B. tandem 'palkon pe sote sote'.
I don't think this movie was ever released. It won critical acclaim but
for some reason stayed in the cans.
I have been waiting to see this film and Gulzar's 'libaas' for a while. If
anyone has any info. on getting these films on video, please let me know.
--
Cheers,
Anil P. Hingorani
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>The other performers Amol Palekar, Dr. Shriram Lagu, Dina Pathak
>and Anil Chatterjee are excellent. They give their usual very
>real portrayal of characters. The only non-excellent performance is
>probably by Devika Mukherjee, and for a debutant she shows a
>lot of potential. Reema Lagu provides the dubbing voice for
>Devika, I think.
>
If I remember correctly Devika Mukherjee was relatively well known
in the Bengali film industry by then (she acted in Mrinal Sen's
"Akaler Shandhaney" and Tapan Sinha's "Banchharaamer Baagaan")
>The music is the usual Jaidev-kind, though more classically-based.
Is it available on cassette or CD ? If it is, can you please post
the details ?
Thanks,
Arnab.
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dmoh...@hotmail.com
ani...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> In article <72n67a$j4d$1...@supernews.com>,
> "Anant Rege" <ar...@removethiscyberus.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to follow. But I remember the name of the other film which was
> > produced and directed by Amol. It was 'Aakrit'.
> >
> >
>
> Didn't Amol P. also make a film a couple of years back called 'dayaraa'?
> I know I have an audio cassette of it, with lyrics by Gulzar and music
> by Anand-Milind. It has that Yesudas/Asha B. tandem 'palkon pe sote sote'.
> I don't think this movie was ever released. It won critical acclaim but
> for some reason stayed in the cans.
You are right. Actually Daayra( "the square circle" or something in english)
got Amol P mention in TIME magazine annual as 10 most influential directors in
the world !! This was in 1996. In case it has not been mentioned in the past
posts which I missed,the latest film from Amol palekar is under production
and some shooting was done in pune. indian express had a report on it
last week. It is 'kal ka aadami' based on the life of Ra. Dho. Karve-
the social reformer who pushed for family planning earlier
this century before anybody in India.
> I have been waiting to see this film and Gulzar's 'libaas' for a while. If
> anyone has any info. on getting these films on video, please let me know.
Good luck. I love RD burman's masterpiece 'seeli hawa choo gayi' from libaas.
> Cheers,
>
Devendra
neha...@hotmail.com
GUP...@er6.eng.ohio-state.edu says...
>
>in the Bengali film industry by then (she acted in Mrinal Sen's
>"Akaler Shandhaney" and Tapan Sinha's "Banchharaamer Baagaan")
Well, I dont see Bengali movies and this movie's titles said
'introducing' Devika Mukherjee, so I believe it must be her
debut in Hindi Films, then.
>>The music is the usual Jaidev-kind, though more classically-based.
>
>Is it available on cassette or CD ? If it is, can you please post
>the details ?
I dont think it is available commercially. The option you have is to
rent the video and record the audio off it, which seems to deliver
better results than HMV releases most often.
--
Neha Desai
ani...@my-dejanews.com
neha...@hotmail.com wrote:
> In article <72peql$6u5$1...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
> GUP...@er6.eng.ohio-state.edu says...
> >
> >neha...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
>
> >>The music is the usual Jaidev-kind, though more classically-based.
> >
> >Is it available on cassette or CD ? If it is, can you please post
> >the details ?
>
> I dont think it is available commercially. The option you have is to
> rent the video and record the audio off it, which seems to deliver
> better results than HMV releases most often.
>
> --
> Neha Desai
>
Not true. I have a cassette which was commercially available, a couple of
years back. I am sure you can still find it at places like 'rythm house' in
Bombay. Great songs though!
--
Cheers,
Anil P. Hingorani
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neha_desai
of my arbitly assorted tapes, so here is the missing antara.
Movie: Ankahee
MD: Jaidev
Stars: Amol Palekar,
Reeta says...
>here's an attempt (corrections requested):
>
>Thumak-thumak pad kumud [kunjamag]
>japal charan hari aaye ho
^^^^^
chapal
>aaye re mere pran bhulavan aaye
>aaye re mere nain lubhavan aaye
>aaye re mere pran lubhavan aaye
>hari aao, hari aao...
>
>Nimki jhimki jhimi, nimki jhimki jhimi
>[n- ]dan pad brij aaye ho
^^^^^^^^^^
nartan (sounds like it, but I am not sure of the meaning)
>aaye re mere pran bhulavan aaye ho
>aaye re mere nain lubhavan aaye ho
>aaye re mere pran lubhavan aaye ho
>hari aao, hari aao...
amal kamal kar murali madhur dhar
bansi bajavan aaye ho
bansi bajavan
bansi bajavan aaye
aaye re mere pran bhulavan aaye
aaye re mere nain lubhavan aaye
aaye re mere pran lubhavan aaye
hari aao hari aao...
--
Neha