My son sent me this exquisite music link. I had forgotten about the ethereal beauty of Bimal Roy's cinema. Thanks Manu. How could I forget?
Bandini especially: with the delicate beauty of Nutan; the haunting score of S.D.Burman; Dharmendra and Ashok Kumar; and then of course the movie being black and white it adds a focused intensity.Set in a prison,it is the story of Kalyani who must make a choice between two different men :a loving prison doctor (Dharmendra) and a man from her past (Ashok Kumar).
Whither such movies now? Where is the ambivalence, maturity and delicacy in handling very complex emotions?
I need to seriously get down to watching and enjoying them all over again. At this point in my life, maybe I have arrived at a better understanding.
A huge thanks to my son again. How did he know this song was always a bitter- sweet one for me?He did and that's the tenuous connection emotions have.
Bandini especially: with the delicate beauty of Nutan; the haunting score of S.D.Burman; Dharmendra and Ashok Kumar; and then of course the movie being black and white it adds a focused intensity.Set in a prison,it is the story of Kalyani who must make a choice between two different men :a loving prison doctor (Dharmendra) and a man from her past (Ashok Kumar).
Whither such movies now? Where is the ambivalence, maturity and delicacy in handling very complex emotions?
I need to seriously get down to watching and enjoying them all over again. At this point in my life, maybe I have arrived at a better understanding.
A huge thanks to my son again. How did he know this song was always a bitter- sweet one for me?He did and that's the tenuous connection emotions have.
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