SPECIAL FOCUS ON FAVOURITE GENRE OF OUR CINEMA!

Supriya Pathak & Farooq Shaikh in emotional scene of Sagar Sarhadi's 'Bazar' (1982)

Yesterday while posting the twelfth picture..I focused on the pioneering films in our Muslim Social cinema..which started showing the struggle of young generation to live the life they prefer & with whom they want!

Sagar Sarhadi & Smita Patil during filming 'Bazar' (1982)

Now here is my thirteenth picture of contemporary film 'Bazaar' (1982).. on very serious problem which girls of this community are facing!
Vijay Talwar produced this film and was directed by Sagar Sarhadi..the screenplay writer of 'Yash Raj Films' famous 'Noorie' and 'Kabhi Kabhi'!

Ibrahim Rungala wrote this film.. which raised the issue of poor young girls selling in this country..mostly to Arabs! For this..there is tragic - story of a young girl in Hyderabad in the centre. It shows how she forced to go with rich middle-aged man in gulf..just because the financial need of her parents..how the surrounding society & some 'progressive persons' reacts on it!

Sagar Sarhadi handled this plot very sensibly in realistic approach towards the making of film! Great 'Garm Hawa' fame cinematographer Ishan Arya - worked on it and made the visuals effective. In this S.Chakravarty's editing also supported! Artists like Smita Patil, Naseer, Bharat Kapoor, B.L.Chopra, Neesha Singh, Farooq Shaikh and Supriya - Pathak performed the characters in it. And today's star Tabu appeared as a child artist!

Supriya Pathak & Farooq Shaikh in 'Bazar's(1982) song "Phir chhidi raat.."

Well known urdu poets' shayari used for it..and music director Khayyamji composed them with that standard! In this includes.. Lata Mangeshkar sung great Mir Taqi Mir's "Dikhayee diye yun..", Bhupendra Singh sung Bashar Nawaz's "Karoge yaad to har baat yaad aayegi.." and Khayyamji's singer-wife Jagjit Kaur sung Mirza Shauq's "Dekh lo aaj humko jee bharke.." were superb! On such emotional lyrics..Supriya Pathak who portrayed central main character..expressed powerfully!

In this, Hyderabad's progressive Urdu poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin wrote.. "Phir chhidi raat..baat phoolon ki.." is my favourite duet which sung by.. Talat Aziz & Lata Mangeshkar..and picturized on Farooq Shaikh & Supriya Pathak. (see it's photo on cover here). In this their passionate love touches the heart!

- Manoj Kulkarni