tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post7765512083418156501..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: The scorching winds of change: rediscovering Garm HavaJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-32530300230780996242020-04-14T08:33:41.905+05:302020-04-14T08:33:41.905+05:30Salim Mirza did stay back. Watch again pl.Salim Mirza did stay back. Watch again pl.SSenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257681378779952234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-48134557170639114272019-06-07T21:34:41.808+05:302019-06-07T21:34:41.808+05:30I know its been quite a long time.. judging from t...I know its been quite a long time.. judging from the post date..but can you please share the torrent link? i really wanted to watch the restored version but cannot find it anywhere! Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-70897886210851698052015-09-24T19:14:41.670+05:302015-09-24T19:14:41.670+05:30Really a good reading of the film but climax was t...Really a good reading of the film but climax was tragic...would like to know your view on it! :)Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207231225163712287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11447690405132091482012-04-16T02:44:05.499+05:302012-04-16T02:44:05.499+05:30re this: "... followed by a lengthy shot of S...re this: "... followed by a lengthy shot of Salim Mirza (Balraj Sahni) photographed from a waist-high angle at the Agra railway station, waving at a departing train."<br /><br />my recollections is a bit different. the opening shot is from a crane as it descends to 'waist high'...and the most vivid image imprinted on my mind is...as the train leaves the station one can see the minarets in the background...espousing the futility of the migration.temporalhttp://baithak.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-76453766120272757612011-07-14T13:07:12.700+05:302011-07-14T13:07:12.700+05:30Jai - Garam Hawa's print available on torrent ...Jai - Garam Hawa's print available on torrent is really good. You can try it out. I am assuming that you don't mind downloading from torrent. It was Sahni's last performance and he died without even seeing the final cut. Some scenes are very emotional. The one in which they throw mud on the 'chulha' and I think you can see the flames indicating that just minutes ago they cooked food on it never to do it again. I wonder why Sathyu didnt make another film, or Did he? I don't know...nice postPessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-13166819654159897192011-05-03T00:30:36.426+05:302011-05-03T00:30:36.426+05:30Have heard a lot about this movie. Really dying to...Have heard a lot about this movie. Really dying to see this one. If possible, can you please share the shop name and address.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-50790644306650504742010-06-03T20:24:50.264+05:302010-06-03T20:24:50.264+05:30Just remembered a trivia.First cousin of Geeta Sid...Just remembered a trivia.First cousin of Geeta Siddarth is played by Tabu's dad.Rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600228969911790479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-61646878538520674742010-06-03T14:28:32.454+05:302010-06-03T14:28:32.454+05:30Garam Hawa on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/gr...Garam Hawa on Facebook<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=367447941745<br /><br />The restored version should be coming out soon (in cinemas and later on DVD by next month)<br /><br />for those impatient to view it before that<br /><br />http://www.filestube.com/096ddde23338bcbc03ea,g/Garam-Hawa-1973-XviD-MP3-1469MB-AF-KUNAL-001.html<br /><br />best,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-72506655279473349512010-06-02T07:37:01.075+05:302010-06-02T07:37:01.075+05:30@Suparna, thanks. Will check Shemaroo!@Suparna, thanks. Will check Shemaroo!Anuhttp://bluecompositionbook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-51765913767805812822010-06-02T07:31:44.595+05:302010-06-02T07:31:44.595+05:30I disagree that this movie is particularly manipul...I disagree that this movie is particularly manipulative. The events that transpired were in correspondence with the history of that time and are no more manipulative than that of,say, the Grapes of Wrath.<br />Also,I do not see this as a parallel or new wave movie - as the term is recognized in the Hindi movie pantheon.It is distinct from the style of someone like Shyam Benegal, who probably pioneered the template of this type of movie.It seems more like a B.R. Chopra movie, that may have been off mainstream for the time it was made, but it used an idiom of cinema that has been used before.<br /><br />To me, this movie is memorable for the characters, almost none of whom are stereotypical.The most I love are the Geeta Siddarth and Jalal Agha characters. They have been written with special love and interest.One rarely sees such composite characters in a mainstream movie.<br />My favorite scene is the pigeon scene which precedes the Qawwali.I had seen this movie in my childhood and remembered it vividly.That scene would do credit to a director with as sure a poetic hand as Gulzar.Rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600228969911790479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-2842309107898185342010-06-01T22:44:53.182+05:302010-06-01T22:44:53.182+05:30A great post Jabberwock. I want to know how many p...A great post Jabberwock. I want to know how many people read your blog? I think I make a serious effort of marketing it some more :)Priti Patnaikhttp://www.unpopulardissent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-36776611557222895832010-06-01T22:22:46.536+05:302010-06-01T22:22:46.536+05:30Very cool. I have always wanted to see the film an...Very cool. I have always wanted to see the film and your post on it makes my wanting even more so :)Kitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754147307671510630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-3260838438073051322010-06-01T21:08:58.779+05:302010-06-01T21:08:58.779+05:30@ Jaiarjun .. loved reading this, kudos!
@ Anu - ...@ Jaiarjun .. loved reading this, kudos!<br /><br />@ Anu - Vijeta is available on Shemaroo disks, you could try ordering online.suparnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11710846692070569132010-06-01T18:16:22.655+05:302010-06-01T18:16:22.655+05:30ah ok.
I saw this movie with my father - the fir...ah ok. <br /><br />I saw this movie with my father - the first time my father took me and just me alone to a movie - he really wanted to watch it, and wanted me to watch it. <br /><br />So Garam Hawa for me is always illuminated by that particular light. I did see the movie a couple of years later, alone, and was struck by how I'd missed out on some of the less-than-convincing acting. Of course Balraj Sahni's performance is a classic, as is the quawwali (which is always played late at night when enough drink has filtered itself into my blood stream and me and my flatmates are experiencing nostalgia).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-27707392399409189472010-06-01T16:45:11.534+05:302010-06-01T16:45:11.534+05:30It catalogues a series of misfortunes that conveni...<i>It catalogues a series of misfortunes that conveniently afflict a particular minority family. It solicits our empathy in plain terms and offers no positive solution to change the state of affairs.</i><br /><br />shrikanth: that essay I mentioned by M G Raghavendra makes similar points about the film. Though I wouldn't really agree that it has no "breathers" - the initial goofiness of the Jalal Agha character and the whole Salim Chishti interlude does give the film an airing of sorts.<br /><br /><i>how much of a movie's experience is related to what (if any) company you watch it with?</i><br /><br />Anon: oh, it always makes a difference. Most of my film-watching is done alone (though I watched the <i>Garm Hava</i> DVD with my wife) and I generally prefer it that way when I'm watching an old film and taking notes. But watching a film with someone else and observing their reaction can also be very illuminating.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-70162943364617142302010-06-01T16:38:09.883+05:302010-06-01T16:38:09.883+05:30Anu: yes, Sahni's daughter had committed suici...Anu: yes, Sahni's daughter had committed suicide too. Sathyu said in an interview that he somewhat cruelly asked Sahni to imagine that it was his own daughter lying there in that scene, to get the best reaction out of him. <br /><br />No, I don't recall seeing <i>Vijeta</i> on DVD. <br /><br />Pankaj: thanks for those inputs. I half-expected someone to inform me that the old lady was a legendary theatre actress (not that it would have changed my view of her performance, but still!).Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-47160567765622084862010-06-01T13:39:34.239+05:302010-06-01T13:39:34.239+05:30Saw Garm Hawa many years back. It is one of those...Saw Garm Hawa many years back. It is one of those movies that was seminal (apologies for the cliche!) at the time in its exploration of the Indian Muslim communtity but is now kind of forgotten. As Shazia says inspite of the generally depressing events, by the end it's not that depressing. <br /><br />Maula Salim Chisti-awesome song. <br /><br />The -SPOILER-scene with Amina's suicide kind of stuck in my mind re hopelessess(Geeta Siddharth was of course pretty much wasted in later roles). But the ending with Farooque Shaikh - if I am not mistaken - was kind of hopeful. And so refreshing to se Jalal Agha as the fiance in a different role. <br /><br />I think in fact Balraj Sahni lost his daughter at around the same time hastening his death (or so the story went). <br /><br />Stirred a few memories there! <br /><br />PS: Do you know if Vijeta is available, jai. I have never found it.Anuhttp://bluecompositionbook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-7277477821670744312010-06-01T02:06:26.114+05:302010-06-01T02:06:26.114+05:30Many bows to you, Jai. This is one movie which has...Many bows to you, Jai. This is one movie which has stirred me non-stop with its theme and music since childhood, possibily because I grew up close to the Jama Masjid area. I have seen about 10 reruns of the movie (from DD to youtube), cried at most watches, and may disagree with you on a few counts. The quawwali as yu mention has been a haunting rendition and so is the suicide scene. Balraj Sahni's sad, tonsilitic voice has a grim effect seen only in a few more movies of his after that, like Seema. one ofen feesl if Sahni had a recurring lump in his throat; but then, who could have felt the pain of Partition more than a refugee himself? The mother's role may have looked unnatural coz she was a local, completely unaware of the camera mechanics and not in an age to learn. <br />Recently when I saw Mr Sathyu's name on META jury list, I manipulated a visit to the conference. I met the legend, spoke to him (who corrected me on my knowledge of his works several times) and felt so, so dwarfed by his smile that I could not write the piece that I had intended to (A disaster, for the PR people who had organised the interview) Even at this age, he has a towering physique, and is eager to diasgree, often forcefully (not without a smile though) and you wonder what makes him tick. <br />Thanks a lot to write about his work, Jai. It stirred one of your inactive readers to write a comment after such a long time. How you cook up such emotive topics is beyond me but I wish you further prosperity of thoughts. I also wish Mr Sathyu could produce another classic on Hindu-Muslim divide in modern era too.Hill Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602386756415628453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-55666130703597839512010-05-31T20:06:33.473+05:302010-05-31T20:06:33.473+05:30I have ot been fortunate enough to watch this movi...I have ot been fortunate enough to watch this movie... I have heard a lot about this film but couldn't get hold of a DVD or CD... no source .... Talking about post-partition movies, there has been a lot of films which are sewed with this common thread and one such film is 'Khamosh Paani', which doesnt talk about India but speaks about the similar situation in Pakistan... I liked it .... anyways keep walking!!!Amit Kumar Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507958743875516328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-18469171429182331062010-05-30T20:28:50.819+05:302010-05-30T20:28:50.819+05:30unrelated to the topic: how much of a movie's ...unrelated to the topic: how much of a movie's experience is related to what (if any) company you watch it with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-69575491473209073602010-05-30T19:47:22.591+05:302010-05-30T19:47:22.591+05:30I liked this gritty neorealist film. But like a lo...I liked this gritty neorealist film. But like a lot of other "parallel" art films, it appeared to have "Give me awards" written all over it.<br /><br />Try contrasting it with a commercial Hollywood film like <i>The Best Years of Our Lives</i> which, like <i>Garam Hawa</i>, portrays the harsh winds of change in the aftermath of War. That film is no less manipulative than <i>Garam Hawa</i>. Yet, it has engaging comic reliefs in between making it easier for us to appreciate the grim portions of the picture. It doesn't forcibly wring the tears out of us.<br /><br /><i>Garam Hawa</i> provides no such breathers. It catalogues a series of misfortunes that conveniently afflict a particular minority family. It solicits our empathy in plain terms and offers no positive solution to change the state of affairs.shrikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898755392584822638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-29005168691756492422010-05-30T14:20:04.756+05:302010-05-30T14:20:04.756+05:30Lovely post, I say. Haven't watched 'Garam...Lovely post, I say. Haven't watched 'Garam Hawa' because I couldn't find it anywhere, but must head to Paalika Bazaar some day. Balraj Sahni is aces. Your review is too.longblackveilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544098735304797477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-67317427611233594022010-05-30T11:18:17.543+05:302010-05-30T11:18:17.543+05:30I too saw Garam Hawa as a kid and it left a strong...I too saw Garam Hawa as a kid and it left a strong impression on me. And you are right about the depiction of violence in the film -while understated, you can feel the menace in the background. In contrast, the violence in Govind Nihalani's Tamas was much more brutal. <br />Can't wait to get my hands on the DVD whenever it comes out.Rummannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-23297164064992676722010-05-30T00:35:16.555+05:302010-05-30T00:35:16.555+05:30I recently saw 'Garam Hawa' on youtube, si...I recently saw 'Garam Hawa' on youtube, since I did not get its CD/DVD anywhere else.The two main actors Balraj Sahni and Geeta Siddharth did a good job. And you are right about the old lady who played Salim's mother. Some of her dialogues are really good but they seem unimpressive because of the way they were delivered. <br />And in the end scene, I so wanted Salim Mirza to stay back. This movie despite being based on the partition is not that depressing. I really liked it. A good story by Ismat Chughtai.Shaziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343597076801088512noreply@blogger.com