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- 1971 gave us, among other things, A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick's shocking descent into dystopian cruelty; Get Carter, the British crime film, whose murky fatalism offered an antithesis to the cheerful escapism of the swinging sixties; Dirty Harry, in which Clint Eastwood's squinting, gravel-voiced cop announced a return to cowboy justice against hippie "punks"; and Two-Lane Blacktop, the minor-key masterpiece of US road movies, with its disaffected, drifting youth, sun-browned and...
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- The Premise
- The Casting of Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan
- The Music
- The Intrinsic Value of Life
- A Genre-Breaking Middle Cinema Form
Anand’s illness is made very clear at the very beginning of the film. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was clear to Gulzar that he wanted his audience to know about Anand’s illness at the very outset. When the film begins, we are introduced to Bhaskar (Amitabh Bachchan) who has been felicitated with a literary award. A doctor by profession, this award seems st...
One of the film’s greatest strength is the camaraderie between the two principal characters, Anand and Bhaskar. These two characters are polar opposites: the former is the outgoing, spirited soul- full of energy and enthusiasm, whereas the later too self-contained and inexpressible in every matter. Together, their relationship becomes the soul of t...
One of the strongest, most enduring power of Anand emanates from its soulful, melodious songs composed by the inimitable Salil Chowdhary. From “Jiya Lage Na” to “Zindagi kaisi he paheli haaye”, each song served its own purpose in the narrative without becoming an extension. The lyrics by Gulzar fit in beautifully, and rendered evocative moments of ...
At various points in the film, several supporting characters come to know about Anand’s illness, and are shocked to witness his zest for life stay intact. Anand is a character study of a doomed individual, but simultaneously it is also an ode to the eternal quest of mankind- to relinquish life as much as possible. Anand hurries to finalize the rela...
In the 70s, there was a movement in Hindi Cinema by the name of ‘middle cinema’- one that stood at the midpoint between mainstream commercial cinema and arthouse parallel cinema. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was one of the most important, as well as successful filmmakers in this genre, combining entertainment with prevalent societal issues. Anand begins on...
Apr 29, 2020 · Here are 4 major reasons why 1971 is a superhit today, and ought to have been 13 years ago as well. Table of Contents. The Backstory. The Reliable Cast. The Hard-Hitting Dialogues. An Account...
Dec 21, 2023 · The film’s success lies in its ability to humanize the individuals involved in the Troubles, allowing audiences to connect with the story on a deeply emotional level. It goes beyond the headlines and statistics to reveal the human stories that often went untold.
Proclaiming any certain year the greatest for film releases is a dicey prospect. Everyone, of course, will have their own opinion and preferences. Author Robert Sellers ( Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O’Toole and Reed ) sets his sights on 1971 and in his assessment of some of the cinematic highlights does ...
Dec 26, 1971 · Mr. Kubrick's adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel, set in what looks to be about 1983, has its own language (Nadsat), its own perspective (a free will to do evil is better than no will at all),...
Jul 12, 2023 · While the critical and commercial success of Francis Ford Coppola ’s The Godfather in 1972 truly marked a changing of the guard, the early years like 1971 featured an interesting mix between...
