Nutan mania
I've decided to become a full-fledged promoter of Nutan! Below you'll find pictures of her I've collected since I've started watching films with her. For those who are fed up with her, you can go here (for example!)
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I'm a French lover of Indian cinema, but I'm also interested in literature, science, art, and reflection in general. This blog will reflect these tastes more or less!
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- Kanchanjungha, the moment of revelation
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Vendredi 31 décembre 2010
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21:45
Manzil (Mandi Burman, 1960) was a partial disappointment. Not that I had so much to expect from a film that I didn’t know before, and that I just got hold of because of Nutan. But it starts pleasantly, with two childhood friends meeting again now that time has passed and that they’re adults: certainly, a classic theme, but when it’s Nutan and Dev Anand, and they’re both of them charming, one easily suspends one’s disbelief, and stretches in one’s chair in hope! I started thinking of Devdas, which has a somewhat similar story, and wondered whether it was going to be a variation of Bimal Roy’s famous movie. There’s the childhood friends theme, the distancing of the two lovers, Raju’s […]
Mardi 28 décembre 2010
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16:03
In Satyajit Ray’s Home and the world (1984), there is a mystery: why does Nikhil (whose name means “free”), the open-minded husband who wants his wife to espouse modern ideas and leave the traditional confinement of the home (the Purdah), let her see his friend and soon rival Sandip: doesn’t he have eyes? Doesn’t he know that his lovely and inexperienced wife is falling in love with this manly orator and activist? Does he harbour some perverse intention to watch his wife fall in another man’s arms? And his first move, to let her leave the seclusion of the home, so as to have her confront a “world” which she wasn’t asking to confront, was this wise, was it healthy? His own sister in law, […]
Mercredi 15 décembre 2010
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13:57
Seema (1955, Amiya Chakrabarty) has been hailed as Nutan Samarth’s cinematographical revelation. In this story of a wronged young girl, she shows a sensitivity and a maturity which are striking for one so young. At only 19, she effortlessly steals the show, so that one wonders what is left to say about the film apart from her. But rest assured, there’s lots. Before I forget: thanks Madhu for having made it possible to see Seema, I had an unsubtitled copy and my level of Hindi isn’t yet that good to enable me to understand a movie from beginning to end. She indicated to me that some considerate fellow (thank him, too) had uploaded the movie on YouTube in 14 instalments… If you’re reading […]
Dimanche 12 décembre 2010
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15:09
As unofficially self-proclaimed supporter and glorifier of Nutan, I am proud to admit within the very close circle of Nutan worshippers Sharmi, whose site is devoted to pastime movies, and especially contains some wonderful praise of Nutan Behl. She has agreed to my quoting what she writes in several passages of her wonderful blog, as it so exactly matches my own admiration of the actress. Here are the extracts where she speaks about her: On Sujata: “Nutan's just inexplicable! She's in plain cotton sarees in the entire film, wears no makeup barring a bindi and kohl, and still looks picture-perfect. Her poise is infectious! Her eyes mirror her heart. When she is sad, her tears choke you, […]
Mercredi 1 décembre 2010
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23:35
S araswati Chandra (Govind Saraiya, 1968, last Bollywood movie in B & W) tells the story of a young aristocrat, Saraswati (Manish), who is indifferently raised by his step-mother and yet grows up and becomes a compassionate person who has lofty ideas and decides to do without his personal happiness without informing his father, who fixes his marriage to Kumud (Nutan), an educated girl from a rich family. Saraswati decides to cancel the engagement and writes to Kumud to inform her. But soon she replies and soon the two keep on exchanging letters. Soon Saraswati decides to defy the customs and pays a visit to his fiancée. The two soon serenade and a short-lived romance takes place. Soon […]
Dimanche 24 octobre 2010
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01:22
This classic 1964 by Satyen Bose is one of superlatives, "one of the best pictures ever made", a "golden movie", a "perfection from the past" (see IMDb user comments)! It’s certainly worth the praise, in spite of the chock-a-block melodrama. But very surprisingly, it’s its simplicity and directness which are appealing: unlike some movies, where complex a story issue taxes your concentration capacities! Here, there’s no strain! Oh, the storyline, told by IMDb contributor rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) : Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await some compensation, and when they are informed that the […]
Mercredi 13 octobre 2010
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23:34
Satyajit Ray’s “Mahanagar” (The Metropolis, 1963, based on a short story by Narendranath Mitra) is a fascinating and thoroughly original work of art. It is at once a beautifully realistic love story, a profound sociological study into men and women’s relationship, a portrayal of the world of work from the point of view of women, and an analysis of the clash of modernism and traditions in a middle-class urban family. I will first leave an IMDb contributor (sbansban) sum up the story, something he does with a very convincing personal touch: “In an era when working women in Calcutta (and perhaps many other places in the world) sometimes invited snide implications of inadequate income […]
Jeudi 30 septembre 2010
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22:19
Hi, I've found this text written a long time ago probably after having seen KKHH one of the first times! Enjoy! Where does the poignancy of love come from? This love in need of love, this need which screams in the face of the loved one “I will make you happy!”, this tearing of the future when love isn’t fulfilled? The movie rapturously delays the moment of relief, which should be its dominant feature, that of the Happy end, and yet what remains with me is the sorrow, the pain of love when it is offered and unrequited, its naked beauty and its violent softness. This is what characterises Rahul and Anjali’s story. She has loved him from the start; for her, he’s the one. She’s his friend, […]
Jeudi 16 septembre 2010
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19:28
“Don’t hand out money to beggars in crowded places. You will be swarmed. In fact, authorities advise that you don’t give money to anyone asking for a handout. If you want to give, by all means do so — India has many, many worthwhile charitable organizations. Your money will go to a better cause of you give it to a charitable organization. Many beggars work for gangsters, so the money you give to them, just ends up in the gangster’s pocket.” So says the author of Mariellen at breathedreamgo, a well-meaning online travel agency. This word of caution has sound bases; indeed India’s charitable organizations exist, like everywhere else, and perhaps authorities have this policy. It seems […]
Samedi 11 septembre 2010
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23:33
Just watched Don (2006 one), by Farhan Akhtar, since it was shown on French TV last Thursday. I knew from filmiholic that « bilkul bindaas hai », and laughed at Maja’s swooning and gushing over Arjun Rampal’s stubble. But I hadn’t given it much more thought. The film is probably old history for a number of you anyway. But never mind, it’s such good fun that I can spend a little moment gloating about it. Oh, and there’s also a mast review at thebollywoodfan! (She watched it with Shweta, but our Apni East India Company authoress is more critical!) First the story: that’s the best about the movie. I haven’t seen the 1978 version, but Dad’s inventiveness was certainly still at work when our […]
Mercredi 8 septembre 2010
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12:15
Have you heard of an author called Heather Wood ? Have you heard about this book “Third-class ticket” (1980)? No? Neither had I, until recently. But someone gave it to me, suggesting it might be interesting to read, and I took it along with me during this trip to India. There has never been such a book. It’s unique. Somebody says somewhere inside that it’s more a story of gods than of men. What he means is that it’s a story which belongs to reality, not fiction. Men can only tell stories which come out of their imagination, and in that they are limited by their imagination. But gods do not need imagination: they see things as they are; their stories are the fabric of our lives, and what […]
Lundi 30 août 2010
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21:20
Bonjour à tous, Voilà, nous sommes rentrés... Normal, évidemment, mais bon, que cela a été vite! Le séjour dans le Rajasthan, avec notre chauffeur privé VIP, les passages endiablés à Delhi, et puis le séjour dans les neiges (enfin, les boues) de l'Himachal Pradesh... Souvenirs, déjà! La fin du voyage s'est très bien passée. Le retour du trek s'est déroulé dans le cottage British où nous avions passé la nuit avant de partir (et où Matthieu et Margo nous attendaient à notre arrivée). Nous avons eu deux jours à Manali pour nous reposer de nos émotions, et donc nous avons été nous balader dans "old Manali", nous avons mangé dans un bouiboui le soir (il pleuvait, nous ne voulions pas […]
Mardi 24 août 2010
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09:49
Bonjour a tous, Pas de photos pour ce post, desole, j'ai laisse l'appareil au "cottage" ou nous loge "Himalayan Adventurers", l'agence de trek avec qui nous sommes partis faire la rando. Donc nous revoila a Manali, d'ou nous sommes partis il y a cinq jours, et le trek s'est globalement bien passe, mais avec tant d'amenagements et de changements de plans, qu'il ne ressemble pas, au final, à ce que nous avions commande! Nous n'avons pas tout fait, et puis nous avons du écourter d'un jour a cause de mauvais temps et de diarrhee (Joseph surtout, probablement des amibes, nous a dit la doctoresse Dr Sucheta Sharma, ici a Manali). D'ailleurs, pendant que je tape ce message, Joseph (et Margo […]
Jeudi 19 août 2010
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14:25
Bonjour a tous, Apres quelques difficultes de connection pour vous tenir au courant de nos vacances, voici quelques nouvelles fraiches! Notre tour du Rajasthan est fini, mais nous l'avons ecourte legerement, non pas en duree, mais en longueur: nous ne sommes pas alles jusqu'a Jaiselmer (voir carte), car les troupes etaient fatiguees de tant de voiture! C'est vrai que les kilometres pesent plus lourd sur les routes indiennes: klaxons perpetuels, cahots, ralentissements, detours et autres arrets, par exemple qund le vendeur de ghulab jamuns a cote du passage a niveau s'entend avec le garde-barriere pour fermer la barriere 10 minutes avant l'arrivee du train! (hum, enfin, c'est vrai qu'ils […]
Vendredi 13 août 2010
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Bonjour! Aujourd'hui vendredi 13 aout, nous sommes à Udaipur, sous la mousson, qui nous a fait rebrousser chemin puisque nous avions quitté la ville pour aller dormir à Ranakpur (à vos cartes!), mais l'hotel a telephone alors que nous sortions de Udaipur, pour nous dire de ne pas venir, car une riviere avait gonflé jusqu'à 1,20 m de hauteur, un car de touristes s'etant fait pieger dans la crue! Je suis converti au telephone portable! Donc demain, on prend les nouvelles pour savoir si la pluie a baissé, ou si on doit passer par un autre endroit (dusra jagah se, allez, un peu de hindi!) Et la destination: Jodhpur, plein de "pur" par ici! dont on devra partir plus tôt, parce que le pqssage […]