Movie Mahal

An online film journal for Indian Cinema

Naseeruddin Shah

November 18, 2010

BAZAAR / MARKET (Dir. Sagar Sarhadi, 1982, India) – Buying and Selling

My initial and largely superficial perceptions of Bazaar led me to assume from the stellar New Indian cinema cast of Smita Patel, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh that this was going to be yet another film which would categorically fall under the auspices of Parallel cinema. However, a closer inspection suggests otherwise as the director Continue reading

Genre, Indian CInema, Melodrama, Naseeruddin Shah, Parallel Cinema, Political Cinema, Smita Patel
November 13, 2010

PAAR / THE CROSSING (Dir. Goutam Ghose, 1984, India) – The River as Life and Death

Bengali cinema has produced so many brilliant film makers over the years that it is easy to determine it is predominately auteur led as opposed to the preponderance of genre often associated with the Mumbai film industry. Born in Calcutta, Bengali director Goutam Ghose (also known as Gautam Ghosh) has produced work including documentaries and Continue reading

Auteur, Goutam Ghose, Indian CInema, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Parallel Cinema, Political Cinema, Shabana Azmi, Social Realism