Comments on: Weekly Classics: Mirch Masala

By: Rohit

Rohit — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:47:53 +0000

Ketan Mehta has remained an enigma. It is surprising that the creator of movies like Mirch masala and Bhavni Bhavai has achieved so little in his career. Mangal Pandey, Maya Memsaab and perhaps even Sardaar can be considered as big on concept and small on execution. And its hard to believe that someone of his calibre has made a film like Hero Hiralal.
His strength lies in working on folksy themes, which he demonstarted in his debut film Bhavni Bhavai, still considered a classic.

By: Pradip

Pradip — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:29:43 +0000

Really – South India is a haven for women? Which India do you live in? Puducherry??

By: abbastoronto

abbastoronto — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:17:56 +0000

It is interesting to compare the fate of an un-accompanied female in Pakistan.

Exploitation and oppression of women in Pakistan has a different tone. It is mostly by someone familiar – fathers, brothers, sons, legally wedded husbands, and the Mullah. The last are notorious to rape girls who are sent to them to learn to read the Quran (and for the equal opportunity minded, the boys are not spared either).

I remember a male college mate describe matter of factly how he climbed the wall of the bathroom and raped his cousin in the shower.

But women being kidnapped by the powerful is practically non-existent in Pakistan. In the 1960s this was a popular theme in imported Bollywood films. We wondered if the Indians were from a different planet.

By: Jwala

Jwala — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:43:36 +0000

Dont be naive. The feudal lords of Pakistan treat the women working under them as their property.

By: Jwala

Jwala — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:41:15 +0000

Typical Bengali statement – only Bengalis know how to make movies ….

By: MumbaiGuy

MumbaiGuy — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:54:58 +0000

Smita Patil was most talented actress I have ever seen. Kindly watch her movies.

By: manish

manish — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:16:06 +0000

Agreed….

By: chakraborty

chakraborty — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:34:32 +0000

Very Good article, But please expand your horizon

Raza ali saeed – Do you Know Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan sinha

If you havnt watched there movies you know nothing about Indian Cinema

By: Civic

Civic — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:25:43 +0000

It’s more a problem in north India. This is the foreign Mughalai culture that was imported into north India when the invaders came from the north. They brought rape as an instrument of terror. The south with the indigenous culture is more civilized. However it can improve too.

By: abbastoronto

abbastoronto — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:24:16 +0000

Not Sub-continent, but India only.
Exploitation and oppression of women in Pakistan has a different tone. It is mostly by fathers, brothers, sons, and legally wedded husbands.
Women being lifted by the powerful is practically non-existent in Pakistan. It is commonplace in India.
I presume that situation in Bangladesh is somewhat like in Pakistan, not India.