Saw this movie recently which stars Urmila Madonkar and Manoj Bajpai in a 1946 pre-Independence backdrop. Interesting movie. If anyone saw it, would like to know what your take is regarding the ending. It ends where Urmila’s character Purab decides to stay on with her Muslim husband rather than go on to India with her Hindu family.
I loved this movie :love: too bad it was a flop. The movie very well made and for once didn’t show as Muslims as being the bad ones but instead showed both sides. I recommend people watch this movie:k:
ofcourse it was going to flop....anything that promotes any sort of pro muslim ending and any kind of friendship will be a flop
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and anti-pak or anti-muslim movies are a bigger flop. :p ( eg. hero, and a line of sunny deol movies, janasheen etc)
Bombay was a movie which supported the unity amongst hindus and muslims.. and it was a superhit in India and overseas too.
Henna was a movie promoting same ideas. Wasn't a flop either.
Muniya baaji: get your facts straight b4 you can go ahead and make such baseless claims.
CB, I think Muniya was being sarcastic in her remark.
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Nah sp. I am sure she wasn't. If she was.. she really sucks at being sarcastic.
Hmmmm..... i did'nt see that movie yet.
How is the story?
And is it worth to see that movie?
Please tell me.
Nilu.
^ The story is pretty straight forward. It's set in northern Pakistan/India borederline areas during the Pak/India Independence era and there are the usual tensions depicted here between Hindus and Muslims so it's sort of predictable in that sense but like I said earlier, the ending kind of took me by surprise. The entire story is shown from the perspective of 2 Hindu families which I think is unfair as the Muslim perspective, the little bit that is given in the movie, is depicted negatively. In any event, I was pretty indifferent to the movie. I'd say if you have time, see it; otherwise, don't hold your breath. It's nothing special.
I think what Muniya meant ealirer, though I could be wrong, is that given that the movie is made by Indians, it was sure to be a flop since any movie with a pro-Muslim ending or Muslim friendship will be antagonized by the Indian public in general (which is majority Hindu to begin with). So if this is what she means, it's quite true. If the same movie was shown across theaters in Pakistan, it may very well have been a hit due to the ending.
PS: By the way, at the end, Purab, the character Urmila plays chooses of her own accord to stay on with her Muslim husband who had forced her to marry him to begin with. I guess along the way, she felt right staying along his side.