Bollywood Saturday: Bimal Roy, recognized for unconventional themes and experimental filmmaking, a lot earlier than Anurag Kashyap and Madhur Bhandarkar, made it cool hit the bull’s eye with Parakh. The filmmaker who had a knack for exploring rural India and social points with utmost authenticity made a satirical social drama. As the brand new wave cinema in Hollywood was on its rise throughout 50s and 60s, Bimal Roy left no stones unturned to work on high quality content material when it comes to storytelling. After his inspiration from Italian neo-realist cinema in Do Bigha Zamin, Bimal Roy moved to light-hearted, but hard-hitting satirical drama. With Parakh he tried a social dramedy as India’s reply to the likes of Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Cubrick and Roman Polanski’s black comedies. A easy story about greed narrated within the backdrop of casteism, untouchability, class division and democracy makes for a common theme.Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Do You Know Guru Dutt’s Kaagaz Ke Phool is an Homage to His Mentor Gyan Mukherjee?
BIMAL ROY WANTED PARAKH TO BE A SONGLESS FILM
The better part about Bimal Roy’s depiction of social realism is the light-heartedness showcased by means of melodious music and conventional customs. Bimal Roy had initially needed to make a songless movie in an effort to keep true to the topic. He had entrusted the maverick Salil Choudhary for the movie’s story and music. While the legendary Shailendra had penned the dialogues for the movie. As Salil and Shailendra accomplished their work on Parakh, they defined to the filmmaker that the movie should have music sequences. After listening to their perspective Bimal Roy was satisfied so as to add songs in his satirical drama. Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Did You Know The Song ‘Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate’ From ‘Bobby’ Was Invented by Raj Kapoor?
PARAKH HAS THE LEGENDARY NIGHTINGALE LATA MANGESHKAR’S SOULFUL RENDITION
O Sajana Barkha Bahar Aayi and Mere Mann Ke Diye picturised on Sadhna are among the many finest songs from the movie. Both are sung by none apart from the nightingale late Lata Mangeshkar. Shailendra had additionally earlier contributed to the lyrics of Do Bighaa Zameen and Madhumati, Bimal Roy’s timeless classics. Salil Choudhary, then again was the music-composer of those movies as nicely. Bimal Roy’s movies have additionally conveyed the depth of the narrative by means of sensible cinematography. Parakh was no totally different, as ace cinematographer Kamal Bose was assigned the duty. Bose was the director of images in Bimal Roy’s Do Bigha Zameen, Devdas and Sujata, previous to Parakh. Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Do You Know Ashok Kumar Starrer Naaz Was The First Hindi Film Shot Abroad?
The film had 5 Filmfare nominations and gained three awards together with Best Direction. Parakh options Sadhana, Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Durga Khote, Leela Chitnis, Basanta Choudhary and Keshto Mukherjee in pivotal characters.
Parakh was a semi-hit on the field workplace.
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