Veteran actor Dina Pathak could also be remembered as a display screen mom however she stood aside from the eternally sorrowful, white sari clad maa that was delivered to life by actors corresponding to Nirupa Roy and Sulochana. On Pathak’s a hundredth beginning anniversary, we keep in mind the actor who created a special kind of mom in 70s and 80s cinema, who may as simply consolation you as tease you in good humour. However, with a dearth of roles for a senior feminine actor in these days, her expertise remained underutilised. This is one thing that her daughters, actors Ratna Pathak Shah and Supriya Pathak, additionally imagine.
In a dialog with indianexpress.com, Supriya Pathak recalled how the entire movie business referred to Dina Pathak as ‘maa, mata ji or mummy’ as a result of she was back-to-back taking part in a mom on display screen in numerous movies.
“When we were growing up, my mother (Dina Pathak) was playing all the mother roles that were there in the industry. Ratna and I used to laugh about it and feel that we have so many brothers and sisters because my mother is a mother to everybody. Everyone, including all the actors, would call my mother ‘Mata ji, Mumma, Mom or Maa.’ So, I and Ratna would always feel that we have a big family,” Supriya expressed. However, her youngsters had totally different response when she herself began taking part in a mom on-screen.
“When I started taking up mother roles (in films), I used to feel my kids would feel the same way. But they didn’t. They were very definite that ‘you are my mom. Let’s not confuse that matter,’” Supriya chuckled.
Ratna Pathak Shah, alternatively, stated that at any time when she thinks of her mom Dina Pathak’s Hindi movie profession, she feels unhappy.
The actor, who admits of falling in love with the craft of performing on the age of 12 due to her mom’s portrayal of Kaali within the theater manufacturing of Karnad’s Hayavardhan, stated that the viewers by no means received the possibility to see her mom’s true magic on the silver display screen as “films never gave her a chance to do any of that.”
A nonetheless from Khubsoorat. (Phot: Express Archive)
“She just had three and a half expressions that she trotted out. In fact, Supriya and I used to often laugh, ‘Oh, there’s Maa doing expression number 65, I am sure it would be followed by expression number 33 very soon.’ It was like that, poor thing,” the actor instructed PTI in an interview.
“I really wish Maa had been around today because she was meant for this kind of work. She was meant to be out of the box. But she was trapped in the white sari and expression number 65 for 30-40 years. My heart goes out to her even just thinking of the boredom that she had to face or so many other actors like her,” she added.
AK Hangal, Amol Palekar and Zarina Wahab with Dina Pathak. (Photo: Express Archive)
Dina Pathak, who handed away in 2002, is remembered for her roles within the Hindi movies corresponding to Gol Maal, Khubsoorat, Koshish, Umrao Jaan, Mirch Masala and Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! amongst others.