This is the second movie of the shyam benegal's trilogy of Khalid Mohammed's stories (the others are Mammo and Zubeida).This is probably the best of the trilogy which talks about independent muslim women who went after what they wanted in life.For sardari it was the love of music, the wish to become a great singer.
In "Sardari Begum" the views of people she meets are very biased. Even though she was a good hearted person, everyone talks low of her because of her social status as some one who sings in mehfils. The story slowly develops with different inputs and there are overlaps to show how different people manipulate the narration to suit their viewpoints.
One of the good things about the movie is its music.The movie has lots of thumri songs. Two of them are sung by Asha Bhonsle, one by Shubha Joshi and rest of them by Aarti Angalikar.
Synopsis:
Tehzeeb first comes to know about sardari from her father. who talks ill off her, more off a prostitute than a singer just cause sardari lived the life the way she wanted to live.The story which starts as a curiosity to know the life of sardari ends with a bigger picture of the state of woman in our society.Even though sardari is seen low by the society , end of the day all that she has done is shun the role the society offers. To be a sacrificing mother or a good wife and leads her own life as an independent woman.
The movie is multi layered, not only does it tell the story of the thumri singer, it also parallely narrates the story of two other woman, tehzeeb and sardari's daughter and how at the end sardari's life influences them to take decisions on their life.
Starring:
Amrish Puri - Hemraj
Kiron Kher - Sardari Begum
Smriti Mishra - Younger Sardari
Shri Vallabh Vyas - Jabbar Abbasi (as Shrivallabh Vyas)
Syed Khurshid - Young Jabbar
Rajit Kapoor - Sadiq Moosvi (as Rajit Kapur)
Rajeshwari Sachdev - Sakina
Salim Ghouse - Manik Sen
Surekha Sikri - Idbal Bai (as Surekha Sikri Rege)
S.M. Zaheer - Fateh Khan
Uttara Baokar - Hemraj's Wife
Ahmed Khan - Mehmood Abbasi
Ashok Lath - Mark D'Cruz
Kumud Mishra - Amode Bajaj
Ravi Jhankal - Police Inspector
Director: Shyam Benegal
Watch .... coming soooooon
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