Chhoti Bahen is the poignant story about the delicate but powerful bond of filial love. Hardly does one see such family movies these days. And the blame goes to more than exagratted daily TV soaps, which have killed three hours poignant drama into never ending annoying saga.

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Its pretty refreshing to watch bollywood classics once in a while. You can clearly see, the advancements made by indian cinema in last few decades. From black and white to eastman color to todays Imax the advancement is definitely beyond anyones imagination. On the one hand can we see commercial and technical achievements bollywood have made but on the other hand you can clearly see the backruptcy of ideas in these days movie. No wonder, why directors are opting for remakes. Compared to classics like Kagaaz Ke Phool, Mudhumati, Mother India I often think where have all those writers gone.

If you thought Devdas (2001) was an ideal bollywood musical love story, then watch ‘Goonj Uthi Shehnai’ your belief will be shattered within first 5 minutes.

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Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam
Tum Rahe Na Tum, Hum Rahe Na Hum …

One of the finest song delivered by Geeta Dutt in Guru Dutt’s final directoral venture ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’. Kaagaz Ke Phool till date is considered just second to Pyaasa by many. A cinematic masterpiece that went over the audience’s heads and sank like the Titanic so to say.

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Bimal Roy tells a story of the dispossessed peasant and the moneylender/ landlord in Do Bigha Zameen. With his innate reserve and good taste he chooses a much wider context in which to place his narrative thus looking at rural poverty at one end and the brutalizing effects of city life at the other end.

On a stormy night, Devendra (Dilip Kumar) along with his friend take a shelter in old mansion, which he recognizes although he had never been there before. Devendra, amidst flashes of memory from another life, sits down to tell his story while the storm rages outside…

A judge (Prithviraj Kapoor)’s wife (Leela Chitnis) is kidnapped and on being rescued is found to be pregnant. The husband turns her out accusing her of infidelity. Their son Raju (Raj Kapoor) born in the slums ends up a criminal and faces a murder charge. Rita (Nargis) Raju’s lover and a lawyer herself (the Judge’s ward) defends him and examines the judge in the witness box. She holds the judge and society responsible for depriving and dehumanizing Raju. The judge owns up to Raju being his son.

Starring : Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapoor with K.N. Singh, Shashi Kapoor, Cuckoo, and Leela Chitnis

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Radha (Nargis) now an old woman remembers her past. She remembers her married life. The family has to work extremely hard to pay off the moneylender Sukhilala (Kanhaiyalal). Her husband (Raj Kumar) loses both his arms in an accident and feeling useless abandons the family. Alone, Radha has to raise her children while fending off financial as well as sexual pressures from Sukhilala. One son dies in a flood, and in later years one son Ramu (Rajendra Kumar) grows to be a dutiful son while the other Birju (Sunil Dutt) becomes a rebel committed to direct, violent action. Finally to preserve the honour of the village, Radha puts an end to Birju’s rebellious activities by shooting him down.