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The battle of the sexes has been a subject of a number of interesting films. However, only a few Hindi Films made on that subject have been able to stir both the hearts and the minds of the populace, without
severely the impacting the bottom-line of the movie.
A majority of the movies on this subject have almost the same incestuous plots and the ever same contrived endings. Very rarely does a movie made on this premise go deep into the psyche of the characters and delve on the psychology of these emotions.
If there was ever a movie which did complete justice to the concept without sermonizing or taking sides, it had to be Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s great take on the subject-Abhimaan. Abhimaan also remains till date one of the few movies, which had author backed roles for actresses, normally relegated to second place in Indian movies.
Abhimaan is the story of a couple whose family life falls apart due to the predominance of male ego over familial ties. The movie beautifully traces the growth of the monster of jealousy to it’s all destructing avatar and at the end of the movie you are forced to delve deep into your own self and find instances when one has also felt the pangs of male ego and there must have been many who must have observed the self-destructive ability of this abominable monster from close quarters.
Amitabh Bachchan as the male protagonist, Subheer Kumar is unbeatable. This is one of his earliest films and Amitabh plays the role with the perfect intonations and the exact shades of grey, without trying to justify his actions- the bane of many leading stars. The expressions on his face in the scene where a female fan snatches away her autograph book from his hand is just perfect.
Jaya Bhaduri as Amitabh’s singer-wife, Uma is perfect. As a wife, trying her best to salvage her relationship with her husband, she is just extraordinary. Unlike other actresses who would try to perform anguish with dialogues or overdramatic gestures, Jaya displays all her anguish with her silence and a look at her eyes in the course of the movie tells much more than can ever be expressed by dialogues. In fact, the beauty of the movie lies in the fact lies in the fact that it speaks more with silence and eyes than with dialogues.
Among the supporting cast, Bindu, Durga Khote and Asrani perform their roles with consummate ease and perfect intonations. One of the greatest plusses of the movie is the fact that all performers fit their grooves very tightly.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee manages to hold our attention throughout the movie without indulging into high theatrics and it’s to the credit that such an intense movie does not look heavy duty. The confrontations between Amitabh and Jaya and the final reconciliation (or should I say redemption) is perfectly handled.
S D Burman, as usual comes up trumps with songs that gel with the flow of the story and also speak the mood of the movie.
In short a movie that remains even after 30 years an enduring reminder of the class of Indian Directors and a silent testimony of the solemn fact that Indians remain masters of drama and characterizations.
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Great Performances, Imaginative Direction, Great Music
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A little heavy duty
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