Mar 23, 2003 12:08 AM
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(Updated Jun 24, 2005 01:10 AM)
An Indian Alexander who conquers your Heart
Prakash Mehra has a brilliant penchant for revealing the darker sides of Mumbai/life:)
This movie,while appealing to popular tastes, also conceals esoteric reflections on life, death and purpose.
Just some examples(warning! -may be a spoiler-watch the movie now!):
-To taste life to the full play with death(including a muslim dervish implicitly referring to Jesus Christ)
-the purpose of life is love(with subtly implied scenes of ecstatic sexual union in Zohra's death scene)
-Life review before death(occurs twice-once in a dream and then in the last scene)
And other such pearls of hidden wisdom!
This movie along with 'Zanzeer' will be remembered for ages as Amitabh's best ever performances.
A mythological drama for modern times and indeed a 'Film to Remember' This movie is a proud rebuff to those who would denigrate 'bollywood' movies and sets a high standard for quality entertainment in the shakespearean mode rarely equalled since in Bollywood.
