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Kismet 1943
The story of this film was elegant. Each subplot neatly meshed together into what would eventually become the tight template for a Bollywood pocket-drama. But what was fascinating about it all were the glimpses of nationalism sprinkled across the film. Of course there was the overt play-within-the-film of “Door Hato Ae Duniyawalo” in which Kavi Pradeep bares his hatred of his colonizers just months after the Quit India movement itself had been launched by the Congress. But also, one could…
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Pather Panchali 1955
This was my first foray into Ray’s world and it might have broken cinema for me. Every frame was a painting - every scene it’s own film - and I by the end, I felt love for a place I’ve never been and people I’ll never meet. I know nothing of this medium, but I could not imagine a better movie.
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