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iView Author: Ratnakar Sadasyula (Bhubaneshwar, India)

Email: ratnakar.techie [at] gmail [dot] com

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Kalyanji Anandji- Dum Dum Diga Diga
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When doing one of those numerous Antakshari jam sessions with my friends to kill time, whenever we got the letter ‘Ďa’ on cue the first song would be “Ďum Ďum Diga Diga, Mausam Bheega Bheega”.
Your heartbroken in love, and no better song to capture the mood than “Chandi ki Deewar Na Thodi”.
No marriage in North India would be complete without the marriage band playing “Meri Pyaari Behaniya, Banegi Dulhaniya”.
Think of the disco craze in the 1980’s and the first two songs that immediately pop up in your mind would be ” Aap Jaisa Koi” and “Laila O Laila”.
Or what about the ode to …

First thing first, KHUSHBOO is a PERIOD film, based upon the story of Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. So no new definitions can be imposed on the characterisation/s. It is set in an old time and hence has to be seen in that manner only.

Once selected a story, the thing which matters is the fact how convincingly a director has shown his chosen story. Story may not look convincing in a period film because times are changed but good directors have that skill where they keep grip on the visual story telling factor and audiences are soaked deeply in to the visual watching of the film and whether story is feasible in the present circumstances or not, ceases to matter for audiences.

Practices like Childhood marriages or fixing the marriages for children are not in the fashion now a days but this absence can not stop audience to enjoy the films …