A Job of a Lifetime

iView Author: Sudhir Raikar (Mumbai, India)

Email: sudhirraikar [at] hotmail [dot] com

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A Job of a Lifetime
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Bimal Roy’s master piece “Naukri” (1954) remains one of the most sensitive celluloid representations of a social malaise that is relevant till date –one probably inflamed by a different fire today, but burning all the same. The manner in which Roy highlights the foremost economic challenge before the educated middle class of an Independent India is unique in several respects – deft use of dark humour in narrating a poignant tale of despair and frustration, refreshingly different vintage versions of singer-actor Kishore Kumar and thespian Kanihya Lal, a perceptive camerawork that unfolds the story through a well-knit collage of realistic frames, a soul-stirring music that raises the bar for situational music in films and last …


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