It was one of those doordarshan days when they used to show regional cinema at 1:00 Pm on Sunday afternoons. On one such afternoon we had eagerly waited to watch Satyajit Ray's 'Goopi Gayan Bagha Bayen'. One of the rare children's(also) movie made in that era.
A scene which had etched in my mind was the part where Goopi and Bagha are lost in jungle and meet the ghosts,back then it was the scariest thing i had seen. The scene was then followed by a dance performed exclusively by the ghosts!. The dance was some thing which i remembered quite a bit of my childhood but without interpretation.
It is a Ray movie, he cannot leave without making a strong social message, can he? My little head could only see the dance then, but decades later i find that the dance still holds its interpretation in true sense to the current social scenario, only few performers have changed!
Care for it? here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDQsgrZSnE .
I used to love those afternoon Doordarshan cinema. Never watched this one.
ReplyDeleteAfternoon cinema had some real gems from different states, used to love it too. I would suggest it for Peanut though not sure how kids now adays will react to such old cinema, they may find it dated.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back..have been missing your blog updates. and congrats for the nomination. have voted for ya! :)
Peanut doesn't watch anything other than animated movies and even then not more than an hour. She is just 5. Not into movies yet. :)
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you must be a happy mother in that case! :)
ReplyDeleteI remember waiting for summer holidays, back in school days in Calcutta. They used to show this movie as a part of their "Chutti Chutti" line-up. After more than a decade and half, some scenes are still etched in my memory. It's feels nice when someone reminds you about little things that brought you joy as a child :)
ReplyDeleteYup, I saw this as a child in Kolkata. It was then touted as a children's movie. My little head did'nt get any message either. Will have to see it again.
ReplyDeleteI saw this as a child in Kolkata. It was touted as a children's film then. My little head did not get any message either. Will have to see it again.
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