Bandini - FilmFare Award 1963 Movie Reviews

Bandini was an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. The show aired Monday to Friday evenings.

It starred Ronit Roy and Aasiya Kazi and was set against the backdrop of Gujarat in Dharampur a village near Surat in Gujarat. Wikipedia

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She interacts with a progressive, Bikash, effectively included in the continuous flexibility battle, and is soon infatuated with him. Circumstances lead Bikash to announce that Kalyani is his wife, and he guarantees to wed her when he can. In any case, he vanishes, placing Kalyani in a cumbersome circumstance. Compelled to emigrate to the town, she works in a clinic. Approached to take care of for a rationally shaky lady, she is stunned to find that the lady is Bikash's wife.

Disturbed as it seems to be, she recieves the news of her dad's demise. Not able to hold up under this twofold stun, and the fits of rage of Vikas' wife, Kalyani executes her and is detained forever. This is advised in flashback to the jailor, Deven, a specialist who is taken in by Kalyani's temperament and devotion to obligation. Choosing to wed her, Deven gets Kalyani's sentence drove. While in transit to Deven's home, Kalyani keeps running into an at death's door Bikash.

A splendidly shot film, there are numerous entries in the film that leave a profound engraving on the watcher - an exemplary sample being with the last clash in the middle of affection and security as Kalyani is settling on Bikash and Deven. S D Burman's music for the film recieved across the board approval. Concerning the tunes - minor saajan hain us paar, o panchhi pyare, stomach muscle ke baras bhej, mora gora rang, jogi hit se tu aayaa negligible dware - there has infrequently been a film with a more noteworthy number of paramount tunes.

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Hello Friends, Bandini is not just a movie..Its more than that. It presents the unthinkable and unknown. It touched upon the aspects that were never thought of till the release of the mvie. It inspired me in the aspect of FILMAKING, Social responsibility and the art of presentation of simple idea and substantiate it. Lets look further into the movie and what can a movie do to the society.

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>> Ashok Kumar

Story: -

>> Jarasandha

Screenplay

>> M. Ghosh

Dialogues

>> Pandit Satyadev Dubey

Cinematography

>> Kamal Bose

Lyrics: -

>> Shailendra

Music

>> S. D. Burman

Produced and Directed By

>> Bimal Ray

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>> Lata Mangeshkar

Story in the nutshell: -

Bandini is the story of a lady who has been imprisoned for murdering another lady. While in the confinement she takes up the magnanimous job of nursing a patient of T.B and its during this time that the doctor in-charge of the patient falls in love with her. He gives up his job also just to woe this lady. Later she writes and give her story to the jailer. She had been a simple lady who fell in love with a freedom fighter (Ashok Kumar), who ditched her due to some reasons. But fate had something else in the box and she meets him again and kills his wife by giving poison to her.

After looking into the story and her good behaviour with her inamtes she is freed soon but obce again she meets the same man..now what will she do? Will she ignore him and take up the new life marrying the doctor or....just watch!!!

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>> Nutan

Nutan to bandini is same as Nargis to Mother India. A flawless performance. Yet another feather in the cap of the brilliant actress. The emotions are so natural that for a while you tend to forget if its Nutan or the character Kalyani. She is too much into the character that it well said " She's directors actress". Aa great balance, ever seen on-screen, and the best part is she never over-do anything. When she opens the door, you can see the expressions on her face. A FANTABULOUS PERFORAMNCE.

What to say aboutthis brilliant actor. He's an institution in himself. The actor gives the performance that matches with that of Nutan in every aspect. If Nutan is the heart then, undoubtedly, Ashok Sahab is the SOUL of the movie. So many shades in the character but yet with what ease he delivers it, is worth acknowledging. A round of applause for the great actor.

>> Dharmendra

Though new but yet he delivers one of the finest performances ever. He's the matter of Sympathy and you can't stop yourself loving from him. He stands out in the small role also. Though most of us may think that he must have got nervous in the presence of such BIG names, but did he? No, he seems to be so confident and in harmony with the character he played.

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Great Music by S.D. Burman. Mora gora ang and O jaane wale and Mere manjhi, stand out. One of the finest albums and music he gave in his whole career.

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>> The last directed movie of Bimal Roy.

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>> Best Actress

Nutan

>> Best Cinematographer

Kamal Bose

>> Best Director

Bimal Roy

>> Best Film

>> Best Story

Jarasandha

>> Best Sound Recording

D. Billimoria

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A perfect mive in every aspect.

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They say you can't forget your first love. You remember the first moments you meet, the first eye-to-eye contact, the first feeling before touching, and the first unforgettable feeling of hug, kiss and embrace. It has special magical unknown feelings. It makes you feel a feeling you never felt before. It teaches you to hear your heartbeats, feel butterflies in your tummy, and feel nervousness in your voice. None of the subsequent love can be as intense and overwhelming as first love. Doesn't matter how much trouble, lies, broken promises are associated with first love; it’s the first love people always remember throughout their life.

Bimal Roy's filmfare award winner Bandini (1963) is the story of innocent girl trapped between choice of her first love who taught her how to feel special but gave her nothing but broken promises, disillusionment and her new life of fulfillment, promise, and respect in the society.

Story

In pre-independence India somewhere in north India, young gentle Kalyani (Nutan) was imprisoned in the Jail for the crime she committed years ago. Looking at her prison card and knowing Kalyani as a well-behaved prisoner, jailor Mahesh Prasad (Tarun Bose) was shocked when he found out that Kalyani was a cold murderer.

When she volunteers to take care of an infectious TB Patient, she came to know prison doctor Dr. Devendra (Dharmendra). During Deven's daily visits to the patient, he first fascinated by her gentleness and selflessness and later falls in love with her. Deven believes that any crime cannot make any human as criminal forever and they should get their chance to rehabilitate. He confess his love for her and propose to marry her. Kalyani wants to reveal her past but Deven seems not interested in her past. Knowing her dreaded past, she rejects Deven's proposal. Deven couldn’t take the news, resigns from prison's job, and goes back to his hometown. Since Jailor and Deven known to each other for a long time, Jailor informs Deven's mother about Kalyani.

In the mean time, Jailor asks Kalyani to reveal her dark past. Kalyani writes down her past in a diary. She was happy-go-lucky girl lived with her post-master father in the small village. There came a revolutionist Bikas Ghosh (Ashok Kumar) as open-air captive in the village. He wasn't allowed to meet anyone in the village except government's employees. Bikas became regular visitor to Kalyani's house. Impressed by Ghosh's thoughts and attracted by his dynamic personality, Kalyani drawn closer to Bikas and both fell in love. Bikas promised Kalyani to marry her once he returns from the city. Despite its been months, Bikas never returns but news came to Kalyani that he was married to someone else and settled down in the city. Broken by her family’s misery, she decided to move to city to avoid villager's insult and mockery. In the city, she started working as maid in the nursing home. One day while treating obnoxious lady in the hospital, she comes to know that she was nothing but wife of Bikas Ghosh. In the moment of hatred, shocked and bewildered, Kalyani poisoned the woman, and surrendered herself to police.

Back to present time, Kalyani’s name is considered at a prison governor’s meeting for a possible early release for good behavior. After reading Kalyani's story, Deven's mother agrees to accept Kalyani as Deven's wife. As per jail review process, Kalyani get selected for early release. At her release, Jailor tells her about Deven's mother's intention. She sees this as a really good opportunity to restart her life and accepts Deven's proposal.

As she was waiting for the train for Deven’s town at the resting area in the small harbor town, she accidentally runs into Bikas. Kalyani gets the truth from Bikash's deputy that he was forced to marry the girl for revolutionary cause. Suddenly Kalyani finds herself at the cross roads of her life. Can Kalyani ever forgive Bikash for all the misery that he has given her after knowing real circumstances? What will she choose - Security (A new life with Deven) or First Love (start all over again with Bikash)?

Analysis

Bandini means imprisoned. Bandini means imprisoned in love. Bandini is poignant and moving tale of girl and explores the human conflicts of love, possessive mindset, and hate. Bimalda’s subtle, simple, and sensitive direction and Kamal Bose’s evocative photography makes Bandini as memorable viewing experience. The way Kamal Bose shot bleak interior of prison, subtle Kalyani-Deven’s love story at the background of prison walls, simple Kalyani-Bikash’s love story at the background of village farms is simply masterful. Just watch out for scenes like Kalyani staring high prison walls hearing the hoofs of the horse when carriage is taking away Deven or Kalyani sitting in her kitchen overhearing villagers scolding their situation when Bikas never returned any of her replies or 'Sab Theek Hai' sequences when prison guard announces everything is fine in the jail.

Bandini is considered as S.D.Burman's one of the finest work. In 1960s, Being Bimal Roy's regular composer in films like Sujata and Bandini, Burmanda's music was based on classical instruments influenced from north Indian folk music which suited to Bimalda's subtle stories. Each and every one of SD Burman´s compositions penned by Shilendra are gem in it’s own terms - Asha´s "Ab Ke Baras" and "O Panchi Pyare", Lata’s "Jogi Jab Se Tu Aaya Mere Dware". My favorite compositions are three classics – Mukesh’s haunting "O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana", Debutant Gulzar’s romantic duet based on mythical tales of Radha and Krishna to express Kalyani’s first blush of love sung by Lata "Mora Gora Ang Laile, Mohe Shaam Range Deide", and S.D.Burman’s emotional, and soul-stirring climatic number to express Kalyani's dilemma “O Re Maanjhi, Mera Saajan Hai Us Paar". It’s no wonder that "Main Bandini Hoon Piya ki, Main Sangini Hoon Saajan ki" line in “Maanjhi” song is real highlight of the Kalyani’s tale.

Nutan as Kalyani is considered one of the finest performances seen on Indian cinema. Nutan as Piya's Bandini, Saajan's Sangini, or Bikas's Ardhangini is simply amazing as her multifaceted complex role of strong-willed Kalyani - young free spirited village girl, suffering prisoner, cold murderer, or likable, selfless, caring prison inmate. Just watch her sudden explosion as portraying a temporarily mentally unbalanced woman when she poison's her lover's wife. The way Bimalda's intermixed welding fumes and torches with Kalyani's pumping stove and mixing poison in tea makes any viewer uneasy while watching the movie.

Ashok Kumar as Bikas Gosh has dynamic personality who is true to his heart when it comes to fighting for India´s independence but proves to be a coward in his relationship with Kalyani. Dharmendra as Deven has only first hour screen presence but leaves everlasting impression as a kind and gentle doctor throughout the movie. Bengali stalwart Tarun Bose as Jailor was simply masterful.

Conclusion

Bandini was arguably Bimal Roy's greatest film, even better than Devdas and Do Bigha Zameen. Winner of 7 best director + 4 best film awards in the first 10 years of filmfare award history, Bimal Roy is known as Bollywood's most awarded and respected director of his era. Sadly he died at age 58 right after Bandini where he was peak of his career and zenith of creativity skills. Bandini was last film from great director. It’s an evergreen classic.

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Every human being is a prisoner – either to his circumstances or his ambitions or his values in life or to what he deems should be the ideals of his life. A few are prisoners to their guilt and some are prisoners to their destiny – their fate.

Of all these prisoners, the most unfortunate is the man who is a prisoner to his own conscience since for him no period of atonement, no amount of penance is enough to absolve him of the sins he has committed. A prisoner in a jail anywhere in the world can expect to be released from his bondage after a passage of time, depending on the severity of his crime. But not so the man who is a prisoner of his own conscience, for one can run and run but still not be far from the reach of his conscience.

Can anything be worse than such a life of imprisonment?

Yes… The life of a human being whose life has by himself become an imprisonment is worse than the imprisonment of a hurt conscience. The only difference being that in the second case, the person may silently suffer oblivious to his or her own imprisonment while in the former case, the person is aware of the cause but not the extent of the punishment.

Bandini, by Bimal Roy is the story of common people caught in the cesspool of these imprisonments. Bandini as such means a prisoner and what can best signify the life and feelings of a person in imprisonment than this movie, which can easily lay claim to the best movie on such a dark and complex subject.

As a person who has by her own acts of omission and commissions brought imprisonment onto her life, Nutan delivers a tour de performance. Kalyani is one of the best and most complex characterizations ever in the history of Hindi Cinema, but Nutan delivers a flawless performance, one easily ranked as one of the top 5 performances by an actress. Each and every scene in the movie is a tribute to the thespian skills of the actor and one has to just observe her to see the conflicting emotions, all build up, express itself and then dissolve on her face in a matter of seconds. Her best scene remains undoubtedly the one wherein she murders the patient. The inherent fury, the quiet rage, the hypnotic hold of ruthlessness, the glance of cold terror all combine to instill a feeling of the murder long before the act is committed and then the silent fear, the abject despair and the remorse again makes for the perfect sketch of one who kills in the heat of the moment. Never before and never after has a murder been taken to such creative heights. Equally brilliant is her silence when taunted by the other prisoners and the breakdown on interrogation. A mind-blowing performance indeed

On the other hand of the spectrum is Ashok Kumar as Bikash Babu, a man imprisoned by his ideals. As a freedom fighter who inevitably becomes a cage for Nutan, Ashok once again delivers an impeccable performance. As a man tormented by his past and his guilt at having destroyed someone’s life, although unintentionally, Ashok stands tall among the minions. Each and every frame in the movie speaks volumes for his performance but the best scene is definitely the one wherein he tries to seek pardon from the woman he has wronged towards the end of the movie.

Dharmendra as the doctor Deven who is among the few, not bound by any prisons but one who believes his mission is life transcends the significance of prisons is exceptionally brilliant. This was one of his earliest performances and he’s exceptionally earnest. Although the role of the doctor is not as well sketched in the movie, Dharmendra manages to stay true to his characterization

Among the supporting cast, Tarun Bose as the wise jailor and Iftikhar as his lecherous deputy are exceptionally well versed with their roles. Raja Paranjpe as Kalyani’s father performs the role of a lifetime. His silence is the most eloquent in the movie, second only to Nutan in terms of power and reach.

S D Burman is in his full elements as he weaves magic with each and every composition in this beautiful movie. Whether its’ the maestro himself lending his rich and sonorous voice to the unforgettable “Mere Saajan Hain Uss Paar” or Mukesh giving vent to his feelings of deep loss in “O Jaanewaale” or Asha Bhosle putting out her heart in “Ab Ke Baras Bhej Bhaiya Ko Babul” or Lata talking about the hopes and wishes of a lover in “Mora Gora Rang Le Le”, the music is exceptionally fantabulous. One of S D Burman’s best compositions ever

Shailendra and Gulzar (in his debut-making film as lyricist) have written lines that transcend the normal barriers of creativity. Each and every lyric is a perfect blend of human emotions and dreams and aspirations. Especially the song “O Jaanewale” that can be considered a milestone in depicting a desolate man’s last hopes and pleas.

What else can I write about Bimal Roy than has been written previously? Writing about him is like trying to put a candle to the sun… something highly foolish on the part of amateurs like me. If in other films, Bimal was a master director putting forth his wares for inspection, in this movie Bimal transcends all barriers of mastery and proves himself to be not only a genius but in reality the very embodiment of direction.

Each and every scene is perfect…. Nothing short of it but perfect…. Watch our for the way, the Master executes the murder without a single hint of the murder but terrifying us all the same…. The climax scene, which has been the most debated in the entire film. …. The chants of “Sab Theek Hai” while lives are falling apart…. Everything speaks volumes for a genius of a Man who died far too young.

As Lord Baron would say: “Whom the Gods love, die young”

I would say….”Whom the Gods love, are unaware of their imprisonment”.

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Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.

Seabury, David

Last night I was wondering if in the present, ‘bold’ times, any film-maker would have the courage to make a Bandini now ? The answer came to me within seconds : No, absolutely not !

Because the film directors of today always like to ride on the safe horse. Because film making is more of a business today than a creative outlet. Because the costs of the movie have to be recovered, by hook or by crook. I suppose as we are getting more progressive, we are also getting more insecure and hollow. Success in any endeavor is measured in terms of the money it generates.

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‘Bandini’ is an extremely passionate movie. It is not for the faint hearted.It speaks of love – but mind you, not the candyfloss, pink valentine type of love. But love that hurts. Love that sucks the lifeblood from your veins. Love that makes you want to kill.In my personal opinion, this kind of love does not happen to anyone. It happens to very intense, passionate peoplewho believe it taking it all or giving it all up as easily.

I watched this movie when I was a child. And it had a profound impacton me. I decided that if I ever love a man, then I would love like ‘Bandini’. Of course, in my case I did not have to kill anyone for my love (my common sense always gets the better of me !) but the romantic in me always hoped that somewhere, I am like ‘Bandini’ – loving, losing and yet loving forever..

The actual name of the main protagonist in this movie is ‘Kalyani’. Why she was called ‘Bandini’ was because

(a)She was sentenced to life imprisonment in jail by the state

(b)She had sentenced herself to life imprisonment in love willingly

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Story

Kalyani (Nutan) is a young girl who gives her heart to a freedom fighter, Bikash (Ashok Kumar) who promises to marry her but never comes back even as the young Kalyani waits in vain. She leaves her safe home to search for him in the strange city and takes up a job as a nurse in a nursing home. When she discovers that one of her patients is the one who Bikash has eventually married, she suffers an emotional trauma. In a vulnerable moment, Kalyani murders his wife and then admits to the crime. She resigns herself to a life of imprisonment till a young doctor (Dharmendra) proposes to her and she is given a parole simultaneously. As she embarks on a new life with her future man, her paths cross with Bikash, now ill and broken. Which path will Bandini choose ? The safe haven of the young doctor’s home and hearth or the rough and bumpy path of her love that beckons her….

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Performances

Nutan (my favourite actress) shone like gold in this one. She ceased to be Nutan and became Kalyani. This was the most effective performance of her life. The quiet determination, the passion in those eyes and willpower like steel… she was simply superb. Ashok Kumar was good as usual, playing the resigned lover who could not fight his circumstances. Dharmendraas the young, handsome doctor who falls in love with a prisoner was perfect.

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Direction

Now don’t get me started on this. I can fill pages and pages on the superb direction of this movie by Bimal Roy. Every scene is a masterpiece and though it was the era of black and white cinema, the director has done a wonderful job at highlighting the grey in each of her characters.

The most interesting scene is the one just before Kalyani executes the murder.

The way the director builds up the tension in the air as Kalyani stares out of a dark window is incredible. To add to the feeling of dread, someone is welding right outside the window so that one can see Bandini’s profile etched against the unsettling background of bright light that contrasts with pitch darkness – over and over again !

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Music

S.D. Burman, the Music Maestro gave amazing compositions for this movie - ‘O mere manjhi’, ‘Mera gora ang lai le’, ‘Jogi jab se tu aaya mere dware’, ‘O jaane wale ho sake to’are classics that should be etched in gold. My favourite is ‘O mere manjhi’ – the last song which was an integral part of this movie.

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I simply loved the character of Kalyani because-

Kalyani is a remarkably strong-willed woman who is able to withstand the worst and yet she is endearingly human.She is very clear about what she wants and she knows very well how to achieve it. She does not complain about the hardships she encounters - she does not cry, whine and moan.She is determined and dignified – exactly the kind of woman I would love to be ! At the same time, when she knows that she has done something wrong – she makes no excuses, she blames no one but herself and courageously walks up to bear the repercussions.She is hopelessly devoted to her man and while at one side she kills someone in a rage of jealousy, on the other hand, she gives up a secure future in lieu of an uncertain, adverse fate just for the sake of love.

But then isn’t every woman in love ‘ Bandini piya ki…sangini saajan ki..’ ?

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Director: Bimal Roy Producer: Bimal Roy Story: Jarasandha Script: M Ghosh Lyrics: Shailendra Music: S D Burman Cast: Nutan Ashok Kumar Dharmendra Raja Paranjpe Tarun Bose Asit Sen Chandrima Bhaduri Bela Bose Iftekar Hiralal Moni Chatterjee.

One of Bimal Roy's best known films, this 1963 classic remains on the all time favourite lists of many Hindi film enthusiasts, as much for its haunting music and storyline and a powerhouse performance by Nutan. Set in 1930s undivided Bengal, Nutan plays Kalyani, a village girl who stays with her father. She comes in contact with a revolutionary, Bikash, actively involved in the ongoing freedom struggle, and is soon in love with him. Circumstances lead Bikash to declare that Kalyani is his wife, and he promises to marry her as soon as he can. But he disappears, putting Kalyani in an awkward situation. Forced to emigrate to the town, she works in a hospital. Asked to look after for a mentally unstable woman, she is shocked to discover that the woman is Bikash's wife. Upset as it is, she recieves the news of her father's death. Unable to bear this double shock, and the tantrums of Vikas's wife, Kalyani kills her and is imprisoned for life. All this is told in flashback to the jailor, Deven, a doctor who is taken in by Kalyani's nature and dedication to duty. Deciding to marry her, Deven gets Kalyani's sentence commuted. On the way to Deven's house, Kalyani runs into a terminally ill Bikash... A brilliantly shot film, there are many passages in the film that leave a deep imprint on the watcher - a classic example being with the final conflict between love and security as Kalyani is deciding between Bikash and Deven.

S D Burman's music for the film recieved widespread acclaim. As for the songs - mere saajan hain us paar, o panchhi pyare, ab ke baras bhej, mora gora rang, jogi jab se tu aayaa mere dware - there has rarely been a film with a greater number of memorable songs.

The cinematography is especially brilliant, and combined with Roy's genius makes the film a masterpiece, the film seems to be straight from the heart.

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There are very few movies which leave an impact and which we can recollect even after years, Bandini is one such movie. It has my favourite heroine Nutan as the central character. I'm surprised no one at MS has reviewed this movie yet, is it coz none of u have seen this one? huh? :) Here is my ''little'' review :)

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The Story :

The time is before independence and our heroine Kalyani (Nutan), is serving a jail sentence for murder. The prison doctor Deven (Dharmendra), is in love with her and wants to marry her. However Kalyani fears that knowing about her past he would change his mind & refuses his proposal for marriage. The jailer, who is a family friend of Deven, then tells him Kalyani's story

Flashback :

Kalyani is the daughter of a village postmaster. When a revolutionary Bikash (Ashok Kumar) visits the village both are attracted towards each other & soon fall in love. In an attempt to save Bikash's life during a problem situation Kalyani poses as Bikash's wife. When her father learns of this he is upset as this would ruin his honour in the village. Bikash proposes to marry her, Kalyani's father agrees to the marriage. Bikash leaves the village promising to come back but he never does. Later, Kalyani is told that he has married someone else. The villagers ridicule Kalyani & her father. To avoid further insult to her father, she leaves the village & gets a job in a hospital where is given the task to take care of a particular shrewish & ill-mannered rich woman patient. When her father comes to the city in search Kalyani, he is killed in an accident. Learning of this Kalyani is very disturbed [excellent acting in this scene] & on the same day she discovers the woman she is taking care of is Bikash's wife !!! She believes that this woman is the cause of all her troubles & also of her father's death. Kalyani poisons her & surrenders to the police.

After learning her story, Deven & his mother are still willing to accept her. Finally, Kalyani too agrees for the marriage but as she waits for the train to take her to Deven's house, she meets Bikash again. He is very ill and she learns the real circumstances of Bikash's unhappy marriage [for the freedom cause]. In the end of the film, Kalyani decides to go with Bikash............

The Director :

This classic film has been directed by Bimal Roy, who is also the director of a well known films: Do Bigha Zameen, Madhumati. He has handled a very sensitive topic with great care. In times when women were not given much options, his heroine is very daring yet sensitive too. The film tells her story with lots of sensitivity & simplicity, which would not have been an easy task for Bimal Roy.

The performance :

Nutan gives an amazing performance in Bandini. This is one of the best roles of her career, others being in Sujata, Milan, Saraswatichandra etc. It seemed as if she is not acting, she is living Kalyani's character. As Kalyani she comes across as a very gentle yet passionately in love woman, who is not afraid to take drastic steps to make things right or even sacrifice for her lover. There is nothing dramatic about her performance and the audience is fully sympathetic to Kalyani, even when she murder's her lover's wife, only because they are convinced of Nutan's fine acting as Kalyani.

Ashok Kumar, also gives a splendid performance, which is his usual for all his other films roles too. Also the role of Deven, enacted by Dharmendra deserves a special mention, as he was pitted against sucha powerful actress Nutan and yet he manages to attract the audience with his tiny role in the movie.

The songs :

Mora Gora Ang Laile

Jogi Jabse Tu Aaya Mere Dware

O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana

O Panchhi Pyare

Ab Ke Baras Bhejo

Mat Ro Mata Lal Tere

Mere Sajan Hai Us Paar - S. D. Burman*

• The Ab ke baras bhej, Bhaiya ko Babul is sung by Asha Bhosle, which was a surprise to me coz she is famous for jhakta-matka songs. This is a beautiful slow song which Kalyani sings in the jail alongwith her inmates. One would have expected this song to be sung by Lataji but Asha does equal justice to the song. Surely, this is among the best songs on Asha Bhosle. Lata Mangeshkar sings two pleasant songs in the movie : 'Mera gora ang laile, mohe shaam rang daide' & 'Jogi jab se too aya mere dware'', which are again superb.

* The best song sung by S.D Burman himself - O' re maanjhi, Mere Sajan Hai Us Paar, is a soul stirring song. The climactic song, it beautifully expresses Kalyani's dilemma of having to choose between Bikash & Deven. Bandini means a prisoner, something which Kalyani has been all of her life but when she chooses to be with Bikash coz she is a bandini of love, we all are glad by her decision coz the audience wants Kalyani to be happy at last !

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