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Benazir (1964)

Posted on August 7, 2012 by dustedoff

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‘Bimal Roy’s Benazir’ is what it says on the DVD cover. Enough to conjure up, for me, memories of some of the greatest Bimal Roy films I’ve seen: tender, thought-provoking, real films about real people. Benazir, perhaps because it wasn’t directed by Bimal Roy himself but by S Khalil (who also scripted the film) falls short of the standard of Parakh, Prem Patra, Sujata, Do Bigha Zameen, or Bandini.  A top-notch cast, a very well-respected production company, a master music director—but why does this film rarely get mentioned in the same breath as those?

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Posted in Dusted Off Tagged Ashok Kumar, Asit Sen, Benazir, Bimal Roy, Bollywood, Durga Khote, film review, Hindi cinema, Meena Kumari, Muslim social, Nirupa Roy, S D Burman, S Khalil, Shashi Kapoor, Tanuja, Tarun Bose

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