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<\/a>\nThis film has been discussed in quite a bit of detail at FilmiGeek<\/a>, and it\u2019s about a young intellectual woman, who has a half-serious affair \u2013 more of an attachment really with a young visitor (Vikram – anyone remember “Julie” ?), but is married off to an older widower (Girish Karnad). Although this film held some regressive views on a woman\u2019s place in society (ideally married and a home-maker \u2013 what use books, etc.), I thought the character of her husband was remarkable, since it portrayed a man not emasculated by his wife\u2019s sexuality.<\/p>\n
2. Main zinda hoon (1988) :<\/p>\n
3. Sutradhar : This Marathi film (thanks to commenter Hareesh for giving me the name of the film) starred Smita Patil and Nana Patekar. Patekar played the role of a right-thinking political activist who wants to work for the people. He slowly gets corrupted as he becomes a minister and gets more and more entrenched into the political system. Patil played his just-as-idealistic young wife, who sees the changes in him and cannot bear to see everything she loved in this man get corrupted. It\u2019s quite something watching Patil\u2019s love for her husband turn into something resembling revulsion and distaste, until she decides she can take it no more.<\/p>\n 4. Veedu (house) (1988) : Archana starred in this Tamil film (thanks to commenter Ravi for giving me the name of this film). The story is of this middle-class young girl, Sudha, a clerk in Chennai, who has a younger sibling, and a retired grand-father, and no familial support to speak of. She saves up and dreams of building a home for herself, and finally buys some land, and starts construction. When the home is built \u2013 it takes a toll emotionally and financially, since she\u2019s battling corruption and other problems, she finds out that the land was reserved for some purpose or other, and her house couldn\u2019t be built there in the first place. The film ends there, but as it finishes, you know that the Sudha\u2019s journey hasn\u2019t. She still has battles to fight, and you are with her commiserating, and wishing her an easier life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I normally never do this folks, but I\u2019m writing this because these are just absolutely wonderful films, and worth watching. This is kind of inspiring me to do a whole my-favorite-oldie list, but that’s another post. Now these movies – … Continue reading ![\"zinda1\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1393\/1375848876_cc21846801.jpg?resize=299%2C201\")
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\nDicussed at Yves’s blog<\/a>, this one’s kind of a stark look at a the life of a newly-wed wife, deserted by her husband (we don’t know why), and his sudden reappearance, after she has built up a life on her own. This is one the films you don’t easily forget, because it reflects societal expectations from a woman, and quite brutally shows you the truth behind the we-are-so-liberal facade. Deepti Naval plays the main character.<\/p>\n