Pakeezah

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Jul 26, 2016 "Immortal movie " A film that will always remain alive & leave us beguiled everytime we watch it. An awe-inspiring magnum opus, its this ultimate feminist romantic adventure and reformist epic , a poetic elegy executed with infinite elegance and opulence which makes all other movies on the planet look like a mere amateur manoeuver with its spiritual ambiance and intellectual romanticism. This art work marks the coult classical work of Bollywood in the 70s and before, reminds us of the beauty, purity, sweetness, honour and pride of Urdu language. Performance by film's cast is appreciable especially the lead actress Meena kumari rules the show. Meena kumari's spirit dies with this movie and she prodigiously expresses the mighty resplendence of her character. It becomes evident from her extraordinary charms throughout the movie that she was peerless and had no match, who could weild the character. All that are her ever remembered potencies. The actor Raj Kumar does a great job & rest all the cast deserve extolment. Coming to the hert pounding music, The music takes us to over zillion worlds all together. Ghulam Muhammad's immortal songs and Naushad sahib's Classic background scores leave one becharmed. The haunting train whistles , the drums, the flutes, the beats, the unequaled background scores & all the classic song vocals pulsate pulsate with energy & pierce our heart and souls deeply. See more

Nov 12, 2013 Tortuous story of love and rejection with the acting centering on the emotion of the performances rather than a heavy script. See more

May 7, 2013 Despite taking 14 years to complete (and the actors ages change noticably) and a heavy dose of foot fetishism, this tale of love against the odds works well. See more

May 24, 2012 Please make correction in synopsis...Nargis was mother of Sahibjaan.. Meena Kumari had a double role in Pakeezah, Nargis (Meena Kumari) a brothel woman who had relations with Shahabuddin (Ashok Kumar) and their daughter Sahibjaan (Meena Kumari) See more

Nov 4, 2011 The Brilliance in acting, screenplay and art direction contributed in the making of this classic. See more

Aug 19, 2011 Vibrant color and the presentation of emotion fail to generate actual emotion (unlike Sirk, to whose work one could compare this). See more

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