Garm Hava
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Garm Hava |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Urdu , Hindi |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 146 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | MS Sathyu |
| script | Kaifi Azmi , Shama Zaidi , Ismat Chughtai |
| production | MS Sathyu , Abu Siwani , Ishan Arya |
| music | Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi , Ustad Bahadur Khan |
| camera | Ishan Arya |
| cut | S. Chakravarty |
| occupation | |
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Garm Hava also Garam Hawa ( Hindi : गर्म हवा garma havā , English : Hot Winds or Scorching Winds ) is a 1973 Hindi film by MS Sathyu with Balraj Sahni in the lead role. The film is based on an unpublished short story by the writer Ismat Chughtai . The film was voted one of the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Movies by the internet newspaper indiatimes . The film also attracted international attention and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival .
action
1947 after the partition of India : The Muslim Mirza family lives in Agra . The eldest son Halim emigrated to Karachi , Pakistan , because he hopes for a better future there as a politician. Not so the younger brother Salim, who does not want to leave his small cobbler business and his home. Salim's eldest son Baqar supports him in his business activities, while the younger son Sikandar is about to finish his studies. The only daughter, Amina, is engaged to her cousin Kazim, whom she plans to marry soon.
But the stars are not good for the family. Business is bad and Salim is not granted a loan to bridge the current crisis. The reason for this is the resettlement of many Muslims to Pakistan who have not paid their debt to the banks. In order to survive, Salim has no choice but to sell the house. After a long search, they move into a rented apartment, which almost breaks Salim's mother's heart.
Baqar couldn't watch his father's business go downhill. He opts for Pakistan with his wife and son in tow.
For Amina, happiness seems far away, because Halim wants to marry his son Kazim to the daughter of a Pakistani politician. Now she lets herself into Shamshad, who woos her all the time. However, Shamshad's family will soon move to Pakistan too. Although he promises to marry her, he cannot keep the promise. Amina cannot bear this suffering until she finally takes her own life.
Sikander's future does not hold out great hopes either. Despite having passed his exams, he cannot find a job. At every job interview he is advised to try his luck in Pakistan.
After all the humiliations, Salim now also wants to leave the country. Only Sikander doesn't want to give up yet and wants to face the problems. On the way to the train station they run into a demonstration in which Sikander wanted to take part. They all protest against unemployment and discrimination. Salim doesn't want to stop Sikander while he orders his driver to drive his wife back home. He himself gets out of the carriage and takes part in the demonstration with the words to finally free himself from the isolation and face the new reality.
music
| song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Maula Saleem Chishti" | Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi |
Award
International Cannes Film Festival 1974
- nominated for the Palme d'Or
- Filmfare Award / Best Dialogue to Kaifi Azmi
- Filmfare Award / Best Screenplay to Shama Zaidi , Kaifi Azmi
- Filmfare Award / Best Story to Ismat Chughtai , Kaifi Azmi
Nominations
At the Academy Awards , the film was nominated in the category of Best Foreign Language Film , but there was no nomination.
criticism
(...) In many ways "Garm Hava" is the most important film since independence [India]. ( Times of India )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1225312
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
