Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro

Movie
Original title	Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
Country of production	India
original language	Hindi
Publishing year	1989
length	107 minutes
Rod
Director	Saeed Akhtar Mirza
script	Saeed Akhtar Mirza
production	National Film Development Corporation
music	Sharang Dev
camera	Virendra Saini
cut	Javed Sayyed
occupation
Pavan Malhotra : Salim Pasha, called Langde (the lame) Makarand Deshpande : Peera Ashutosh Gowariker : Abdul Sudhir Pande : Ibrahim Malbari, smuggler Rajendra Gupta : Aslam Ajit Vacchani : Rafiq Neelima Azim : Mumtaz Surekha Sikri : Amina, Salim's mother Nishigandha Wad : Anees, Salim's sister Vikram Gokhale : Salim's father Naresh Suri : Police Inspector Hyder Ali : Nathu Seth, brothel operator Achyut Potdar : Lala, jeweler and fence Shakti Singh : Rajan Ashok Banthia : Vilas Nakashe Tom Alter : Johan Masood Akhtar : Aceh Miya, pan seller Mushtaq Khan : Policeman

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro ( Hindi सलीम लंगड़े पे मत रो Salīm laṅgṛe pe mat ro ; translated: “Don't cry for Salim the lame”) is an Indian social drama by Saeed Akhtar Mirza from 1989.

action

Salim, a young man with a lame leg, lives with his parents and younger sister Anees in a Muslim residential area in Bombay. His older brother Javed, the only one of the siblings with a school education, was killed in an accident. His father is a textile worker looking for a job; after the textile workers' strike in Bombay in 1982 he was unable to find a job. The mother earns some extra money by sewing for the neighborhood.

Salim lives the life of a petty criminal who earns his money with his friends Peera and Abdul by extorting protection money and who also commits petty thefts. His world includes smugglers, fences, crooks and corrupt police officers. For diversion, Salim goes to the brothel and meets with his lover Mumtaz, a prostitute. There are occasional clashes with the rival gang of Rajan in the neighborhood.

After his mother suggests the educated Aslam as the groom for Anees, Salim visits him. His initial disappointment that Aslam has only a low income despite his education disappears when Aslam turns out to be the closest friend of the late brother Salim's. Aslam opens Salim's eyes to the miserable living conditions of Muslims, which are partly caused by allegedly religious traditions themselves, but also exist due to the negative attitude of the Hindu majority society.

With financial support from the influential criminals Ibrahim Malbari, Nathu Seth and Lala, Salim equips Anees and Aslam's engagement party. While dancing exuberantly at the party, he is stabbed to death by his opponent Rajan.

Others

The film is dedicated to the communist theater activist Safdar Hashmi , who was murdered in 1989 . It was shot in the Dongri, Do Tanki, Nagpada and Bachoo-Ki-Wadi neighborhoods of Bombay. The film songs with the lyrics by Kaifi Azmi were sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy .

criticism

Despite the technical sophistication of the film and the quasi-documentary presentation of the lost hero, the realism of the street makes the film a voyeuristic experience that allows the viewer to pity the unfortunates in their city.

Awards

• 37th National Film Awards 1990
  • best camera for Virendra Saini
  • best film in Hindi for NFDC and Saeed Akhtar Mirza
• Bengal Film Journalist's Association Award 1990
  • best camera for Virendra Saini

literature

• Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro . In: Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , 1999, p. 492

Web links

• Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro at Cinemas of India (NFDC)
• Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro - Review

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Playing time according to NFDC-DVD
2. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 492: “Despite the film's technical excellence, the presentation of a doomed hero via a quasi-documentary, street-level realism makes the film a voyeuristic experience allowing viewers to feel sorry for the unfortunates in their city . "
3. ↑ Catalog of the 37th National Film Awards (pdf)