He negotiates his plot through two different time zones. I was especially awestruck by the sequence where a young Indian girl Rasamma (TJ Bhanu) is chased down by a Gora soldier and brutally raped, when suddenly hundreds of Japanese soldiers descend on bicycles peddling with a passion that indicates determination.Ī determined vision embraces Kabir Khan’s narrative. The battle sequences are to die for, in a manner of speaking.
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By exploring the most neglected subsidiary of the Indian Freedom Movement - the contribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and his Indian National Army (INA) - this spellbinding series weaves a web of unforgettable images. Kabir Khan doesn’t shy away from biting into those bitter politics of a time when Gandhi was God, and self-governance was a religion. The politics of The Forgotten Army is complex. There is a gallery of competent actors surrendering to their characters, not unlike the Indian POW in this film who lay down their weapons before the Japanese in the hope that their country would be freed of British rule through the new alliance. In Bajrangi Bhaijaan, he actually made Salman Khan ACT. But then Kabir is no stranger to impossible challenges. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY - AZAADI KE LIYE (Amazon Prime Video): The sheer volume of emotional and physical distance, which Kabir Khan covers in the five episodes of this homage to the soldierly valour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s breakaway army, is mind boggling. His determination is so well-mapped on his resolute face, it is like watching a movement rather than an individual’s battle against bigotry. Lalit especially as the bullying obdurate husband who swears he will make a doctor out of his wife even if its kills him, is outstanding. Both Lalit Prabhakar and Bhagyashree Milind are first-rate. A lot of the credit for the film’s captivating credibility goes to the lead pair. This is a simply warmly told story of a historic woman that had to be told especially at a time when bio-pics are being made on scumbags, gangsters and scamsters. By the time, Anandi gets her doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania and her husband proudly shouts, “She is from India” at the convocation I was out of my seat clapping and sobbing.
I have to confess I wept through several moments of what I’d call Pure Cinema in this artless all-heart-no-gimmicks bio-pic. Does she ever disappoint?! Watch her in that sequence where she hands over her dead daughter’s jewelry to her son-in-law for his second wife’s medical education abroad. It is the good fortune of this powerful mother-in-law’s character that she is played by the ever-dependable Geetanjali Kulkarani. She was his first wife’s mother and now she has taken charge of Anandi, Gopal, and his son from his first marriage. The lady Gopal is talking about is not Anandi’s mother.
So then who is this Marathi self-styled avatar of Raja Ram Mohan Roy who tells the smirking panchayat, “Why only educate my wife? If my (widowed) mother-in-law wants to wear a coloured saree I will personally buy it for her.” That “mother-in-law” angle is another brilliant plot point. This is the late 19th century British India where the only fire that burns in a woman’s heart is the one in the pyre. Given the charming writing, natural performances and sun-kissed cinematography (by Akash Aggarwal) it didn’t take me long to fall in step with Anandi’s husband Gopalrao’s ambition to see his wife become a doctor. The scenes between the underage wife and the reformist somewhat pompous husband are done with tremendous empathy. And goes along with his obstinacy to educate her.
Anandi (an absolutely charming natural-born Bhagyashree Milind) just wants to keep her sullen obstinate husband happy. It’s not enough for a husband to want his wife to break the glass ceiling. It tells us that gender equality is possible only when the feeling of social progress is mutual. And that too in such a beautifully told love story between a child bride and her widower-husband, 20 years her senior, determined to educate her.Īnandi Gopal is a charming, irresistible instant classic with a huge takeaway value. I have no words to thank director Sameer Vidhwans for bringing this story to us. ANANDI GOPAL (Zee5, Marathi): On MaAnandbai Gopal Joshi held her degree as India’s first female doctor as her proud husband whistled with joy.
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