Saudagar

Based on Bengali story, Ras by Narendranath Mitra…lol – Bengali who else!!? Moti is a businessman (man basically).

He happens to see a voluptuous damsel (Phoolbano) and wants to marry her. Her father asks for dowry (Meher) which he has to collect.

He hits upon a plan. He marries his business associate, Mejubhen (who made gur – molasses) for him to sell in the market. She is an aged (older to him) thin & shrivelled widow. Because he married her – he did not have to pay her plus he was sorted for couple of months – with cooked food and clean clothes & house ready for him. He does not show any interest in eff-ing her though – for she was not attractive enough (this should have been enough hint about his ulterior motives btw….but the grey cells of the entire women clan apparently is on leave…vacationing in some distant island with an imaginary lover)! The poor lady had no clue as to what was his trip actually! He eventually collects enough money – kicked her butt (divorced her) & married Phoolbano! After all the bodily pleasures, the season of selling comes & Moti asks Phoolbano to prepare gur. She was more into 'sleeping & having fun' and making gur was something that she was not very fond of. She gets busy in beautifying herself and manages to spoil the gur recipe!(famous song 'sajna hai mujhe' – after which she gets a tight slap from the same sajna! – lol).

He eventually takes her – shamelessly – to Mejubhen so that she could teach her to make gur. Film ends here! Conclusion :

Male (some…majority actually) psychology is pretty clear here! They give more importance to 'skin' – beauty is just skin-deep for them. Period.

Women also understand this syndrome that males suffer from…and thus they are more into spending time in the beauty parlours and trying desperately to look young, taut and firm…lest the male they are tied to through marriage & rituals will kick their butt and go. They are thus giving lesser time to household requirements but diving for Botox and silicon sack treatments…or are just plain indifferent to the emotional needs of males – tit for tat after all huh!

(PS. Males (some) start having emotional needs only after reaching an age where they are unable to perform voraciously on bed…not before that)

Any kind of proposal should definitely be followed by a total background check before agreeing to marry any bloke with ulterior motives (men should also do a thorough background check – episodes of Saavdhaan India showing females torturing men – just unbelievable …eerie)….how long would humans remain dumb is the matter to ponder upon now!

This is a Hindi film from the year 1973 led by Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan.

An excellent gem left even more memorable because of a just ending that seems only fair only to add an open-ended suspense in the eyes of Amitabh making it feel that things are going to go full circle!

The movie is about an self-centred guy who marries a woman business partner only to save money and marry another one he desires. Truly unforgivable as it ends up so (almost..)

It's good that this movie is still remembered among one those off-beat movies where Amitabh's depth of talent could really shine. Unlike the numerous forgettable larger-than-life hero characters that he played, especially in the 80's and 90's when it really started to get jaded.

Back to the movie though, it really exposes Nutan's talent to those who haven't watched her black-and-white films.

The songs have also stood the test of time!



I rated it 9/10 in IMDB

Someone said that Amitabh did not return to serious cinema again. This is not true. In 1984, Amitabh acted in a film name " Main Azad Hoon". Main Azaad Hon ("I am Azaad"), one of a very few Javed Akhtar films that Shabana Azmi appeared in, is an interesting rumination on how an ordinary - and anonymous - man can be moved to tremendous sacrifice by the plight of his fellow human beings. Javed Akhtar once said that Hollywood films are short stories while Hindi films are novels. But the characterizations and scope of Main Azaad Hon are, in some ways, more like the former. Interesting observation, given that the basic plot structure of Main Azaad Hoon is borrowed from Frank Capra's 1941 film Meet John Doe. Thankfully they haven't simply lifted the original script but have tried to work in an Indian context.

Very few people have seen this movie but i can assure you that one find it a memorable movie. The story is simple with strong performances of Amitabh and Nutan. The movie has a simple message that do not rely on material possession rather believe in relationships.

There's no doubt this movie is a master piece. From the early years of amitabh bachan, the simplicity with which the story moves forward is just too good.

And the actors are just perfect their respective roles, nutan really was mahjubi.