A simple and charming film that seems to explore love....... through longing, waiting and hope.
That it had rehashes of 'phir vahi raat hai' and 'rhimjhim gire saavan', set in those beautiful locales just made it so much more endearing.
It's set in the beautiful mountains of Himachal, with the ethereal beauty of the valleys, the gurgling streams and the clouds so beautifully captured.
Beni, the music teacher is back from Mumbai to live with his widowed mother (neena gupta who is as brilliant as ever) after the death of his father and he is happy living the simple life and earning a living through teaching music. He finds his star student in Jyotsna.
He is so focused on making her a success that he seems to not see that which is staring him in his face, that what Jyotsna wants is him. And by the time he realizes his feelings for her, she is gone.
Beni, the music teacher is back from Mumbai to live with his widowed mother (neena gupta who is as brilliant as ever) after the death of his father and he is happy living the simple life and earning a living through teaching music. He finds his star student in Jyotsna.
He is so focused on making her a success that he seems to not see that which is staring him in his face, that what Jyotsna wants is him. And by the time he realizes his feelings for her, she is gone.
The movie seems to make waiting into this endearing and intimate space......it's like waiting taking on a life and purpose of it's own, embodied by a nice line "tumhara intezaar kitnaa sundar hai".
That it had rehashes of 'phir vahi raat hai' and 'rhimjhim gire saavan', set in those beautiful locales just made it so much more endearing.
A lyrical love story and a worthy watch.
And I read somewhere that Sarthak Dasgupta had this script with him for an incredible seventeen years, finding no takers in bollywood; until the new age access to netflix that enabled him to bring his story to celluloid..... in itself an inspiring story.
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