While on our way back from school, we indulged in a kind of luxury availing it free of cost, as also partly fulfilling our desire to watch movies in those days, when they came with an impassioned beseeching of parents, guardians and seniors, in parking the cycles right in from of a cinema hall, and keenly having a ‘dekho’ and commenting on the stills, showcased in the main lounge. These photos depicted main action or melodrama at their height. Love scenes, fights, courtrooms etc dominated them. I always liked freeze-frames of facial expression or obvious gestures like the one pointing a finger or flaunting a fist. Ashok Kumar removing his glasses or Meena Kumari holding the two corners of the spread of her sari and asking either forgiveness or being granted something; Pran looking through the corners of his big eyes and Helen in her paraphernalia of feathers and frills; Dev Anand smiling from under his bushy moustache and Sharmila Tagore stilling her quivering lips; Dharmendra with his Casanova looks and Asha Parekh with her girlish naivety; Manoj Kumar with his brand pose hiding his face with hands and Sadhna in her quintessential haircut; Dilip Kumar playing piano and Nargis leaning on him from behind. I stop here for I can write a full ream of reels influencing my boyhood immensely.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:17:56 +0000
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