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By Joginder Tuteja, November 27, 2001 - 15:08 IST
The intensity, the love, the passion in a father-child
relationship has been an unexplored territory so far.
Mahesh Manjrekar attempts to bring to light this
relation with 'Pitaah'. Favorite Sanjay Dutt (Vaastav & Kurukshetra) plays the role of the chief protagonist
who has got three kids - a daughter and two sons.
Nandita Das is his wife. Om Puri is the khalnayak
whereas Jackie Shroff (he is excelling in such roles
these days!!!) plays the supporting role as a village
cop with shades of gray.
As in 'Lagaan', 'Pitaah' has a very earthy feel about
it. Since the setup of the movie is a village, all the
frames have a brownish/grayish background which give
'Pitaah' an authentic look. Cinematography is by Vijay
Arora of 'Tum Bin' fame. After 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga
Rehta Hai', 'Tera Mera Saath Rahen' and 'Ehsaas',
Mahesh Manjrekar's current favorite Anand Raaj Anand
composes for 'Pitaah'. Praveen Bhardwaj gets his major
break as a sole lyricist (with the exception of 'Putra
Pratishtha' which is a sanskrit shloka.)
Rahul Ranade gave some good music for Mahesh Manjrekar
directed Astitva, a year back . Here is is roped in
for a Sanskrit Shloka 'Putra Pratishtha' which is
written by Shri Desai and sung (or rather chanted) by
Ravindra Sathe and Rahul Ranade himself. It is good
and has a haunting feel around it. 'Sau Baar Janam
Nahin Milta' and 'Pitaah' are sung in the appreciation
of fatherhood. Though the former by Sukhwinder Singh
is situational, it impresses more. Not that the title
song is bad, but intensity of 'Sau Baar' is what that
is more impactful. The scenes that go around with this
number where Sanjay Dutt tries to protect his family
from Om Puri and his goons have been wonderfully shot.
This is what that makes one sit and notice the number.
The title track has a beautiful lyrical value. It
compares the essence of a father to be as equally
important as GOD. Udit Narayan sings in his natural
flair and the music is set in Laxmikant Pyarelal
style.
Sonu Nigam and Kavita Krishnamurty have a duet 'Nadiya
Kinare Aao' to their credit. It is a 'aaj aaya - kal
gaya' kind of normal romantic track where the 'gaon ka
chora' invites his sweetheart 'gaon ki gori' to the
'kinara' of a 'nadiya' to 'talk about something' and
our deary 'gaon ki gori' politely refuses his moves
as she knows what his 'intentions' are!!! Music here
is OK. After a long time, 'mujra' also makes a
comeback with 'Humko To Ishq'. It is a good attempt by
Anand Raaj Anand to compose a 'mujra' in 21st century,
never mind a little borrowing in the feel and style of
'Dil Cheez Kya Hai' from the classic 'Umrao Jaan'.
Kavita Krishnamurty sings to perfection. But the
question here is - 'Does Indian audience still have an
appetite for such a number today when we are moving
ahead with the likes of 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'K3G'?'
Movies by Mahesh Manjrekar always contain a song
apiece which are specially designed, crafted and
created as a masala number. 'Jawani Se Ab Jung Hone
Lagi' - Vaastav, 'Nahi Milega Aisa Ghaghra' -
Kurukshetra, 'Kem Chhe' - Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta
Hai being a few examples. Same follows in Pitaah too
which has two such tracks - 'Rama Bachaye' and 'Meri
Jawani'. 'Meri Jawani' by Sunidhi Chauhan scores over
Anuradha Sriram's 'Rama Bachaye' primarily because it
is a typical UP - Bihari number and has its niche
audience too based for this territory. The number
succeeds in what is expected from it. The kind of
lyrics are such that there would have been a heavy
bidding in case the producers of Mithun's movies would
have been present as the bidders!!!! 'Rama Bachaye'
too has a similar feel and Anuradha vocals give full
justice to it.
There has been 'Mother India' and hundreds of other
movies that are based on mother-child relationships.
Nirupa Roy, Rakhi (who was also nicknamed 'cine-maa')
and Reema Lagoo have played the screen mothers for
most of the Bollywood heroes now. But rarely has there
been an attempt to project the relationship between
father and his child. 'Pitaah' is one such attempt.
Music is in all average. 'Pitaah' has an impressive
punch line 'Never try a father's patience'. Let's hope
the Mahesh's direction and power-packed performance by
Sanju baba deliver such punch in 'Pitaah'.
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