Dilkash sazaa ye deeje
Posted on: March 28, 2024
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‘Gulmohar’ (2023) was produced under the banner of 3 film production companies – Star Studios, Chalkboard Entertainment and Autonomous Works and was directed by debutant Rahul Chittella. The cast included Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee, Simran, Suraj Sharma, Kaveri Seth, Utsavi Jha, Santhy, Jatin Goswami, Gandharv Dewan, Chandan Roy, Anurag Arora, Devika Shahani, Shriharsh Sharma, Talat Aziz, Vinod Nagpal, Danish Sood, Tanvi Rao, Abhinav Bhattacharjee, Tripti Sahu, Nargis Nandal, Varun Narayan, Kanishk Seth, Puja Sarup, Deepak Bagga, Kavita Seth, Angad Sharma etc. Amol Palekar made a guest appearance in the film. The film was released on OTT platforms on March 23, 2023.
The story of the film is about Batra joint family staying in their family bungalow ‘Gulmohar’ in Delhi for decades. The family is required to vacate the bungalow after sale for its redevelopment and are in the process of shifting to apartments. At this point of time, each family wants to be independent leading to the potential break-up of the joint family. The matriarch of the family is shifting to Puducherry for her own reason. The family has only 4 days to stay together in Gulmohar until the Holi festival. During a get together party, many secrets of the family come out creating some discord among the family members. It is now a testing time for the family on the secrets of their past, creating the tensions for the present and the future uncertainties for the family as a single unit.
The film is available for viewing only on one of the OTT platforms. The story of the film is as under:
Batra family consists of Kusum Batra (Sharmila Tagore), the matriarch of the family, her son Arun Batra (Manoj Bajpayee), his wife, Indu (Simran) and their son, Aaditya Batra (Suraj Sharma), his wife, Divya (Kaveri Seth) and their daughter, Amrita (Utsavi Jha). Arun Batra runs a family business started by his father which is doing very well. They all stay together in their Gulmohar Bungalow in Delhi which Arun’s father had bought 30 years back so that all the family members stay together. Arun’s wife, Indu is a perfect housewife who takes care of the family without any hiccups.
Under pressure from a builder, their bungalow has been sold for redevelopment and the family is in the process of shifting to a hotel as a stop-gap arrangement before they think of shifting to an apartment. It appears that it was at the instance of Sudhakar Batra (Amol Palekar), the uncle of Arun that builder has pressurised Kusum to sell their Gulmohar Bungalow as he is bitter about Kusum who persuaded his brother (and her husband) to move to Delhi. The bitterness between Kusum Batra’s family and Sudhakar Batra has been continued for a long time. Nonetheless, Arun has financially helped his uncle, Sudhakar for the higher education of his grandson.
The film actually starts with Kusum Batra, the matriarch of the family hosting a get-together, being the last one in Gulmohar, for the family members and her close friends during which she reveals two things. First, the family would shift from Gulmohar after 4 days, that is, after Holi celebrations so that the entire family leaves Gulmohar with good memories. Secondly, she would be shifting to Puducherry where she has already bought a house. With Arun’s son, Aaditya having already decided that he and his family would live independently, with his mother’s revelation, Arun is tremendously disturbed but refrains from reacting to his mother’s decision.
Arun’s son, Aaditya wants to become an entrepreneur on his own strength without the help of his father. However, he is not able to get the investors. He is looking for a separate house on rental, but he is not able to afford a high rental. His wife, Divya suggests him not to give up on his dream of becoming an entrepreneur and suggests him to take the financial help from his father who is willing to support him.
During the packing of the moveable items from the bungalow, Indu finds a file containing a will written by Arun’s late father. She hands it over to her husband, Arun. After reading the will on which he finds his mother’s signature also, he calls a meeting in Gulmohar in which he invites his uncle, Sudhakar Batra (Amol Palekar) and his son. He reads out the contents of the will which states that after his death, his brother, Sudhakar Batra and his son would be the owners of the bungalow. Kusum can stay in one part of the bungalow till her last after which that portion of the bungalow will also devolve on Sudhakar and his son.
Arun feels very bad about the will, not because he was not one of the beneficiaries of the will but because his late father has regarded him as his adopted son. He has always regarded his mother and father as real parents even after he came to know about his adoption. Kusum invites Sudhakar and hands over the property papers to him. While drinking water from a glass, Sudhakar accidentally spills the water on the property papers obliterating the signatures etc. Watching the spilling of water on the will, Kusum says to him that whatever has happened is good for the family.
There is another secret getting out in the open. Aaditya’s daughter, Amrita who is a budding singer, returns home from the song rehearsal after getting upset with her boyfriend. After some time, Deepika from her singing band visits her. The fact is that both Amrita and Deepika are in love with each other, and their closeness is witnessed by Kusum who, instead of reprimanding them, starts telling her own story of her college days when she was in love with Supriya who later become a popular singer.
Devasted by his father’s will, Arun leaves Gulmohar and checks into a hotel. Indu comes to the hotel to meet him. During the conversation, Arun tells her that he has located his real father and has visited the area a number of times but did not meet him. He runs a tea shop. On the insistence of Indu, Arun meets his father for the first time without revealing his identity. He tells him that like any father, he also wished to provide the best for his son but felt incapable of providing what his newborn son deserved to get during his life span. At this juncture, Arun realises as to how lucky he was to be adopted by Kusum and her husband.
On the last day before the final shifting, Batra family meets for the last time in Gulmohar on the day of Holi celebrations. Indu convinces Arun to return home for Holi celebrations. The Batra family celebrates their last Holi in the Gulmohar with every member of the family enjoying the Holi celebrations leaving their worries behind. The film ends with Avinash (Talat Aziz) telling Kusum who is getting ready to leave Gulmohar for Puducherry that Supriya the popular singer is also staying in Puducherry after her retirement. Amrita who is listening to the conversations, looks at her great grandmother, Kusum who winks at her. Now, it dawns on Amrita as to why Kusum has chosen Puducherry to stay independently.
The film is an emotional family drama in which inter-personal relationship forms a core issue. The changes in cultural ethos of the three generations of the family add to the complexity in a joint family system. Despite the crumbling of joint family system, the film stresses the importance of family bonding even during the inter-personal stresses. There are sub-plots in the story like lesbian relationship and romance of two house-keeping staff more as a by-product of the changing scenarios in the high society.
All the main actors have given their best performances. However, it is Manoj Bajpayee who stands tall with his stellar performance in the film. Kudos to debutant director, Rahul Chittella who is also the screenplay and dialogue writer, for making the film engrossing to watch. I also liked the tagline at the end of the film which says:
घरोंदे जो हम बनाते हैं
रिश्ते जो इनमें बसते हैं
The film had 7 songs of which names of the lyricist are available for 5 songs – Shellee (4) and Hasan Kazmi (1). There were 5 music directors – Sidharth Khosla (1), Sidharth Khosla-Alan Demoss (3), Talat Aziz (1), Maadhavan Bhattacharjee (1) and Mukhtiyar Ali (1). I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘dilkash sazaa ye deeje’ to appear on the Blog. The song is written by Shellee (real name: Shailender Singh Sodhi) which is set to music by Sidharth Khosla. Talat Aziz sings for himself. The orchestration of the song is soothing.
This is the opening scene of the film depicting a get together of the family members and a few close friends of Kusum (Sharmila Tagore) in their bungalow, Gulmohar. Avinash (Talat Aziz) is a family friend who renders a ghazal in the get together. It is interesting to note that while Avinash is singing and family members seem to enjoy the party, the undercurrent is a bit tense within the family members. Kusum is worried as to how to break the news that she is going to shift to Puducherry. Arun (Manoj Bajpayee) is disturbed by the decision of his son, Aditya (Suraj Sharma) and his wife, Divya (Kaveri Seth) with their daughter, Amrita (Utsavi Jha) to live separately. Aditya also has a worried look after watching the message on his mobile because for his start-up business, he is not getting investors. Even maid servant and her fiance, a security staff of Gulmohar shows worried look. Everyone is afraid of their secrets which eventually comes out as the film’s story progresses.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Dilkash sazaa ye deeje (Gulmohar)(2023) Singer-Talat Aziz, Lyrics-Shellee, MD-Sidharth Khosla
Lyrics:
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
hai kabse mureed tumhaare
nazaakat ye uspe ishaare
younhin naaz uthaayen
qurbaan huye jaayen
inaayat yahee bas keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
dhai aakhar preet kaa hai jo
atar mein liptaa mehkaa mehkaa
tumsaa ho koi yaa mujhsaa deeewaana
har ek gharonde mein jaadoo saa chehkaa
younhi muskuraayen
har pal jiye jaayen
ye sohni si zehmat to keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
pyaar wo kissa aisi kahaanee
rukti na jiski sadiyon rawaanee
dar ho ghar ho
jeewan safar ho
har shay mein milti jiski nishaanee
ye lamhe haay yaadon ke saaye
tohfe mohabbat ke leeje ae
dilkash sazaa ye deeje ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
hai kabse mureed tumhaare ae
nazaakat ye uspe ishaare
younhi naaz uthhaayen
qurbaan huye jaayen
inaayat yahee bas keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
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March 28, 2024 at 6:06 pm
I saw this movie last month, I liked the work of the whole cast
the surprise was the character that amol palekar played
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March 28, 2024 at 7:27 pm
Yes indeed. And I forgot to highlight it in my article.
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