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‘Saand Ki Aankh’ (2019) was produced by Anurag Kashyap under the banner of Reliance Entertainment and was directed by Tushar Hiranandani. The main cast included Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, Prakash Jha, Vineet Kumar Singh, Preeta Bakshi, Sara Arjun, Kavita Vaid, Himanshu Sharma, Shad Randhawa, Nikhat Khan etc.
The film is a biopic of two aged women from the Johri village in Uttar Pradesh (UP) – Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar who had become the professional sharpshooters during their 60s and won many awards and medals despite facing obstacles from their patriarchs. They had appeared in Amir Khan’s TV Show ‘Satyamev Jayate’, Season-1, Episode 11. Currently, their granddaughter, Seema Tomar is the only Indian woman shooter who has won the Silver Medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup held in England in 2010.
The film is an affirmative attempt on woman’s emancipation. The initial a month long shooting of the film was done in Chandro and Prakashi’s old house in Johri village and around in the Baghpat district of UP. There is some influence of Haryanvi dialect in Johri village due to its proximity to Haryana. Hence, in the dialogues, the film has used Haryanvi dialect mix with Hindi. During the shooting, Taapsee Pannu stayed with the joint family of Chandru and Prakashi for more than a month to get familiar with their way of life and they spoke with their body language. Bhumi Pednekar may have learnt the Haryanvi dialect in-house as her mother, Sumitra Hooda-Pednekar is from Haryana.
The gist of the story of the film is as under:
Chandro (Bhumi Pednekar) and her sister-in-law, Prakashi (Taapsee Pannu) based in a village in Uttar Pradesh, are a part of a patriarchal joint family. Now grandmothers, they have spent most of their six decades of life doing household chores, working in the agricultural fields, collecting fodders for their milch animals and looking after children. The men-folks of the family led by the eldest, Rattan Singh Tomar (Prakash Jha) who is also the Sarpanch of the village spend most of their time sitting on the cots kept in the verandah and smoking hookah. Chandro and Prakashi feel that they have spent nearly six decades of their life without a purpose. In the back of their mind, they hate patriarchal ways of the society, but they have accepted the system as a fait–accompli. Their smiling faces show a life of fulfillment.
Dr. Yashpal (Vineet Prakash Singh) has recently opened a shooting academy in the village. Chandro and Prakashi takes their granddaughters to enrol in the shooting academy on the assumption that after becoming shooters, they will get government job. Out of curiosity, the grandmothers hold the shooting guns and discover that they have skill to shoot the bull’s eye. Over a period of time, they become expert in shooting under the guidance of Dr Yashpal and participate in many local and regional shooting competitions and winning many medals. The men-folks in the family are not aware of what these two women have achieved as they used to go for shooting practices in the pretext of visiting the temples and attending satsang. The grandmas now encourage their granddaughters, Shefali (Sara Arjun) and Seema (Pritha Bakshi) to become shooters.
Soon, the men-folks of the family learn through newspapers what Chandro and Prakashi have done which was considered taboo for women for going out and mingling with men. To add to their insult, they also learn that their granddaughters are also being trained for shooting. The hell breaks out in the family with Rattan Singh throwing out all the medals won by Chandro and Prakashi and ordering them to stop participating in the shooting competitions. Somehow, with the great efforts by Dr Yashpal, Rattan Singh reluctantly allows the granddaughters to join the shooting academy.
The film ends with Seema, the granddaughter of Prakashi receiving a rousing welcome in her village after winning the silver medal in shotgun shooting in an international competition in London. The family patriarch, Rattan Singh Tomar and other elder male members of the family join the villagers in the celebrations.
When Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu were chosen to play the roles of Chandro and Prakashi who were in their 60s, there were some murmurs in the film industry as to why some elder actors with their proven ability to do such roles were not considered. After watching the film, I feel that both of them have justified their selection with immaculate delivery of dialogues in Haryanvi dialect coupled with their body language. Both have acted superbly. Their on-screen chemistry make us believe that they are real sister-in-law. Both of them won the Filmfare and Star Screen Critics’ Awards for Best Actress.
For the first time, I have seen Prakash Jha in a major role in the film. He acts superbly as the patriarch of the family with a villainous touch. However, as the film comes to an end, I do not hate his character. He has acted like a typical Haryanvi tau who wants his writ to be followed by his family without appearing him to be a confrontist.
The film has 5 songs written by Raj Shekhar which have been set to music by Vishal Mishra. I am presenting the first song, “Aasmaan Ooncha Hai Mera, Tu Hi Chhoo Lena” from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Asha Bhosle. To the best of my knowledge, this is Asha Bhosle’s last solo song released for a Hindi film as on date.
The song is played in the background while granddaughters are leaving home for shooting training in Delhi. The situations depict the feelings of Chandro and Prakashi their granddaughters are facing initial hiccups in staying away from the family for a long time for pursuing their career. During their training the scenes also show the difficulties they faced and overcome these obstacles to achieve their dream of becoming the country’s top shooters. In their pursuits, their grandmothers motivate them over the phone. The song is a mix of melancholy and inspiration in keeping with the scenes.
Music director, Vishal Mishra had said in an interview which appeared on ‘Cinema Express’ dated October 8, 2019, as to why he was keen to take Asha Bhosle for the song who had not sung for the film for a long time. I quote:
I had to make a melody that had a special divinity to it. As soon as the song was composed, lyricist Raj Shekhar and I wondered how we could convince Asha ji to sing this track. After listening to it, Asha ji loved it so much that she said, “aaj kal aise gaane bante nahin hain” (such songs are not made anymore).
It is just a coincidence that the lyrics of the song fit well on Asha Bhosle’s early life when she was struggling to make a career in playback singing. Her husband had thrown her out of his house and pregnant Asha with her two children had taken shelter in her mother’s house some time in the mid-1950s. I visualise this song as if some celestial voice has inspired Asha Bhosle in those difficult years to boldly face the problems. Despite many ups and down in her professional career and in her personal life, Asha Bhosle never gave up. And she overwhelmingly succeeded in ‘touching the sky’ (“aasmaan….. chhoo lena” in the lyrics) in her singing career. Note a line in the song, “सारी दुनिया साथ ही फिर गाएगी, हाँ गाएगी”.
After listening this song, now I know as to why music director, Vishal Mishra and the lyricist, Raj Shekhar were keen to get then 86-year Asha Bhosle to render this melancholic and inspirational song. This song touched my heart.
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Audio
Song – Aasmaan Ooncha Hai Mera, Tu Hi Chhoo Lena (Saand Ki Aankh) (2019) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyrics – Raj Shekhar, MD – Vishal Mishra
Lyrics
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm…
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm…
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm
aasmaan ooncha hai mera
tu hi chhoo lena
mere saare sapne tere
tu hi jee lena
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
ye jaayegi
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
haan jaayegi
aasmaan ooncha hai mera
tu hi chhu lena…
mere saare sapne tere
tu hi jee lena….
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
haan jaayegi
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
ye jaayegi
o ri laado mann kare to
o ri laado mann kare to
titli ban jaana
odhni ke rang le
ud jaana…..
ja falak pe kuchh sitaare
neeche giraana
kitni ho tirti (??) hawa
tu naa aana….aa
tujhko udta dekhne ko hum bhi aayenge
saath un unchayiyon par muskuraayenge
ujli subah teri khaatir aayegi
haan aayegi
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
ye jaayegi
ab nahin bas baat dekho…
ab nahin bas baat dekho
teri yaa meri
tujhko dekhen kitni aankhen
sapne bhari
kitno ka hi kal chhupa hai
aaj mein tere
unke suraj bhi khilenge
saath tere..
meri teri unki khaatir
karna tujhe hai
sab ki ummeeden hain tujhse
udna tujhe hai
saari duniya saath hi phir gaayegi
haan gaayegi
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
haan jaayegi
raat hai gehri badi
par jaayegi
haan jaayegi
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म हम्म हम्म
हम्म हम्म
आसमां ऊंचा है मेरा
तू ही छू लेना
मेरे सारे सपने तेरे
तू ही जी लेना
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
ये जाएगी
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
हाँ जाएगी
आसमां ऊंचा है मेरा
तू ही छू लेना
मेरे सारे सपने तेरे
तू ही जी लेना
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
हाँ जाएगी
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
ये जाएगी
ओ री लाडो मन करे तो॰ ॰ ॰
ओ री लाडो मन करे तो
तितली बन जाना
ओढ़नी के रंग ले
उड़ जाना॰ ॰ ॰
जा फ़लक पे कुछ सितारे
नीचे गिराना
कितनी हो तीरती (??) हवा
तू ना आना
तुझको उड़ता देखने को हम भी आएंगे
साथ उन ऊंचाईओं पर मुस्कुराएंगे
उजली सुबह तेरी खातिर आएगी
हाँ आएगी
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
ये जाएगी
अब नहीं बस बात देखो॰ ॰ ॰
अब नहीं बस बात देखो
तेरी या मेरी
तुझको देखें कितनी आँखें
सपने भरी
कितनों का ही कल छुपा है
आज में तेरे
उनके सूरज भी खिलेंगे
साथ तेरे
मेरी तेरी उनकी खातिर
करना तुझे है
सबकी उम्मीदें हैं तुझसे’
उड़ना तुझे है
सारी दुनिया साथ ही फिर गाएगी
हाँ गाएगी
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
हाँ जाएगी
रात है गहरी बड़ी
पर जाएगी
ये जाएगी
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