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Posted: May 27 2013 (17:58)
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RAIL ON A ROLL ( An extract from an article in the May issue of Railbandhu, on the 100th year of Bollywood, by Ruchi Srivastava and Hamari Jamatia, giving a lowdown on the industry's tryst with the tracks)
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For filmmakers, trains either show the common man's connect to the real India or set the stage for a romance or an action film. A symbol of the changing times, this is where families separate, lovers meet and strangers become friends.
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For filmmakers, trains either show the common man's connect to the real India or set the stage for a romance or an action film. A symbol of the changing times, this is where families separate, lovers meet and strangers become friends.
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No Shiva, Even I was not born when this movie was released. Ashok Kumar is said to have essayed a memorable role in this film. I had heard a lot about it from my father and his younger brother. There is an interesting tale relating to yet another Ashok Kumar starrer of those times, titled KISMAT, whose name, at one time, featured in the Guinness Book of Records. As I am feeling too sleepy now I shall share it tomorrow.
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A very good morning. As I was getting ready to start another day I bumped into this post. Superb collection of Rail vs Bollywood connection depicting real sentiments of India. The writer has not left any unturned stone to usher readers to the facts and fun about IR in the story.
One more collection come to my memory is the film by one none other late Styajit Roy the Oscar winning movie named PATHER PANCHALI wherein a scene of steam train passing by and the little girl running parallel to it...
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A very good morning. As I was getting ready to start another day I bumped into this post. Superb collection of Rail vs Bollywood connection depicting real sentiments of India. The writer has not left any unturned stone to usher readers to the facts and fun about IR in the story.
One more collection come to my memory is the film by one none other late Styajit Roy the Oscar winning movie named PATHER PANCHALI wherein a scene of steam train passing by and the little girl running parallel to it...
more...
Very good morning and thanks a lot for your appreciation, which has always been forthcoming in abundant measure, Ganesh. As you rightly mentioned the train sequence in PATHER PANCHALI has been immortalised by the late Satyajit Ray. But it was perhaps ignored as it does not belong to Bollywood but emanated from Tollywood instead.
recently released Rajdhani Express is also such an example...even though the story line is not so strong but the way all railways videos are executed ....makes a feeling like Life is a Journey in Train...!!!1