Fashionable Wife – A movie made in 1938!

It was by sheer co-incidence that I stumbled upon this movie called Fashionable Wife, released way back in 1938 and casting Nasir Hussain.

The plot is indeed interesting.

Natwar is a young man who lives in a city in India. He is of modern views, and would like to marry a cultured and modern wife. And does so, much to the chargin of his mother. Natwar had hoped that his new wife would also take care of the homefront, but all she is interested is in fashion, kitty parties, and women’s rights’ issues. Natwar must now decide how far this can go along, whether his decision to marry a modern wife was mistake, and if so, how does he go about rectifying this mistake.

If anyone gets hold of this CD, please let me know! It would be nice fun watching a movie made almost 70 years ago! 🙂

[PS Did i forget to mention that it is a Hindi movie we talking about here 🙂 ]

Naya Daur – Definitely a classic!

Year: 1957

Released way back in 1957, Naya Daur was directed by BR Chopra. The movie was a huge hit then, with the evergreen Dilip Kumar, Vijayantimala and the energetic Ajit.

The movie very cleverly brings about the aspect of machines replacing humans and rendering them jobless. The treatment of the subject was fantastic. It brought about the emotions and the plight of the people who suffered due to the industrial revolution.

One of the senior characters, Nasir Hussain, towards the end comments “Machines were made by man. They can not rule man. Man and machines when join hands together, they can cause revolutions!”

A very relevant topic, specially in those times when machines had just begun to envelope the entire society. But, the technology revolution has only one way – UP! Things will only improve and there will always be a dichotomy in the relation between humans and machines!!

Do watch it out – Its indeed a classic!

Karan Johar – Surprises everyone!

I was watching Koffee with Karan yesterday, and the guy is sooo good! He is smart and he knows how to get things out of people!

He almost gave a really bad time to poor Katrina, who kept denying her relationship with Salman. Well, she did not deny. But, also did not aceept. And Karan had a jolly good time getting it out of her 😉