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If there can be a poem on celluloid this is the one. Basu Bhattacharya’s debut directorial film tells the story of Heeraman (Raj Kapoor) a bullock cart driver and his passenger Heerabai (Waheeda Rehman) a nautanki dancer whom he has to drive some 40 miles distance to a village fair. As they travel together Heeraman sings to pass the time. He tells her in a song of the legend of Mahua a beautiful motherless girl sold off to a trader by her stepmother. As the journey progresses Heerabai is taken in by the rustic simplicity of Heeraman and his simple aesthetics and he in turn somewhat to Heerabai's distress sees her as a virtuous woman. What Heeraman sees at the fair disturbs him no end. Heerabai tries to make him understand the harsh reality of her life but often when we perceive what we have not seen hurt sets in. And thus it was with Heeraman and Heerabai
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Video Length: 8281
Date Found: February 07, 2011
Date Produced: February 07, 2011
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June 26, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received 1960 Oscar(r) nominations for Best Actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the ...
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June 26, 2011
Directors David Greene and John-Michael Tebelak collaborate with composer Stephen Schwartz to bring his wildly successful Broadway musical, Godspell, to the big screen. Told almost entirely in song, Godspell presents the gospel of St. Matthew updated to New York City of the late ...
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June 26, 2011
Directors David Greene and John-Michael Tebelak collaborate with composer Stephen Schwartz to bring his wildly successful Broadway musical, Godspell, to the big screen. Told almost entirely in song, Godspell presents the gospel of St. Matthew updated to New York City of the late ...
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June 26, 2011
Belushi and wife, Walker, are suburbanites who live a comfortable if humdrum life. Their mundane existence is changed dramatically when Aykroyd and his wife, Moriarty, move in next door. While Walker finds the chaos they bring a refreshing change, Belushi is appalled by their behavior. MPAA ...
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June 26, 2011
This delightful sequel to the hilarious hit comedy is a piece of divinely inspired lunacy! Xi againcollides with the so-called civilized world when he embarks on a search for his children, who are accidental stowaways on a poacher’s truck. He soon crosses paths with two very odd couples lost in ...
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