Desi Galaxy

It is now confirmed that three Indian movies have made their way to the nomination list of prestigious Golden Globe Awards as foreign movies. Paheli, Black and Veer Zaara have already earned critical acclaim by desi cinema pundits. Most interesting aspect of these nominations is that Amitabh Bachchan in all these movies.

Paheli is a Rajisthani folk tale which was first converted into a novel by Vijaydan Dhatta. In 1973, filmmaker Mani Kaul made a film ‘Duvidha’ based on Detha’s literary work. And after more than three decades, Amol Palekar has attempted to revive Detha literary gem on the silver screen in Paheli. Making movies on literary works of fiction is not a common practise in bollywood. With the help of producer Shahrukh Khan, Amol Palekar made it possible.

Black is another touchy movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of ‘Hum dil de chuke sanam’ and ‘Devdas’. It is Michelle’s story, a girl who can not listen, hear or speak. She suffocates in her inner darker world until an eccentric teacher (Amitabh Bachchan) decides to make her a fine young lady. Bhansali has previously highlighted the lives of people with disabilities in ‘Khamoshi’ but after seeing both movies one can easily observe Bhansali’s transformation from an emerging director to a legend.

Veer Zaara is a romantic movie by the legendary movie maker Yash Chopra. It is a story of an Indian man Veer Pratab Singh (Shahrukh Khan) falling in love with a Pakistani girl Zaara Hayat Khan (Preity Zinta).

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