Kasba (film)

Kasba
Directed by	Kumar Shahani
Written by	Kumar Shahani Farida Mehta
Based on	In the Ravine by Anton Chekov
Starring	Navjot Hansra K.K. Raina Manohar Singh Shatrughan Sinha Mita Vasisht Raghuvir Yadav
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography	K.K. Mahajan
Distributed by	National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Release dates	1991 (1991)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kasba (English: The Town) is a 1991 Indian drama film written and directed by Kumar Shahani. It is based on the short story In the Ravine by the famous Russian playwright Anton Chekov.^[1] The movie is an import work in the Indian Parallel Cinema movement which started in the early 1970s. It is one of the last films to be part of the movement as it died out by the early 1990s.^[2]

Synopsis

The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His business is run by his daughter-in-law Tejo, who is married to Maniram's mentally challenged younger son. When Maniram's elder son comes back into town to get married, things start to go awry. He runs away from his wife after their marriage night and ends up being arrested in Delhi. The police, with further investigation, start to crack down on Maniram's corrupt business all the while Tejo starts to become mad with power and greed.^[3]

Awards and Criticism

Kasba is the third of Kumar Shahani's films to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) after Maya Darpan and Khayal Gatha.^[4]

Kasba is described as being slow and uncharacteristically melodramatic for a Shahani film, but it has gotten acclaim from majority of critics. The film blog Ellipsis gave a positive review of the film saying, "One of the most impressive aesthetic elements of Kasba is the positioning of the camera, moving only to parallel the psychological and emotional mood of the characters, whilst windows and doorways are used repeatedly throughout to frame the actions of characters so that the exterior landscapes merge seamlessly with the interiors creating a feeling of social inertia and even rural decadence. At times, Shahani’s emphasis on the rituals and traditions tied up in the history of the family recalls a philosophical approach characteristic of anthropologists."^[5]

References

External links

Kasba at the Internet Movie Database

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie

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