Phagun

This film is a little off the main run of Hindi movies. The storyline is a bit different, yet will be instantly recognisable to millions of Indians living in joint families much influenced by their elders! And also about pride, and resentment and ultimately regret and forgiveness.

Music is good and well-integrated into the film; in fact a turning point of the plot is during one of the songs. Dialogue is characteristically Bedi, who spurned the more melodramatic tendencies of a lot of films and Phagun has characters talking in his direct and down-to-earth, realistic conversational style.

It is certainly good family entertainment and recommended to all who like our Hindi films to be a little less absurd. Director Rajinder Singh Bedi contributed to some quality writing in Indian cinema through films like Madhumati or Abhimaan. If you like this, also watch his other directorial venture, Dastak.