Albela

Spending 2.5 hrs watching this movie during these depressing pandemic times has been extremely enjoyable. I have always been a film buff..especially the 40s, 50s and 60s. While one always refers to this as the golden time period for hindi film music - this was also a great time for other great technicalities of film making like screenplay, editing, cinematography...etc. Albela is a wonderful example of the same. No trickery., no special effects, no cutting scenes every two seconds, and best of all..no dubbing.

Everything about this movie is top notch and of course the soundtrack is exceptional. It is sad that Bhagwan Dada is remembered as the guy whose dancing is aped by non dancers like Amitabh. He is a bundle of talent in acting and dialogue delivery. Very sad that his life turned out the way it did.

I watched this with my teenage sons and this is a great way to introduce kids to the golden age of hindi films. After having watched Pyaasa the other day after many years and praising it non stop - this movie really surprised me and in many aspects even surpasses Pyaasa.