Sangeet review :
This 1992 K Vishwanath directorial film was largely ignored at the ticket counters as well as unheralded by critics of those days. But Sangeet has some super fine performances by its lead cast - Jackie Shroff and Madhuri Dixit - complimented further by an awesome music score by Anand Milind that it still makes for a nice sunday afternoon watch.
Yup, the pace is bit slow and the songs have a classical flavour to it but the biggest positive factor in Sangeet is the inherent simplicity and sweetness with which Vishwanath has handled it. It can almost pass off as a quasi sequel to his own Sargam (1979) which by the way, was a big hit in the late '70s.
Madhuri shines in a double role of maa beti - one is a silent suffering wife of no-gooder Shafi Inamdar who doesnt mind using her for his business deals while her illegitimate blind daughter is dancing to raunchy songs in a seedy nautanki. Main Tumhari Hoon!!!
Jackie plays the Rajasthani folk singer called Sethuram Sargamwale who spots beti Madhuri in that sexy nautanki and seeks help from maa Madhuri to train her in professional dancing. All the while, Maa is obviously unaware of the beti thanks to the cunning dai maa Aruna Irani..
The songs with a strong classical base are wonderfully choreographed with Madhuri expectedly, setting the screen on fire with her latkas and jhatkas. This is one of her finest performances which sadly went unnoticed. I would certainly recommend this film to her fans, in case they have missed it. Must watch!!
Regards,
Sumeet Nadkarni.
