Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
| Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda सूरज का सातवां घोड़ा | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Screenplay by | Shama Zaidi |
| Starring | Rajit Kapur Amrish Puri Neena Gupta Rajeshwari Sachdev Pallavi Joshi |
| Cinematography | Piyush Shah |
| Edited by | Bhanudas Divakar |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
Release date | 1992 |
Running time | 130 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (Translation: Seventh Horse of the Sun) is a 1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal and based on a novel of the same name by Dharmavir Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[1] The self-reflexive film is also known for its subversive take on the 'Devdas' syndrome.[2] It later inspired Tamil film autograph.
This movie stars Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri.
Overview
In this movie, the narrator, Manik Mulla (Rajit Kapur) tells three stories of the three women, (Neena Gupta (the poor), Pallavi Joshi (the intellectual) and Rajeshwari Sachdev (middle class)), he had met in his life at different times.[3] These three stories are nothing but a single story seen from stands of different characters of the film.
The lowest, slowest or the weakest in a group or society determines the speed or progress of the whole. The title of the movie, a metaphor as the movie itself, draws this analogy with the seventh horse pulling the chariot of the sun.
An interesting narrative approach adds to the abstractness - as the film is presented as a flashback of a contemporary artist (Raghuvir Yadav). He remembers the many stories of a born-raconteur (Rajit Kapur) during the gossip sessions of four young men with no better way to pass time.
Cast
- Neena Gupta ... Satti
- Pallavi Joshi ... Lalita 'Lily'
- Rajit Kapur ... Manik Mulla
- Amrish Puri ... Mahesar Dalal
- K.K. Raina ... Elder Brother of Manik Mulla
- Rajeshwari Sachdev ... Jamuna
- Veerendra Saxena ... Soap-Seller
- Ila Arun..... Lalita's Mother
- Himani Shivpuri..... Roma Bibi
- Ravi Jhankal ... Ramdhan
- Raghuvir Yadav.... Narrator - friend of Manik Mulla
- Riju Bajaj ... Tanna
- Lalit Tiwari .... Chaman Uncle of Satti
- Yousuf hussain khan ..... Lily's father
- Shagvat ..... Jamuna's Husband
References
- ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Bollywood's hegemony". The Hindu. 12 August 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Overview New York Times.