There are three types of movies.
First category includes movies which have something to carry with you once it
is over. You may feel patriotic/ good/ helpless/ rebellious after watching it.
So, at last you do have “something”. The second category
has movies which neither give the feeling of gaining something nor you feel of
losing anything. It is just for the moment. You go, watch and forget. The first
category movies are difficult to forget, to wipe out off your mind. The third
category is simply the rest of the movies; those which are neither in the first
nor in the second. Bawarchi belongs to the first type. It is my all-time
favorite movie. Its strong script is the major reason. The key character of the
movie is Raghu essayed by Rajesh Khanna. Raghu is actually a professor who
leaves his profession and disguises himself as a domestic help in an Indian
joint family. His goal is to reinstate the traditional values of being in a family
and to make the family members realize the joy of togetherness. His philosophy
is very simple: Instead of waiting for a great desire to be fulfilled, a
success to be achieved, one may enjoy the happiness which lies in little daily
things like cooking favorite dish for your dear one.
I feel that the most difficult
thing these days in human life is not earning a decent living but having /
maintaining a healthy relationship with the family or (most of the time with)
extended family. It’s a key to a good social life as an individual. Those who
succeed in this, they succeed in most of their endeavors. This movie works as
good as a self-help guide in accomplishing it. How to strike a right chord with
the family members or colleagues is well elucidated here. Even if you have to
compete with someone, the competition shouldn’t spoil your relation with the
competitor. In one of the important incidences, Raghu shows how winning heart
is as important as winning a competition. The principles narrated by Raghu
throughout the movie are very well applicable to professional life.
The movie is directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, another favorite of mine. The star cast includes Jaya
Bachchan, Asrani, A. K. Hangal, Durga Khote, and Usha Kiran.
