Musafir
Dr Jabbar Patel of Ambedkar fame (I have vague memories of watching his Umbartha on the regional film slot of DD many moons ago) made a film called Musafir in 1982. The film had Naseer Shah in the role of a killer who is on the run after accidentally killing his wife played by Moon Moon Sen. His run takes him to a village in Tamil Nadu where he starts anew – a foreign life in a foreign land. Rekha plays a tamil belle from the village. A make-up less Rekhas performance in this film that never hit the theatres is said to be her best. As per this piece 'If you do get to see Musafir, you'd know why Rekha is Rekha. She makes a beauty statement out of a painfully ordinary character’.
Now the main reason I was after the film was because the solitary song in the film that RD composed isn’t part of any cd /cassette release. The song that comes on screen when naseer is on the run (Doesn’t the story and song situation remind of recent films) is a gem and I am glad Ive finally found it here
Listen to it at
Musafir was apparently released on VHS after the makers couldn’t manage a theatrical release. The VHS is not easily available. If you are lucky to lay your hands on it, don’t give it a miss.
Dr Jabbar Patel of Ambedkar fame (I have vague memories of watching his Umbartha on the regional film slot of DD many moons ago) made a film called Musafir in 1982. The film had Naseer Shah in the role of a killer who is on the run after accidentally killing his wife played by Moon Moon Sen. His run takes him to a village in Tamil Nadu where he starts anew – a foreign life in a foreign land. Rekha plays a tamil belle from the village. A make-up less Rekhas performance in this film that never hit the theatres is said to be her best. As per this piece 'If you do get to see Musafir, you'd know why Rekha is Rekha. She makes a beauty statement out of a painfully ordinary character’.
Now the main reason I was after the film was because the solitary song in the film that RD composed isn’t part of any cd /cassette release. The song that comes on screen when naseer is on the run (Doesn’t the story and song situation remind of recent films) is a gem and I am glad Ive finally found it here
Listen to it at
Musafir was apparently released on VHS after the makers couldn’t manage a theatrical release. The VHS is not easily available. If you are lucky to lay your hands on it, don’t give it a miss.
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