Haré Rama Haré Krishna

Very interesting film! Admittedly I did enjoy some parts but I kinda wish the plot was more simple rather than being so convulted. It's so interesting to see it discuss issues such as divorce, drug addiction and westernisation. It was arguably the first Indian film to take note of the counterculture era. Marking the foundation for the darkest era in Indian cinema at the time, as the decade saw Manu social and political changes. One change was the role of women in Indian society. The sophisticated and submissive heroine was out. Now was the cool hipster smoking woman was now in fashion. The character of Janice or Jasbir is so interesting to me because it's such a rare opportunity for a woman in Indian cinema to be a morally complex character rather than be the vamp or the virgin. She openly smokes but is characterised as a tragic heroine rather than truly being an evil woman. She's complex, neither good nor bad. Mumtaz was delightful but with all respect girlie should have never done this because her character was boring AF. Dev Anand is great. Zeenat aman truly shows why she quickly became this overnight sensation with this film. This film turned her into one of Hindi cinemas most important heroines ever. She truly delivered such a masterclass performance. Sometimes I think with the right director she truly could tackle amazing performances! It's also so interesting to hear about the impact of this film as it shifted a large change in the depiction of women in Indian cinema, suddenly stars like Parveen Babi, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi and Rekha played morally complex women and they honestly devoured. Zeenat Aman was the first to open those doors. What a woman! Her fashion is tops too! Also love the song Dum Maro Dum which will honestly be a classic forever such an edgy rock song!

Very interesting film! Admittedly I did enjoy some parts but I kinda wish the plot was more simple rather than being so convulted. It's so interesting to see it discuss issues such as divorce, drug addiction and westernisation. It was arguably the first Indian film to take note of the counterculture era. Marking the foundation for the darkest era in Indian cinema at the time, as the decade saw Manu social and political changes. One change was the role of women in Indian society. The sophisticated and submissive heroine was out. Now was the cool hipster smoking woman was now in fashion. The character of Janice or Jasbir is so interesting to me because it's such a rare opportunity for a woman in Indian cinema to be a morally complex character rather than be the vamp or the virgin. She openly smokes but is characterised as a tragic heroine rather than truly being an evil woman. She's complex, neither good nor bad. Mumtaz was delightful but with all respect girlie should have never done this because her character was boring AF. Dev Anand is great. Zeenat aman truly shows why she quickly became this overnight sensation with this film. This film turned her into one of Hindi cinemas most important heroines ever. She truly delivered such a masterclass performance. Sometimes I think with the right director she truly could tackle amazing performances! It's also so interesting to hear about the impact of this film as it shifted a large change in the depiction of women in Indian cinema, suddenly stars like Parveen Babi, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi and Rekha played morally complex women and they honestly devoured. Zeenat Aman was the first to open those doors. What a woman! Her fashion is tops too! Also love the song Dum Maro Dum which will honestly be a classic forever such an edgy rock song!