Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Mard

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Jul 17, 2012, 6:06:17 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Mard'''
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+1985 177’ col Hindi
+d Manmohan Desai pc MKD Films, Aasia
+Films st Prayag Raj sc K.K. Shukla dial Inder
+Raj Anand lyr Rajinder Krishan c Peter Pereira
+m Annu Malik
+lp Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Nirupa
+Roy, Dara Singh, Prem Chopra
+
+
+The son, Raju Tangewala (Bachchan), of a
+dispossessed rajah is given the name ‘Mard’, i.e.
+Man, and has it tattooed on his chest as a sign
+of virility. Mard rebels against the British who
+are presented as robbers and property
+developers, the favourite Hindi film villains of
+this period. In keeping with a characteristic
+Desai plot device, Raju is raised by fosterparents
+who, just before dying, inform their
+adopted son of his ‘real’ ancestry. The leatherclad
+daughter (Amrita Singh) of a doctor in the
+service of the British first whips the hero and
+then falls in love with him. The British villains
+are called Dyer and Simon, names still
+associated with the general responsible for the
+Jallianwala Bagh massacre (referred to in the
+film) and the leader of the Simon Commission.
+Desai juxtaposes these references with the
+more arbitrary introduction of Roman
+gladiators and Mexican bandits. Made
+immediately after Coolie (1983), marked by
+Bachchan’s near fatal accident, Mard went to
+unusual lengths to demonstrate the invincibility
+of the hero, invoking colonialism and feudal
+oppression to affirm that he whom the gods
+protect cannot be destroyed.
+
+[[Film]]