Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Rao Saheb

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Jul 17, 2012, 8:03:29 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Rao Saheb

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+'''Rao Saheb'''
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+1986 123’ col Hindi
+d/s Vijaya Mehta p Pahlaj Bajaj st Jaywant
+Dalvi c Adeep Tandon m Bhaskar
+Chandavarkar
+lp Anupam Kher, Vijaya Mehta, Nilu Phule,
+Tanvi, Mangesh Kulkarni
+
+
+Based on the popular play Barrister (1977) by
+Dalvi, Mehta’s film is set in the 20s in a small
+Maharashtrian town. Rao Saheb (Kher), an
+English-educated but orthodox barrister, lives
+with his elder brother and his widowed but
+vivacious aunt Mausi (Mehta) in an old
+mansion. Mausi befriends the equally lively
+young bride living next door, Radhika (Tanvi),
+who also becomes a widow. Radhika rebels
+against her bigoted father’s attempt to make
+her conform to the orthodox Brahmin rituals
+imposed on widows and she becomes a close
+friend of Rao Saheb. However, he cannot break
+free from Brahmin custom and marry her.
+Instead, unable to act according to his
+convictions, he goes insane while Radhika
+resigns herself to the cruel existence of a
+Brahmin widow. The (like all Mehta’s cinema)
+stagey film evokes the plight of progressive
+liberals who support reform movements
+regarding widow remarriage but are
+themselves unable to overcome the social and
+moral pressures exerted by orthodox traditions.
+
+[[Film]]