BAZAAR

There are at times when the movie leans heavy on melodrama but it never takes away from the sharp and direct criticism of society and its failings towards women. Intersecting with class and gender, this is a powerful story that is as relevant today as when it was made.

A must see, for Indian Art films. No, this is not a Bollywood film. This is Indian Art Cinema at its best.Great actors, who are the epitome of a dying genre. Its films such as these which help society at large learn about the nuances of societies. A great perspective from within the eye of the Indian society.Excellent music. Beautiful, Urdu dialogue and excellent acting. Naseer Udin at his best. Smita Patel, an excellent actress.

this was an eye opener how a poor girl in india does not stand a chance if a righ old man wants to marry her and it means financial freedom for the poor family.

Bazaar is an excellent movie made in 1982. Sarju and Shabnam are in love but their love story end with such a tragedy that makes you think that socially acceptable and institutional ways of defining and allowing human relationship very often end up destroying the meaning of relationship itself.Set up of the movie is typical lower class Indian society. Najma and Salim are also in platonic relationship. Salim is a writer and a thinker while Najma is a beautiful and young woman from a withered Nawab family. Due to bad financial situation her mother is asking her to trade her body to feed the family. Najma, who doesn't accept that, runs away with another man (Akhter) to Bombay. But her mental situation is never still since she loves her family but is not ready to sacrifice her youth for them. Although is a good man and he is also interested in marrying her and but his middle aged boss wants Najma and Akhter to look for a bride for him. In order to save his job and apartment Akhter persuades Najma to do something that leads to destruction of Sarju and Shabnam's love story.Scenes from Hyderabad city in which poor parents are ready to do anything to get their daughter married are very impressive and well. All actors are very good, script, songs and costumes are fabulous. This movie was very advanced in its time of release. Even after 23 years since it release a large section of Indian society has not got the message of the movie. Western societies despite their own disadvantages are much much better systems in the perspective of this movie. Even today, girl child is seen as a burden in Indian society. Concept of single moms and even single parent is just not acceptable. Girls are identified either from the father's name or her husband's name. There is no third way. She doesn't have an identity on her own.Najma, in the end, after a discussion with Salim, realizes that she has to have her own identity which doesn't have to come from either Akhter (her potential husband) or her parents (who want to sell her body to live!). So, she say goodbye to Akhter and goes with Salim, perhaps to find her ways to wash off her part of sins she committed in order to gain identity from Akhter.A must see movie, If you want to understand worst part of Indian society and its solid institutional ways of doing things which are so fragile and delicate that they often get crushed.

The story is about a woman who madly loves a man, who in turn continues to postpone commitment. In the fear that she may loose him, she disregards the love of another man who's love for her is pure and selfless and who is a much better human being. In the blind pursuit of the man who does not deserve her she unwittingly destroys the love allianceof a dear friend. When she realises this she tells him that she does not love him anymore.

A sad story.Don't treat people like toys at bazaar.Don't be like a toy at bazaar yourself.Live you life.That's what I got from this deep story.

THOUGH MOVIE IS NOT SO OLD STILL IT IS DVD-5 (4.7GB)

good movie.

Defective CD. Gets stuck within 5 minutes of play. It is also nonreturnable. Thus total waste of money.