Maachis

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Maachis

DVD cover for Maachis
Directed by Gulzar
Written by Gulzar
Starring Tabu
Om Puri
Chandrachur Singh
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj
Release date(s) Flag of India 25 October 1996
Running time 160 minutes
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Maachis (English:Matches) was a 1996 Indian film directed by Gulzar. The title of the film is used as a metaphor that conveys that the youth of any nation are matchsticks that could get ignited due to the deficiencies in the political and policing systems. The film portrays the circumstances surrounding the rise of the Sikh insurgency in Punjab in the 1980s, and traces the transformation of a youth from a next-door guy to a dreaded terrorist bent of wreaking vengeance for the wrong meted out to him.

The film tasted both critical and commercial success. Gulzar's direction and the music of Vishal Bhardwaj were strong points. To this day, many numbers from the film, partcularly Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale and Chhod Aaye Hum Wo Galiyan can be often heard playing on FM radio or TV channels. Bhardwaj went on to become a movie director, and has directed classics like Maqbool and Omkara in the recent past.

In more ways than one, Maachis is a film about what atrocities can drive an ordinary human to do. It looks back at the Punjab problem, and tries to figure out some of the root causes. It also warns that in the future, there could be many more Punjabs--burning and suffering for years.

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Plot

Virender Kaur or Veeran (Tabu) is a young woman living in a prosperous Punjabi village with her mother and her brother, Jaswant Singh Randhawa nicknamed "Jassi" (Raj Zutshi); the latter is the best friend of Veeran's fiance, Kripal Singh, nicknamed "Palli" (Chandrachur Singh). When Jassi disappears into police custody following a routine house-search, his family endures a hellish fortnight of bureaucratic denials and anguished waiting. When he returns brutally scarred from torture, Palli abandons the village to seek, first, answers, and later, revenge, eventually falling into the company of Sanatan (Om Puri), the leader of a Sikh terrorist cell. Slowly, the once-comfortable world of Palli and his extended family falls apart, to be replaced by the fictive kinship of the hunted members of the terrorist cell. [1]

Cast

Maachis had a congregation of some of the finest actors in Bollywood, besides a sparkling performance by Chandrachur Singh, a newcomer. The core cast is listed below.

Awards

References

  1. ^ philip'sfil-umst. Maachis Hindi.

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