![]() ![]() ![]() Even though he doesn’t do well at the mushairas, and his contemporaries Zauq and Momin are far more popular, Moti is obsessed with Ghalib and Ghalib alone, so much so that even though she isn’t allowed at these sessions, she gets the Kotwal, Hashmat Khan (Ulhas) to bring her copies of all his verses after the session. But she loves not just any poetry she is an ardent fan of Mirza Ghalib. One such poetry lover is the courtesan Moti Begum (Suraiya). The once-mighty Mughal empire had been significantly reduced - Delhi is its last bastion and Bahadur Shah Zafar, its last real symbol of power.Īgainst this backdrop, the emperor’s court poetry sessions are not just an avenue for poets to gain recognition, but a way for the emperor, the poets and all those who love this poetry to hold on to something that they know is fast disappearing. The movie is set in Delhi at the time when the sun was setting on centuries of Mughal rule and the British East India Company was becoming more and more powerful. In the week of her 91st birth anniversary, here is a nostalgic look at one of her finest films.Īlso read: Sunil Dutt’s one-actor movie Yaadein is an oddly apt watch in these isolated times He wasn’t exaggerating.Įven though Bharat Bhushan played the title role of a movie whose story came from Saadat Hasan Manto, it is Suraiya, as Chaudhvin, the poet’s lover, who is remembered today as the soul of this movie. Mirza Ghalib won two National Awards (Best Feature Film and Best Feature Film in Hindi), and at a special screening, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told Suraiya, “ Tumne Ghalib ki rooh ko zinda kar diya” (You have brought Ghalib’s soul back to life). ![]() The legendary actor and singer’s voice graced countless movies, but this one was special, given that it married Ghalib’s verses with Suraiya’s golden voice and Ghulam Mohammad’s lilting tunes that are still hummed today. But the beauty of Sohrab Modi’s 1954 film, Mirza Ghalib, is that it actually doesn’t focus so much on Ghalib’s life yet manages to bring his words alive. ![]()
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