To my mind, this first film of her career in filmdom is the only one for which she ought to be remembered. The scenes where she sings in the beach look very lively and adorable to the core. Rati comes as a delicate darling in the beginning, but shows the intensity of her emotions and her steadfast principles in life throughout, till her death. It is a pity that the whole of his talent hasn't been properly utilized in the ''star-struck'' Bollywood. Coupled to it comes the dance scenes, where he unfolds the ''nataraaj'' locked within his soul. Kamal Hasan as Vaasu is awesome in the entire movie, right from the beginning when he is found in the bus in Dona Paula to the last scene where he helplessly tries to pass the love-letters to his lady-love, standing on top of the cliff. And moreover, if one can appreciate the skillfully crafted screenplay that binds the lovers' souls into union even at the time of their physical separation, he/she will agree that there are high points in the film that supercede its technical flaws. There may be a flaw or two if you take into consideration the technical details, but those minor imperfections, according to me, constitute the beauty of the love saga. The dialogues, cinematography (that encaptured the spotlessly beautiful Goa), the soundtrack and the soulful melodies interwoven into the plot perfectly suits with the framework of the movie. The story may seem a run-of-the-mill sort in the beginning, with the ''boy meeting the girl'' fashion, but here also, he at least tried his hands at experimenting with something not tried out that much during the 70's and the early 80's, love between two cross-cultural people, Vaasu and Sapna, and the tussles, sufferings and tragedy that ensued. Balachandar has succeeded beautifully and emerged a victor in this film, regarding these particular aspects.
The only thing I will say to the cynical critics who have underrated this film as a copy of its Tamil version is that if you don't have the mood or the inclination to understand and appreciate the subtleties, the nuances of the intangible chemistry between star-crossed lovers and their struggles in this fateful world, then don't waste your time in watching this film and then coming up with poor constructed criticism articles to show your pseudo-intellectuality! And, I must mention here that in every era, when a film is imitated or has been inspired by a certain commercial flick, a celebrated fiction of literature or, for that matter, a stage-drama, the only thing taken into consideration should be the freshness of directorial approach and the packaging of the film in the mould of a fine craft. And here I was, after a long 20 years, watching the film with my matured brains and my loving husband by my side. Those were the days of akashvani radio and the very first days of the doordarshan in Calcutta, my hometown. I remember the days when I used to catch its songs which cast a spell in my kid's ears and used to sing ''hum bane tum bane'' and ''tere mere beech mein'' with my kid's voice, without understanding much of the nuances or the significance of the songs.
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Being an avid movie buff not restricting myself that much to genres and directors of any particular race, I saw ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'', the chart-buster hindi film of the earlier 80's a long time after I first saw it with pristine innocence in my early childhood.
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