Underplayed Gems

Ghata (1978)

Ghata poster
Country
India
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How it feels

A man becomes disheartened after discovering a friend's infidelity. He then falls in love with a woman who is engaged to that same friend.

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What happens

Ghata (Hindi: घटा) is a 1978 Indian film directed and produced by Kuldeep Pandey. The film evolves around a man who on being disheartened at his friend's unchastity, falls for the woman who has been betrothed to his friend. It stars Anil Dhawan as the protagonist. The music of the film was composed by Ravindra Jain. The film garnered a mixed review upon its release. A part of film critics criticized the film for its uncurbed over the shoulder shots. The film was also criticized for its plot slowing down gradually. Some of the sequences of the film have been appreciated as having been made proficiently, especially the sequence where the protagonist's conundrum to pick up the flower on the riverside is an explanatory manifestation of his predicament between his adherence to his friend and his love for Sheetal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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