Ijaazat (1987)
- Original title
- इजाज़त
- Directed by
- Gulzar
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A separated couple accidentally meets in a railway waiting room. They spend the night talking and discovering truths about their lives without each other.
bittersweetmelancholicintimatereflectiveslow-burnnostalgicpoignantunderstated
What happens
Ijaazat (transl. Permission) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha, by Subodh Ghosh, which had earlier been adapted in Bengali in 1964 as a movie with the same name. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each other. The film belongs to the art-house genre in India known as Parallel Cinema, and won two National Film Awards in the music category. A book based on the film titled Gulzar's Ijaazat: Insights into the film by Pakistani author Mira Hashmi was launched in June 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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