Sunday 29 January 2017

Love, nationalism and prison

Bandini (1963)

Directed by Bimal Roy this film based on the novel Tamasi stars Nutan, Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra. In 1934 a young woman is in prison for murder but begins to find she and the prison doctor have romantic feelings for each other.

I was not convinced by the structure of this film, with so much told in flashback, or the ending but I still enjoyed this film. Taking an unusual subject matter for the period this is a pretty interesting film despite it's flaws. There is a good performance from Nutan, some decent camera work but unfortunately some poor film stock.


4/5

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