Indian Art Movies (Griha Pravesh and Ijaazat)

This week, I saw a few hindi movies, which had amused me at some point of time. One of them was Griha Pravesh. I vaguely recall, I had watched it for the first time may be about 12-13 years ago and I remember that I was charged up philosophically by its deep and laconic ending (SIMPLE AMAZING!!!). It is about a married couple (Sharmila Tagore and Sanjeev Kumar) with a baby boy. Sharmila has a dream of living in her own house; she is saving money to buy a place and is living a very simple and a frugal life with her family. Sanjeev meets a young girl (Sarika) at his work and things grow between them. With time, Sanjeev and Sarika develop a perfect chemistry and Sanjeev decides to talk to his wife about marrying Sarika. Sharmila decides to let his husband go with Sarika and requests her husband to introduce Sarika to her once. Sanjeev invites Sarika for dinner to meet his wife. The sequence after it can't be put into words. Finally, as can be expected Sanjeev realises his blunder and comes back to his wife. The plot sounds very simple, but the presentation of the movie, the dialogues and the characters are intense and thoughtful.

Another movie which I watched was Ijaazat. Again, a very intense movie. The movie is about two people (Rekha and Naseerudin Shah) who were married to each other a few years ago and are not together anymore. They happen to meet each other in a waiting room of a train station and the movie runs in flashback. Before Rekha and Naseer were married, Naseer was involved in a relationship with a girl named Maya. Maya's love for Naseer is different. She is a girl with modern views and wants to stay together but does not want to get married. Maya comes and goes in Naseer's life and eventually Naseer decides to get married to Rekha. It is nicely picturized how Rekha, after marrying Naseer finds traces of Maya in Naseer's house/heart/life and how it affects their relationship, how circumstances can create a big gap in a relationship inspite of the fact that the two people involved are patient and
understanding. A must see for people who enjoy Indian art movies.

My words here don't do any justice with the depth of these movies. I am so fascinated/amused/intrigued by them that I can say that I am lucky to be able to have the understanding to appreciate them.