The exceptionally magnificent role of Shabana Azmi. Oh, I haven't seen anything from the '80s in a while, so I went through my list of '80s movies yesterday and settled on this movie. One of the reasons that prompted me to watch again "Adoption" is, of course, the cast, led by the unceasingly talented Shabana Azmi.
I love this movie only because of Shabanah and Nasiruddin Shah. But the rest of the actors here are not impressive, oddly enough, especially Farukh Sheikh, who played the husband of the heroine Shabanah. I don’t understand him as an actor, I’ve seen 5-6 movies with him in my entire life, and he doesn’t impress me anywhere, he’s always like a stonewall. Maybe that’s why he has few major roles, more and more secondary ones. And here he has the second main role, it would be better if Nasiruddin played it, then there would be a real drama, with strong feelings, and so, it did not work out. Shabana pulled the film completely on itself. Good for you, I love and respect you very much.
Her heroine Gita, who works as a teacher at a school, against the will of her father marries Bhupi (Farukh Sheikh), they live happily and quite comfortably, waiting for their firstborn. But by chance Gita loses its baby as a result of a fall. Diagnosis is infertility. This causes her severe psychological trauma. She is on the verge of collapse, ready even to commit suicide, and here, on the advice of a friend Bhupi - lawyer Mickey (Nasiruddin Shah), they decide to adopt a child from the orphanage, but having met with the owner of the orphanage, selling children like cattle, Gitacomes furious and is ready to kill this scum, the problem grows. Gita falls into an even greater depression, but once on the bus one family led by his father (Madan Puri), take their brood to the zoo and leave one child on the bus, not noticing the disappearance immediately, since there are no more children in the family, as many as 12 people. And Gita takes this baby Lada to himself. He's been living with them for quite some time. She is transforming herself into a mother.
But in the eyes of law and society, the Gita committed a crime, namely, abducting a child in broad daylight. Although the family in which the child grew up is dysfunctional. The father is a drunk, there is no money in the house, the older sister is forced to work to feed her family, but still there is a place for human qualities in this poverty. The mother, whatever she may be, loves her child, and the father suffered no less, even though he drank endlessly. There is a report in the newspapers about the loss of a child. When the Gita learns about this, it is again on the verge of insanity. So how does this whole story end? You have to watch it to find out. The film is good, looks easy, despite many heartbreaking moments.
Shabana Azmi. Excellent. She did not play, but lived the role. She perfectly managed to show the change in the character of her heroine, from fun, joy and happiness, to pain, bitterness, broken dreams, depression, breakdown and a desperate desire to keep what she has with her. All this Shabane managed to express not only with her eyes, but also with gait, facial expressions, gestures. She can play such a tragic role. Just a pleasure to watch her. Farukh Sheikh As I wrote, absolutely wooden, does not catch anything.
Nasiruddin Shah. Good job everywhere and always. Here, he plays not only a family friend - a cheerful, reckless, a bit quirky guy, but also a thoughtful, serious, literate, fair and humane lawyer. Perfectly played. Applause for him.
Madan Puri. Well, at first he laughed, in the middle he angered, and in the end he touched. As always, he is beautiful in his place. And someone else I would like to note, so it is "Paresh Raval" Although it is not enough here, very emotional, boiling and hot in the role of the prosecutor at the trial. You're also relatively young. I was happy, as always.
The concept of the film is rather unusual, oscillating between a dramatic film and a psychological drama. At the same time, he is realistic and melodramatic, accurately depicting modern India of those times. Dialogues are very effective, as is the script, which is well written and developed. Sometimes the behavior of the Gita makes her look like a real psychopath, but everything is much more complicated. Sometimes obsession with the child and her actions border on madness, but still the audience can feel her pain and desire to be a mother and understand her suffering.
The second half of the film is much stronger than the first. The ending is a bit embellished, but it's the best way to end the story. I can’t say that Adoption is a particularly good film, but it’s still a good moving and somewhat instructive story. Fans of Hindi cinema of the 80s, and especially fans of Shaban Azmi, the film will definitely enjoy, especially the work of Shabanah. It is unique here. On the 10th of course, the film does not pull, but deserved 9 points, I put, solely because of the game Shaban Azmi
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9 out of 10