Wednesday 23 February 2011

Courageous courtesan (Sadhna)

The blatant divide between pure and impure is smudged immaculately as Geeta Dutt croons Tora manwa kyun ghabraye rey in the lips of Leela Chitnis. Through the song we are actually made to ponder on whether Champabai is seriously an impure woman who needs to be judged by society and its norms? Or is she just like any one of them who has a right to offer her prayers to the Almighty, touch the idol