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Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s classics like Bawarchi, Anand, Golmaal, Chupke Chupke, etc. are still very People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
much remembered today. But his Naukri is one film that came and went without much of a trace mainly And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
because of Amitabh Bachchan’s growing popularity as the authority bashing oppressed common man and Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
due to former superstar Rajesh Khanna’s fading dominance amongst his fan following.Date of release: A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
2 June 1978Though this film bombed at the box-office one can say it was ahead of its times. Set in If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
1945, Naukri tells the story of Ranjit Gupta (Rajesh Khanna) a professional badminton player. After Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
his father (A.K.Hangal) passes away, Ranjit comes to know that his father was deep in debt. So Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
selling off whatever he had, he along with his family moves into a run-down house. Disregarding his I think we might be going a bridge too far.
dreams of playing badminton, Ranjit enrolls in the army. In a grenade attack, Ranjit’s leg is And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
permanently injured and he is subsequently released from the army. Being the sole breadwinner of the Do unto others as though you were the others.
family which consists of his mother, sister and adopted brother, Ranjit’s army compensation is The way to be a bore is to say everything.
constantly delayed. He is also unable to find another job because of his disability. Seeing that he Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
will be unable to pay the rent and that his family will be on the streets or probably die of Out, damned spot! out, I say! One: two: why, then ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky!
starvation, Ranjit commits suicide. However, he is surprised when he comes to know that his spirit There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.
has not crossed into another world but is still on earth in the form of a ghost. Enters Captain (Raj Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause — that it must be lived forward.
Kapoor) another ghost who befriends Ranjit. In his very stylish suit and hat and always smoking a . . . You never find happiness until you stop looking for it. My greatest happiness consists precisely in doing nothing whatever that is calculated to obtain happiness: and this, in the minds of most people, is the worst possible course… If you ask “what ought to be done” and “what ought not to be done” on earth in order to produce happiness, I answer that these questions do not have an answer. There is no way of determining such things. Yet at the same time, if I cease striving for happiness, the “right’ and the “wrong” at once become apparent all by themselves. Contentment and well-being at once become possible the moment you cease to act with them in view, and if you practice non-doing (wu wei), you will have both happiness and well-being.
cigar, Captain learns why Ranjit wanted to commit suicide and tells him that death is never the Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!
solution. He tells Ranjit that he is still on this earth because there is unfinished business and A wayfarer carried a heavy sack about which he complained unceasingly. From none could he get help or comfort. And as he slowly journeyed, groaning under his burden, the Angel of Optimism came to him and spoke kindly, saying: “Brother, what does thou carry?” The man answered surlily, “My worries.” The angel smiled pityingly upon him and said, “Let us look into thy burden and examine thy worries.” And so they looked in. But lo! the sack was empty. “Why surely,” cried the man, “there were two great worries, too heavy for man to bear. But—ah, yes, I had forgot—one was a worry of yesterday, and so it is gone.” “And the other?” “That—why, that was a worry of tomorrow, and it—it has not yet come.” Then the angel smiled with infinite pity, saying: “Hearken! He who bows himself down under the worries of yesterday and tomorrow wears himself out for naught. But he who carries only the worries of today has no need of a sack for his sorrows. If thou will cast this black thing aside, and give all thy strength and cheer and courage to the things of today, real misfortune never can burden thee.” Wondering, the man did as the angel commanded. And as he took up his journey and went lightly, swiftly on, his heart and his hands were free to relieve many a brother wayfarer of his burden and to pluck sweet fruits and flowers along the wayside. And when he came at last to the setting of the sun it was with smiles and a song.
only once that gets over will his spirit get salvation.Captain introduces Ranjit to many other souls You know, I have never read in the scriptures where Jesus said, “For, behold, a million dollars is the greatest gift of God.” I observe by your smiles and laughter that you haven’t either. Nor have I read wherein the Savior said, “He who hath a million dollars is rich indeed.” It does not sound like scripture. I did read in the scriptures that the love for money or the lust for money is the root of all evil, and that certainly is very true. Covetousness for money is evil and the final end is sorrow. In fact, covetousness in all its forms is the basis of all sin—adultery, murder, stealing, embezzlement, and all the various types of crime that we find in the world.
who are still on this earth which forms quite a bit of humor. For instance, facing family objection Christ himself was poor. . . . And as he was himself, so he informed his apostles and disciples, they were all poor, prophets poor, apostles poor.
Loco (Deven Verma) and his lover Manny (Padma Khanna) committed suicide so that they could be LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
together in the afterlife. However, there they come to know that Rasik Lal (Yunus Parvez) was also If you have a good friend, you don’t need a mirror.
the girl’s husband in another generation. So a funny chase begins where Rasik Lal tries to kill Loco Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
even though he cannot mainly because he is dead already. Even in the part when a dead Hawaldar Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
(Keshto Mukherjee) shouts at Captain in his typical funny manner when the latter teases young women It is seasoned throughout with Attic salt.
is amusing. A political angle also comes in when Captain reveals that he belongs to the same family We have now armed to such an extent as the world has never before seen.
as that of Bhagat Singh. But being a coward, he did not follow his family and instead shifted to Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Bombay to become an actor. However, he only got the hero’s double part and died in a mishap while I value kindness to humans first of all, and kindness to animals. I don’t respect the law; I have total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer.
performing a stunt. However, his profession always disturbed him and the only way he could receives Poise: The ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
deliverance was when India would become Independent of the British. Mr. Anderson (Tom Alter) was Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet!
British who was killed by Indians in their freedom struggle. He tells that the British are not the Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.
only ones India should get rid of. Exploitation of the poor is another disease which will continue Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing.
thriving despite gaining Independence. Captain then takes Ranjit to see the plight of his own A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
family. He is shocked to see his little brother selling candy on trains, his mother begging for alms History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
and his sister taking up prostitution. The last part was probably the lowest point for in the She wanted it strapless. Do you know what an engineering feat that is?
beginning of the film Ranjit rejects the advances of a prostitute (Nadira). Ranjit tries to The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.
intervene but is then reminded by Captain that he is dead. “Jo Zinda hokar nahi kar sake woh ab kya Whosoever perseveres in the invocation will find that lights come to him constantly and that the veils of invisible things are lifted from him.
karoge?” says he. Ranjit begins to think whether suicide was the right thing to do after all. A There’s a new tribunal now, Higher than God’s—the educated man’s!
touching tale and as usual Hrishikesh Mukherjee has paid attention to the script which have formed Spellers of the world, untie!
the backbone of most of his films. Rajesh Khanna is not in his usual lover boy image and shows that Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
he was still capable in his fading years as a superstar. Always being the oppressed underdog right Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
from scene one, his performance makes you wonder how little we accomplish in life and there is so No matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney.
much left to achieve, explore and take pleasure in. Raj Kapoor is the perfect catalyst this film The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.
could ask for. Making his presence felt as a know-it-all yet bumbling as well as emotional ghost, he They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it”.
is terrific. The film’s lengthy opening credits begin on a good note with R.D. Burman’s music. The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
However, being the busiest music director at that time, he could not churn out any chart-topping Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea: Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar, Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
numbers. The editing should have been much crisper considering the theme of the film. Quick cuts Can’t see the forest for the trees.
with immediate change in music gives you an amateurish feeling. Seeing two of the biggest names in For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Hindi cinema in the same frame should have been a visual treat for the audience at that point of Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today.
time; however that wasn’t meant to be. Lost amongst a harvest of failed Rajesh Khanna films, Naukri Love is a hole in the heart.
is one film that too got vanished in the crowd. Trivia:Naukri is the last film in which director We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us — not our effects on others.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee and actor Rajesh Khanna worked together. They had earlier given timeless hits An easy task becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
like Anand (1970), Bawarchi (1972) and Namak Haraam (1973). This was the last time director Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Raj Kapoor came together as well. They were earlier associated together in And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Anari (1959) and Aashiq (1962). This was the first and last time Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all it’s shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
starred together in a film. However, they were seen once again in a song sequence in Manmohan No private citizen has any reason or need at any time to possess a gun. This applies to both honest citizens and criminals. We realize the Constitution guarantees the “right to keep and bear arms” but this should be changed.
Desai’s Naseeb (1981). The story for the film was written by noted composer Salil Choudhury. It is necessary men should be tried and purged and purified and made perfect through suffering.
However, it was R.D. Burman and not Choudhury who rendered music for the film. CreditsCast: Rajesh A garden is the best alternative therapy.
Khanna, Zaheera, Raj Kapoor, Om Shivpuri, Tom Alter, Meena Roy, Pratima Devi, Nadira, A.K. Hangal, We are all just crash dummies on the information highway.
Jayshree T, Yunus Parvez, Keshto Mukherjee, Padma Khanna, Deven Verma. Director: Hrishikesh Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Mukherjee Story: Salil Choudhury Screenplay: Bimal Dutta Dialogue: Biren TripathyMusic: R.D. Mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is Love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favorite seat be feeble woman’s breast.
Burman Cinematography: Jaywant Pathare Editing: Subhash Gupta and Khan Zamman Khan

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