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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Produced by |
Vishal Bhardwaj Fox Star Studios |
Written by |
Vishal Bhardwaj (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by |
Vishal Bhardwaj Abhishek Chaubey |
Story by |
Vishal Bhardwaj Abhishek Chaubey |
Starring |
Pankaj Kapur Imran Khan Anushka Sharma Shabana Azmi Arya Babbar Navneet Nishan |
Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Cinematography | Kartik Vijay |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production company |
VB Pictures |
Distributed by |
Fox Star Studios ShowMaker Pictures |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ?45 crore (US$6.7 million) |
Box office | ?56 crore (US$8.3 million) (Domestic gross) |
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is a 2013 Indian black comedy film produced by Vishal Bhardwaj along with Fox Star Studios. Besides co-producing, Bhardwaj has also directed, co-scripted and scored the music for the film. The film stars Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma in the titular roles, while Shabana Azmi and Arya Babbar play supporting roles. The film was released worldwide on 11 January 2013.
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Plot
The film tells the story of three individuals, Harphool Singh Mandola a.k.a. Harry (Pankaj Kapur), his daughter Bijlee Mandola (Anushka Sharma) and Hukum Singh Matru (Imran Khan) known in short as 'Matru'. Harry is a wealthy, cynical businessman who dreams of turning the Mandola village (named after his family) into a shining example of his success and a microcosm of a fledgeling economy in itself. But this dream can only be realised if the villagers agree to sell their land to the government at unfairly low rates in order for the land to be converted into a Special Economic Zone.
Among many vices, a vice relevant to the plot, is Harry's drinking. He is normally a shrewd, sophisticated and composed individual, but whenever drunk, he turns into an advocate of equality and betterment of the villagers, but regrets these thoughts when sober. When he chooses not to drink he hallucinates, as a withdrawal symptom, about a pink buffalo 'Gulabo', the mascot of the brand of alcohol he enjoys. The knowledge of these hallucinations are later used by Matru as a ploy to get Harry drunk in order to serve his own plans.
Bijlee Mandola is the only child of Harry Mandola. She lost her mother when she was young and now lives in Mandola village after having received a higher education in New Delhi and later in Oxford, England. Bijlee is now in love with Baadal (Arya Babbar), the son of politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Azmi) and is all set to marry him.
Chaudhari Devi is a corrupt politician who, along with her obedients, is helping Harry realise his dream. Baadal and Bijlee's union is strategically apt as it serves Harry's and Chaudhari Devi's personal goals. While Chaudhari Devi conspires to control Harry's wealth by marrying her son to his daughter, Harry seeks Chaudhari Devi's help in realising his dream in exchange for their children's marriage.
Matru is a revolutionary, fighting for the villagers' cause of not letting their land being taken away. He is educated in Law from JNU, holds a job as Harry's driver and is responsible for regulating Harry's drinking. Matru's revolutionary instincts are shown to be significantly influenced by those of Mao Tse Tung.
The film starts with a negotiation at a liquor shop set in crop laden fields, between the liquor shop owner and a heavily drunk Harry. The shop owner's rude refusal to sell alcohol to Harry due to the day being a dry day, provokes Harry to run his Limousine into the shop.
Once drunk, Harry is shown to be an entirely different individual, who wants the land of the villagers to be returned to them, Matru to marry Bijlee while himself to retire into a religious man.
The villagers, in their fight are supported and advised by Mao who regularly sends messages to the villagers, written on cloth. Later in the film it is revealed that Mao is none other than Matru who is advising the villagers without revealing himself in order to retain the key position as Harry's aide.
Bijlee's love for Baadal is depicted to be a contradiction to her subtle, probably subconscious, knowledge of Baadal's incompatibility with her. This subtle thought aggravated by Baadal's affiliation and deeds supporting his mother's corrupt cause, overpowers Bijlee's will to marry him and polarises her into helping Matru and the villagers instead. After this polarisation, seeing Chaudhari Devi and Baadal's ambitions in a new light and while helping the villagers along with Matru, Bijlee falls in love with Matru.
Although they have the help of Matru, his college friends and Bijlee, the villagers lose their entire harvest to an unexpected rain storm. This harvest, which would have fetched enough money to settle their debts to the government bank and some more for their own survival, is now completely destroyed. Thus the villagers are forced to surrender their land, against their will, to the government in order to settle their debts.
Later, discovering Bijlee's alliance with the villagers, Chaudhari Devi, now cautious, decides to finalise the decree to convert the now acquired land into an SEZ only once Bijlee and Baadal are married.
These conflicts of villagers' loss of their lands, Bijlee's marriage to Baadal, builds up the tension leading up to the wedding at the climax wherein Matru and the villagers have a plan to get Harry drunk who will then call off the wedding. This plan apparently works and Harry is shown to be drunk, succumbing to Matru and the villagers' plan. Now, while drunk, he enters the wedding venue, calls off the wedding, chases away Chaudhari Devi, Baadal and their supporters and decides to get Bijlee and Matru married. Consequently, upon refusal by Matru on the pretext that Harry will not feel the same way about him and Bijlee when sober, Harry, to everyone's surprise, reveals that since he had sworn on Bijlee to not consume even a drop of alcohol has stood by his word, in turn revealing that while he did all that he did appearing to be drunk, he was completely sober instead.
Cast
- Pankaj Kapur as Harphool Singh Mandola a.k.a. Harry
- Imran Khan as Hukum Singh Matru
- Anushka Sharma as Bijlee Mandola
- Shabana Azmi as Chaudhari Devi
- Arya Babbar as Baadal
- Navneet Nishan as Mrs. Talwar
- Ranvir Shorey in a cameo appearance
- Lekha Washington in a cameo appearance
- Sunil Chitkara as Inspector
- Padam Mishra as Vijender
Production
Filming
The film was released on 11 January 2013.
Soundtrack
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | |
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Soundtrack album by Vishal Bhardwaj | |
Label | Sony Music India |
Producer | Hitesh Sonik, Clinton Cerejo |
The film's music was composed by Vishal Bhardwaj with lyrics by Gulzar. The soundtrack was released by Sony Music. The title song, by Sukhwinder Singh and Ranjit Barot, was released as a single track on 30 November 2012. Another single track, "Oye Boy Charlie", by Rekha Bhardwaj, Mohit Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan was released on 12 December 2012. The full album was released on 19 December 2012 on Saavn.com. Musicperk.com rated the album 8/10, saying it is "Well-worth a listen".
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" | Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot | 3:52 |
2. | "Oye Boy Charlie" | Rekha Bhardwaj, Mohit Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan | 5:44 |
3. | "Khamakha" | Vishal Bhardwaj, Prem Dehati | 5:59 |
4. | "Lootnewale" | Sukhwinder Singh, Master Saleem | 4:06 |
5. | "Shara-Rara-Ra" | Prem Dehati | 1:29 |
6. | "Badal Uthiya" | Rekha Bhardwaj | 3:18 |
7. | "Chaar Dina Ki" | Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan, Prem Dehati | 2:05 |
8. | "Chor Police" | Pankaj Kapur | 0:58 |
9. | "Nomvula" | African Umoja | 1:40 |
10. | "Badal Uthiya (Reprise)" | Prem Dehati | 3:18 |
11. | "Lootnewale (Reprise)" | Sukhwinder Singh | 1:59 |
Critical reception
Raja Sen for Rediff.com awarded it 4/5 stars, opining Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola has enough substance to warrant repeated viewings. Anupama Chopra of the Hindustan Times rated the movie 2.5/5. She reasoned that "Parts of the film soar, but many are saggy and ultimately I was just underwhelmed." Critic Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave four out of five stars saying, " Vishal Bhardwaj gives us a film that’s enjoyable and relevant in equal measure. The year’s first gem has arrived – don’t miss it!"
Box office
India
Matru Ki Beejlee Ka Mandola opened below the mark where business at multiplexes was much better than single screens. It collected ?9.56 crore (US$1.4 million) on its opening day. Its little growth on its second day managed around ?10.50 crore (US$1.6 million) net.[8] The film had a first weekend with a collection of ?29.4 crore (US$4.4 million) including paid previews.[9] The film netted around ?41.61 crore (US$6.2 million) in its first week.[10] It further dropped 87% and netted around ?4.75 crore (US$710,000) in its second weekend.[11] It netted ?9 crore (US$1.3 million) in its second week.[12] It earned ?49 crore (
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