Song in Guide was first feminist anthem: Waheeda Rehman - Page 2

^ Waheeda Rehman.. my all time fav actress! 😳

Guide is about human fallacies and the end hints at spiritual awakening.

Dev Anand being forced to be a godman is symbolic. That's the first unselfish thing he's done in his life. First time he did something which others made him do.

Waheeda Rehman taking off and dropping each ornament as she goes to meet him in the end, signifies letting go of worldly attachments.

Everyone has their own interests and passions in that film. Towards the end, the guide becomes a spiritual guide as well.

I don't judge the characters in it because in the end they come to believe in something higher than their own worldly passions.

I love this song and the movie

What character you portray on film is part of the job.

That was one free spirited song. Notting like might my choice which looked more like I will do it anyways deal with it I am superior to you.

If we have to speak of pioneering women we should give due credit to Shobhna Samarth and Durga Khote. Back in the day cinema was considered the realm of the lower caste and foreign religions. Respectable Hindu women didn't enter the cine world. These Maharashtrian women broke the taboo and still commanded respect in society, albeit with challenges. Shobhna Samarth back in the day was the first woman to dare pose in a swimsuit. Despite that we still have a big ado about swimsuits even today.

Wow. It's a funny thing how times have changed so much and in a way not much at all. Women at that time were so restricted in specific roles and yet the A-listers took tremendous risks and tried to re-define stereotypes.

Devika Rani as well.

Some people, still dragging My Choice video everywhere. Though their right to drag it everywhere but linking to every article, old film is taking it bit too far. No people didn't start talking of equal opportunities "only atleast now".

Rosie is accepted because her husband is impotent and a philanderer himself and Dev Anand's character is seen as someone who rescued her. She's branded bewafa after she refuses to be with him. She is bashed by Raju's mother till the end. She's not made #MyChoice herself to break free.
One choice she made of her own accord, she was criticised for it by even the one who rescued her. Only her final choice redeems her as she realises her mistakes and herself gives up materialism.
Even Raju gets redeemed only after turning into a renunciate godman, selflessly fasting for villagers.

There are reasons why Guide did not meet rejection.

Originally posted by: ibelieveinpink

Wow. It's a funny thing how times have changed so much and in a way not much at all. Women at that time were so restricted in specific roles and yet the A-listers took tremendous risks and tried to re-define stereotypes.

And the biggest actresses of today are so content playing flowerpot roles. It's such a regression especially when there's more liberation today and females can actually command more power.

Either way, I love her. She's so beautiful and so simple and so graceful. Her and Nutan will always be my favorites. Nutan another actress who did such an amazing job in Sujata. I love the concept of the movie.

Nutan has done most progressive films as well. Seema, Sujata, Bandini. In fact even her less successful films had bold themes. Such as Saajan ki saheli in which Rekha is her illegitimate child who she had abandoned and it is her husband played by Rajendra Kumar, who makes a plan to make her acknowledge the daughter she deserted and pardons her for her affair and lies. Can't think of any other film in which a man supported his wife's illegitimate child.

You're so right that today's actresses, even if they are starkids, agree to do flowerpot roles wkth exception of one or two strong roles.

And these days, one does 1 good role and gets hailed as some trailblazer who redefined cinema. 😆