Gulzar remembers Hrishikesh Mukherjee - Page 2

Wow, Gulzar always expresses things so beautifully, a great way to remember a great director- thanks for the article.

Originally posted by: uknaik99

Really so sad.. where were Bachhan couple?? 😕😕

That was a very very surprising and sad news for me tooo. Amitabh and Jaya should be ever greatful to this great man. Where were they when their Hrishi kaku was fighting death???

Originally posted by: jayc1234

That was a very very surprising and sad news for me tooo. Amitabh and Jaya should be ever greatful to this great man. Where were they when their Hrishi kaku was fighting death???

May they were busy shooting Jaya😕😕

This is Bollywood... funerals held accroding to thier popularity... I read somewhere that Sunil Dath was the only person who used to attend all Funerals including Junior artists and techanicians.. These days I see Mahesh Bhatt...

I wonder if anyone has seen Mem Didi. This movie is absolutely fantastic - a different type of comedy.Only now I came to know that Hrishida directed it.

Yes, it is sad that he died a lonely death. But I don't want to blame anyone. Amitabh himself has a lot of health problems and is putting up a brave front.

Found this on the Telegraph site.

Filmmaker Gulzar comforts actress Jaya Bachchan at Hrishikesh Mukherjee's funeral in Mumbai on Tuesday. Jaya, who made her Hindi film debut as Guddi in Mukherjee's film by the same name, was among the first to arrive to pay her last respects. (PTI)

Originally posted by: Bhaskar.T

Found this on the Telegraph site.

Filmmaker Gulzar comforts actress Jaya Bachchan at Hrishikesh Mukherjees funeral in Mumbai on Tuesday. Jaya, who made her Hindi film debut as Guddi in Mukherjees film by the same name, was among the first to arrive to pay her last respects. (PTI)

Thanks Bhaskar.. but we cannot see the picture...

Bhaskar - juggyE wrote:
Its sad that Gulzar saaheb and Amol Palekar were the only 2 people who would visit him in the hospital while he was ill...

(read that on rediff a couple of days ago)

So I made a comments where was Big B n Jaya Bachan and others when he was in his last stage... also wrote about funerals too

Originally posted by: punjini

I wonder if anyone has seen Mem Didi. This movie is absolutely fantastic - a different type of comedy.Only now I came to know that Hrishida directed it.

Sahana yu are right. mem didi is a fantastic movie. Lalita pawar played excellent role. so did the others. i thnk the lead actor was someone jayant. a comedy film but very different.

Some excepts from an article on Hrishida's quiet farewell...

Bollywood, however, didn't quite come knocking. The biggest superstars found their most substantial successes in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cinema, yet Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan were conspicuous by their absence. Similarly, Raza Murad noted, was the new generation of directors, who have all learnt from Hrishida. "People are busy; that's a fact," he conceded, "but if a man has spent 60 years dedicating himself to making people smile, a man who has influenced all Hindi cinema that has come after him, is it too much to ask that you take 60 minutes to offer your last respects?"

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Shatrughan Sinha too seemed quite jaded. He spoke of Satyajit Ray's funeral, saying, "Even if a director's worth can't be measured in terms of awards, Ray won the Bharat Ratna and the Academy Award. He was the greatest director of all time. Still, I remember there were, at the most, 75 people in attendance. Perhaps it's true, even in times of death, Bollywood is obsessed with 'stardom.' Maybe because Hrishida has been inactive for a long time, they are tragically neglecting him."

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Somehow, as the hall cleared and guests and TV cameras filed out, as soundbyte-hunting came to an end and the cars zoomed off, I couldn't help but feel it seemed vaguely appropriate. A traffic-halting farewell packed to the gills with A-list megastars feels too vulgar and obvious for Hrishida. This one was small, intimate, and allowed the common fan and true admirer to walk in and pay his last respects. Like Hrishida, so too the goodbye -- understated.

Originally posted by: jayc1234

Some excepts from an article on Hrishida's quiet farewell...

Bollywood, however, didn't quite come knocking. The biggest superstars found their most substantial successes in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cinema, yet Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan were conspicuous by their absence. Similarly, Raza Murad noted, was the new generation of directors, who have all learnt from Hrishida. "People are busy; that's a fact," he conceded, "but if a man has spent 60 years dedicating himself to making people smile, a man who has influenced all Hindi cinema that has come after him, is it too much to ask that you take 60 minutes to offer your last respects?"

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Shatrughan Sinha too seemed quite jaded. He spoke of Satyajit Ray's funeral, saying, "Even if a director's worth can't be measured in terms of awards, Ray won the Bharat Ratna and the Academy Award. He was the greatest director of all time. Still, I remember there were, at the most, 75 people in attendance. Perhaps it's true, even in times of death, Bollywood is obsessed with 'stardom.' Maybe because Hrishida has been inactive for a long time, they are tragically neglecting him."

...........

Somehow, as the hall cleared and guests and TV cameras filed out, as soundbyte-hunting came to an end and the cars zoomed off, I couldn't help but feel it seemed vaguely appropriate. A traffic-halting farewell packed to the gills with A-list megastars feels too vulgar and obvious for Hrishida. This one was small, intimate, and allowed the common fan and true admirer to walk in and pay his last respects. Like Hrishida, so too the goodbye -- understated.

Excellently put!

Originally posted by: Barnali

Sahana yu are right. mem didi is a fantastic movie. Lalita pawar played excellent role. so did the others. i thnk the lead actor was someone jayant. a comedy film but very different.

Jayant -> Amjad Khan's dad