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Phone Booths: A discounted commodity in changed landscape of Hindi cinema
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:25:13 PM (IST)
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Enkayaar, Bollywood Trade Editorial
When was the last time when one saw an actor of a cinema communicating through a public telephone booth? In fact in all the gangster films of the yore as also in films have some element of sinister, phone booths played a very important part. However, it indeed is ironical that while Hindi cinema has embraced the new tools of technology, the importance that was awarded to a phone booth has now become a discounted commodity. This sweeping change that has come in the landscape of Hindi cinema has been more pronounced, as though Hollywood also embraced technology and in fact has been showing the satellite telephones through various films, in its eco-system the phone booths also share the space. It could be primarily owing to the fact that Hollywood still continues to rely on its gigantic studio sets to give the film a definite shape, while in the case of Hindi films, and Indian films per se, which are shot mostly on locations, as the phone booths have shifted out of the landscape they do not form a part of the cinematic oeuvre as well.
These beings so, let's scratch our memory and go down memory lane to assimilate these films at one place.
ZANJEER: When the reference to phone booths comes to mind, the film that immediately pops up into the landscape of brain is ZANJEER, Om Prakash with empty bottle in his hand, providing tips to Amitabh Bachchan was singular feature of this film.
CID: The ubiquitous phone booth in the black and white era had shot into prominence in the landscape of Hindi cinema after its extensive use in CID where it was a prominent façade in the cinematic landscape.
BAGHBAAN: Amitabh Bachchan singing a whole song from the ubiquitous phone booth which obviously was created in a studio set was a highlight of BAGHBAAN and again emphasized the element of solitude that one could get communicating with his or her beloved within the four walls of a telephone booth.
AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY: Amitabh Bachchan again using the phone booth to serenade Parveen Babi or rather flirt with her had created a romantic moment in the film.
YES BOSS: 'Main Koi Aisa geet gaoon', in YES BOSS as also the famous Hapus Scene where Aditya Pancholi was standing with mangoes in his hand, was created by involving the phone booth.
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAAYENGE: Shah Rukh Khan talking to Kajol through different phone booths around London, ubiquitous red color phone booths was an interesting prop to allow romance to prosper in the film.
NASEEB: The scene of violence in this film, especially, when it was shot around London by using the phone booths was an interesting addition to the landscape.
Indeed, phone booths may have gone out of the Indian lexicon of cinema; they still are an integral part of our growing memory, with particular reference to romantic and crime cinema.
Tags : Dilwaale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Naseeb, Amitabh Bachchan, Yes Boss, Juhi Chawla, Zanjeer, CID, Amar Akbar Anthony
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