The Guide
by Vijay Anand
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Actor: Dev Anand; Waheeda RehmanDirector: Vijay Anand
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Hindi (Original Language); English (Published); Hindi (Published)
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1975-02-01
Studio: Shemaroo
Movie Reviews of The Guide
Movie Review: Fine adaptation of Narayan's classic novel
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very fine 1975 adaptation of RK Narayan's great novel The Guide. In the frame tale, a con man (nicely and naturalistically played by the superstar Dev Anand), just released from prison, seeks a new life, and ends up being mistaken for a holy man when he's found sleeping in an abandoned temple. In the central part we see how he ended up in jail because of his relationship with a gifted dancer named Rosie. If you're not accustomed to Bollywood films, you'll find this about an hour too long, but you can ff through some of the middle parts. There are quite a few musical numbers, more interwoven with the story than the usual Bwood movie, because Rosie is a dancer and these depict the course of her career, so some classical styles can be seen as well as much "fillum" Seventies-style OTTness. Mostly this movie struck me as unusually realistic in style, more modern in its look than any Bollywood films of the Seventies, and this was probably because a real attempt was being made to do justice to the original novel. Is it Bollywood, therefore, or not? Certainly it isn't an "art film" of the Bengali school; all the people who made it were in the Bollywood industry. Probably it wasn't appreciated by the average Bwood audience because it had "art film" elements (realism etc.) while the Western audience wouldn't have tolerated the Bwood conventions (length, musical numbers etc.). Maybe now it can be appreciated; it was ahead of its time when released. Also, a horrible English version was released; avoid that. This Shemaroo Hindi version is said to be the best one. There is wonderful music by the master composer, Burman, and some of the best singers of the day; great scenery and everyday mise en scene; fine performances. A classic that, if you're interested in India or a Bollywood fan, you'll want to see.
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