I saw this film whilst on a flight to Amritsar. I simply saw it because it was a Gulzar directed film, and it had Naseerudin Shah in it. I love the no frills portrayal of actual human beings. There are two sides to everything in real life. I saw it again on my return flight ! And I love the Asha Bhonsle song, "mera kuch saman tum hare pass hai". Beautiful. I use to love those earlier films, with R.D.Burman's music, and Gulzar's lyrics. The twist near the end is phenomenal. To think this film is about, in real time, one whole rainy night in a train station ! It contains, Gulzar's classic trademarks, from his other films, eg the flashback technique, meaningful story/theme, and has songs so its still a middle ground mild masala and art type film.
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