Gulzar On Namkeen

Classics Revisited: Namkeen (1982)

Perhaps the timing was wrong. Or as Munnabhhai would say, ‘Isska to good luck hi kharaab tha.’ But Gulzar’s Namkeen and its dew-drop tenderness compounded by a compelling resilience of spirit, flowery in its fragility and steely in its strength, failed to evoke a favourable response at the boxoffice. It came during the year when the Bachchan wave swept across the boxoffice with Namak Halaal, Khuddar and Shakti. It was also the year when two female-oriented films Nikaah and Prem Rog did exceedingly well. Namkeen tragically failed to form a trio of successful ladies’ picture  | Click Here...