Dastak 1970

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.4
Imdb Votes:	84
Duration:	145 mins
Year:	1970
Language:	Hindi
Genre:	Drama, Musical
Country:	India
Director:	Rajinder Singh Bedi
Writers:	Rajinder Singh Bedi
Actors:	Sanjeev Kumar , Rehana Sultan , Shakeela Bano Bhopali , Anwar Hussain ,
Awards:	1 win.

Description:

Tells the story of newly weds Hamid and Salma. They move into a rental flat next door to the local red light district. The flat had been the former home of a well known mujra and qawali singer, Shamshad. Men still come to the door in the hope of seeing Shamshad and do not seem too put out by seeing Salma despite her protestations. The couple struggle to live within the bounds of their own moral code while the earnings of ***tion seem to be flaunted around them. Hamid gets more and more angry and seemingly unable to reconcile his morality with the immorality of the world and at one point beats his wife and then ***s her making her into a 'whore' of his fantasy. The story here bears resemblance to the later 'Ek Chadar Maili Si' by the same director and seems to explore the complex world of women and ***uality as viewed by Indian men: mother, goddess, whore. This film also explores the ethos of ***tion in its reality and as a metaphor for the outside world.