27 Down (1974)

 ●  Hindi ● 1 hr 25 mins

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The promising young Kaul’s only feature, financed by the NFDC and finished shortly before he died trying to save someone from drowning. An engine driver (Shivpuri), incapacitated after an accident, forces his son Sanjay (Raina) to join the railways and to stifle his artistic ambitions beneath a conductor’s uniform. Sanjay befriends the commuting typist Shalini (Raakhee) but his father pressures Sanjay to marry a village belle (Sabnis) who resembles the buffaloes she brings as her dowry. Sanjay escapes in yet another train journey (the Bombay-Benares train that provides the film’s title as well as the framing scene for the flashback narrative). When Sanjay meets Shalini again, he finds they have nothing in common any more. The train motif dominates the film’s highly contrasted imagery and generated one classic high-angle shot of an empty platform filled within seconds by thousands of commuting travellers.
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Did you know? This film is based on the Hindi novel Athara Sooraj Ke Paudhe by Ramesh Bakshi Read More
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as Sanjay
as Shalini
as Sanjay's Friend
as Young Sanjay
as Anna/Sanjay's Father
as Sanjay's Wife
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This film is based on the Hindi novel Athara Sooraj Ke Paudhe by Ramesh Bakshi