Garm Hava

Garm Hava (1973)

गर्म हवा

Storms rage in every heart; it's the same here or there.

In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.

Date of release
1973-01-05
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
M.S. Sathyu

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Garm Hava is a 1973 Indian drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead actor.

Production

The film was based on an unpublished short story by writer-screenwriter Ismat Chughtai and later adapted by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi. Chughtai narrated to them the story, which derived from the struggles of her own relatives during the Partition before some of them migrated to Pakistan. While developing the screenplay, poet-lyricist Azmi added his own experiences of Agra and the local leather industry. Later, he also wrote in the dialogues.

The film was shot on location in the city of Agra, with scenes of Fatehpur Sikri as well. Due to repeated local protests owing to its controversial theme, a fake second unit with unloaded cameras were sent to various locations to divert attention from the film's actual locations.

Sathyu had long been associated with the leftist Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), thus most roles in the film were played by stage actors from IPTA troupes in Delhi, Mumbai and Agra. The role of family patriarch, Salim Mirza was played by Balraj Sahni, also known to Sathyu through IPTA, and for whom this was to be his last important film role, and according to many his finest performance.

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