Ijaazat

I suggest this movie for all those people who are or were in love at some point in time in their lives.

This is Gulzar at his best.

Naseeruddin, Rekha and Anuradha Patel have done a splendid job with Panchamda's music providing the icing on the cake.

One of the most touching love stories which leaves the heart yearning for more to see the love tangle....with an ultimate solution!The song MERA KUCHH SAMAAN PADA HAI reveals the cravings of a young heart.Definitely a must see movie.Nassiruddin shah has been to the very peak of a hidden but sincere relationship.His self control is witness to his character and this bears testimony of an undaunted personality.It is a rare love storey in itself.I wonder if I can venture to establish a parallel with the movie MASOOM where again NASSIRUDDIN SHAH succeeds in revealing an outstanding personality of his own as a lover and then as that of a caring husband.Rekha is as usual the very epitome of a devoted wife but careful!no bargain no sharing can be allowed or tolerated if this may someday endanger the very conjugal happiness.Both REKHA and Nassirudin Shah have had the execellence of expression through their performance.Coming out of the theatre the spectators must have definitely felt the lump in their throat.

Ijaazat has a very real and wonderful story with absolutely excellent performances by Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah, and superb direction by Gulzar. This film is highly recommended. One wonders where such talent lies today, films like this keep one living in the glorious past of Indian cinema.

The movie draws very strong performances from the three main characters Nasrudeen Shah, Rekha, and Anuradha Patel. This is an oft touched topic, and the story IS slightly off-beat for 'those times'. The melancholy that pervades the night at the train station and slow revelation about the character's past through flash backs are both done very neatly.

If you watch carefully, a lot of subtle attitudes and character sketch is done through very simple acts. Nasrudeen shah impatiently fiddles with the switch in the bathroom, he throws his towel carelessly and it falls down on the first try. Rekha walks and talks very slowly and is always pensive.

The songs should not have been there in the first place. It looked very odd for this otherwise good movie. I was completely mesmerized by the 'kavithas' that brace the episodes (especially with Anuradha Patel).

Since IMDb does not allow to write Hindi transliteration: a translation of one of them is

What to say of habits? Habit, it has become, for us to breathe. Habit, it has become, for us to live. We continue to live. and, We continue to live.

There are many many more.

ijaazat is gulzar at its best. the film takes off from the moist surreal world of dripping branches with panchamda's out of this world music right into the heart of the characters. this kind of love we have left behind in the last century, when the world was slower, the skies more blue and there was still some magic left in the affairs of the heart. thoroughly enjoyble, be prepared to give in to feelings you never knew to exist within you. nasiruddin, rekha are in the performances of their lives and anuradha, you can't help falling in love with her. the music deserves special mention, panchamda finally created something to allow aashaji to come out of the legendary shadows of her sister.