Om-Dar-B-Dar
| Om Dar-B-Dar | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | Kamal Swaroop |
| Written by | Kuku (dialogue) |
| Produced by | National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) |
| Starring | Anita Kanwar Lalit Tiwari Aditya Lakhia Gopi Desai Manish Gupta |
| Cinematography | Ashwin Kaul Milind Ranade |
| Edited by | Ravi Gupta Priya Krishnaswamy |
| Music by | Rajat Dholakia |
| Distributed by | PVR Director's Rare |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)[1] |
Om Dar-B-Dar (Hindi: ओम-दर-ब-दर) is a 1988 Indian
It was never commercially released in India, though it achieved success in International Film Festivals, including Berlin where it premiered, and it soon became a cult film. In 2013, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) had planned an official national release of a digitally restored print of the film.[3][4] The film finally released in Indian theaters after 26 years, on 17 January 2014.[5]
Synopsis
Om-Dar-B-Dar is a portrait of life in Ajmer town, Rajasthan. The film tells the story of a young boy named Om in the period of his carefree adolescence and its harsh disillusions. The story starts as a comedy and ends as a thriller. Om has a rather strange family. His father, Babuji, a government employee, leaves his job so that he can dedicate himself to astrology; Om's older sister, Gayatri, is dating a good-for-nothing fellow. Om is involved in science but is also attracted to magic and religion. In all, it seems that he is really outstanding in his skill and ability to hold his breath for a long time.
Cast
- Anita Kanwar as Phoolkumari
- Gopi Desai as Gayatri
- Lalit Tiwari as Jagdish
- Bhairavchandra Sharma
- Lakshminarayan Shastri as Om's Father
- Ramesh Mathur
- Aditya Lakhia as Om
- Manish Gupta as young Om
- Peter Morris Messe
Release
The film was made on a budget of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Themes
The movie was described by its director Kamal Swaroop as a story of Lord Brahma, and it sprouted from the idea that in Hinduism, although Lord Brahma was considered the father of the entire universe, strangely no one ever worshiped him.[6] Swaroop also said that the film's script was written based solely on dreams and images that he had and claimed he "cannot think in words."[6]
Soundtrack
The songs by Swaroop's assistant, Kuku, are sporadic and choppy and don't make any logical sense, and are used tongue-in-cheek as mocking the tradition of spontaneous songs and
Legacy
Although the film was never released or seen in India during its initial rounds at the film festivals, Om-Dar-B-Dar has in the past 30 years gained a huge cult following and fame amongst film critics, scholars, industry insiders and cinephiles alike. One of the first serious articles about the film was written on the film blog The Seventh Art.
Director Imtiaz Ali mentioned the vast amount of influence that the film had on aspiring independent directors in Indian cinema, stating that Om-Dar-B-Dar is "like old wine" and "antiquated because of the 25-year delay in its release".[8]
Director Anurag Kashyap also mentioned in his film blog that in his directorial venture Dev.D, the song "Emotional Attyachar" was inspired in its music and staging from the song "Meri Jaan" in Om-Dar-B-Dar.[9][10]
Producer
This film has been categorized by Amrit Gangar as a Cinema of Prayoga film.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Cult film Om-Dar-Ba-Dar finally comes up for air". Livemint. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Om Darbadar". The Sunday Guardian. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Eating Oscar for Lunch?". Tehelka. 21 September 2013. Issue 38 Volume 10. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "'80s classic gets a new lease of life". Ahmedabad Mirror. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Om-Dar-Ba-Dar to Finally Release". DearCinema. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ a b "I Became Dadasaheb Phalke". DearCinema. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Flashback #63: Om Darbadar (1988)". The Seventh Art. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Imtiaz Ali on Om Dar B Dar". YouTube. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Dev.D- Emosional Atyachar". Passion for Cinema. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap on Om Dar B Dar". YouTube. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Kiran Rao on Om Dar B Dar". YouTube. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "THEIR EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH « The Big Indian Picture". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
