I first saw this movie bits & pieces when I was five yrs old , recently I saw full movie when it was being shown on Doordarshan parliament channel. The story is superb .Characters are developed properly.you get the feeling of a Gujarati village ( someone wrote rajputana /MP) very authentically.
Metaphor of Mirch is very powerful. Apart from Smita Patil ( Most of time she expresses her disgust & indignation through her eyes) other characters also play their role well. Om Puri as good old chowkidar. Dina PAthak As old lady with horrible memories of past which keeps on repeating it again & again. Sudesh Oberai as corrupt Mukhi. But words of Praise for Dipti NAval .She represents Gandhi's ideal of passive resistance & an awakened woman perfectly. Specially the scene where she gets the women to thump plates against cowardice of village males is superb. Mohan GOkhale represents typical lover of those days who could not stand against families. Overall a must watch for everyone & specially students of history & sociology to understand how revenue system worked in India.
Metaphor of Mirch is very powerful. Apart from Smita Patil ( Most of time she expresses her disgust & indignation through her eyes) other characters also play their role well. Om Puri as good old chowkidar. Dina PAthak As old lady with horrible memories of past which keeps on repeating it again & again. Sudesh Oberai as corrupt Mukhi. But words of Praise for Dipti NAval .She represents Gandhi's ideal of passive resistance & an awakened woman perfectly. Specially the scene where she gets the women to thump plates against cowardice of village males is superb. Mohan GOkhale represents typical lover of those days who could not stand against families. Overall a must watch for everyone & specially students of history & sociology to understand how revenue system worked in India.