Griha Pravesh (1979) User Reviews (5)

Relationships redefined in Basu Bhattacharya's classic

[cseabhi · 8/10 · 7 July 2021]

It was not easy to make the movie on these subject in these days. Amar(Sanjeev Kumar) and Mansi(Sharmila Tagore) living their peaceful life. Soon enter Sapna(Sarika) and she is asked to sit in Amar's cabin and now her beauty starts to affect Amar and he is drawn toward her and soon wants to marry her.

And the song Logon Ke Ghar Mein Rahta Hoon, is such a treat to ears and it touches you deep down. Not every house is a house(Har makaan ghar nahi hota) is the essense of the song and to somepoint is the basic philosphy of this movie.

Sanjeev Kumar is so natural and convincing as Amar and as a husband who is trying hard for a peaceful life and to purchase a house as his wife (Sharmila Tagore) wants to shift to new house. But he is attracted toward Sapna. These expression come beautifully on his face. The dileama and conflicts is beautifully portrayed by him.

Sharmila Tagore as a wife who is trying hard to meet the requirements of family and is always dreaming about buying a new house is just like another normal middle class woman with dreams of her. And when she comes to know about Sapna and Amar, the pain and the emotions will just melt your heart.

Sarika looks ravishing in the movie and she does her part very well.

There is this rare moment in cinema when Mansi wants to meet Sapna before separating from Amar, and that scene is beautifully told in the movie.

The ending is on a moral note and it's all's well that ends well type movie but the symbolic used in the climax is just perfect to differentiate between a marriage and extra martial affiar.

A movie that moves with the speed of life

[mishu_mausam · 10/10 · 18 February 2002]

It takes something to make such a movie... great direction, I would say. There are periods of silence, there are talks and the talks actually take the time they would have taken in real life. The story is simple. A simple family of three, middleclass, the wife saving money to get a house of their own, and this saving is at times on the cost of little pleasures and conveniences in life. In the meantime the husband finds another girl who comes as a perfect soulmate. They start sharing a close relationship, a closeness that one ever achieves in reality, a closeness where both share the same emotional, psychological and philosophical grounds. And then comes the obvious... a dilemma for the husband, distance between him and his wife growing and an unclear status for the other female. And then he decides to tell his wife and leave her...

A must see for all the people who believe relationships go beyond spending time together. Its a real slow movie, and rather than focussing on what happens, the idea is to involve oneself in feeling the moments that make a relationship grow.

A Slow Film saved by a good ending..

[rtoac1 · 6/10 · 8 November 2020]

This is a Hindi language film starring Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore and Sarika.

I'm an art film lover. But art film isn't meant to be slow just for the sake of it. The film is terribly slow due to many unnecessary scenes. The film could have delivered the message, with all the feelings and still have been cut short by 30-45 minutes.

I say this because the film otherwise has a powerful message, a good job by the writers. A message that marriage has foundations stronger than what's perceivable to the eyes..

Put a little effort to brush off the dullness and you will rediscover the beauty within. You never really fall out of love, it's just about reminiscing it and rekindling it again.

I wish the film was better edited.. Of the current length one can only say that the three actors got ample room to showcase their talents, well at the cost of the audience...

I'd rate it it 6/10 on IMDB

Griha Pravesh

[IPyaarCinema · 6/10 · 20 June 2021]

Review By Kamal K

The dialogues, analogies, simplicity of delivery and peaceful pace of the movie stands the movie apart. It reflects the times of 70s Indian Office culture. The analogy of Coffee and Tea as wife and girlfriend being the center of movie is awesome.

AVERAGE

[sunildaswaney-63642 · 5/10 · 2 April 2024]

The basic storyline was excellent but the movie trudged along at such a painfully slow pace that it became an absolute struggle to complete it. The 2hrs 23minutes long movie should have been trimmed by at least 30 minutes. All of the songs were totally unnecessary and should have been left out completely. Since it was a very low budget film the production values were extremely poor and very ordinary,alongwith the acting of the junior cast who were all totally unimpressive.

This was a very unchallenging role for the brilliant Sanjeev Kumar,who just went through the motion of acting, very disinterestedly.

Sarika besides looking extremely beautiful was very average in her acting.

Sharmila Tagore however gave an excellent performance as the subdued wife who went through emotional turmoil at the hands of her confused husband.

All in all very poor editing with unwanted songs reduced the quality of the movie dramatically.

5/10.