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mind. The emotional turmoil is too much
for Radha, and she ends up a mental wreck.
“I was not acting, I cannot act,” she weeps
to the now contrite Colonel. Arun cannot
believe that she had been acting all along
and when he sees the state she is in, he leaves
promising to wait for her.
The tragic story of a woman who loves with
self-destructive intensity was meant for a
great actress and won awards for Waheeda
A still from Tum Pukaar Lo, among the most haunting of Rehman, Suchitra Sen, and also Savitri
love songs
who played the part in G Ramineedu’s
in check and expressing her feelings only in Telugu remake, Chivaraku Migiledi (1960).
her diary. Waheeda looked heartbreakingly lovely
The Colonel is pleased with the success in Khamoshi, shot in luminous black-and-
of the therapy and asks Radha to try it out white by Kamal Bose. Today, perhaps the
again with another patient, who has just director would have asked to reduce her
been brought in – a writer, Arun (Rajesh heavy eye make-up, but back then, nobody
Khanna). She refuses, saying “Takleef demanded total realism. Rajesh Khanna
hoti hai” and a man in charge of the fragile was well on his way to superstardom when
patients in his care is callous enough to this film released, and his recognisable
wonder why it is so tough to do some mannerisms were already in place, as was
“acting”! the guru kurta that came to be associated
When another nurse is unable to reach out with him.
to Arun, who lost his mental balance when
his girlfriend (Snehlata) jilted him, Radha
is compelled to take on the case. Putting
her own anguish aside, Radha looks after
Arun and with her tender care, he starts
to improve, but also falls in love with her.
She is, however, unable to get Dev out of
Under Nurse Radha’s care, Arun starts to improve, but
also falls in love with her
The highlight of Khamoshi was the
goosebumps-inducing music by Hemant
Kumar (who also produced the film), with
lyrics (and dialogue) by Gulzar. Songs like
Tum Pukaar Lo, Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb
Thi, and Humne Dekhi Hain Un Aankhon
Ki Mehekti Khushboo would be at the top of
The emotional turmoil begins to tell on Nurse Radha any Hemant Kumar playlist.
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