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**sherrferris** · 11-21-2005, 08:00 AM

Some memories - the most powerful first.

She was not your typical gentle docile woman. She exuded power and intelligence in her eyes. Even when she played cornered characters, the feistiness could be felt. Smita Patil. I will begin my trip to nostalgia with a fittingly powerful image - the most powerful among such multitude of fare that DD provided.

She didnt take nonsense, did Sonbai. Wife of a lowly factory worker, but in spirit, a queen and a leader. So, when the lecherous subedaar eyes her, he is forced to pitch battle. He virtually has to use every ounce of his limited power to subdue her. And when he does break through the fort, literally, of her resistance, her last act of defiance is an unforgettable vignette in the memory of that child in the 80's who watched transfixed as spirited sonbai inspired a bunch of rag-tag spice factory workers to subdue this lecher with that vivid attack with chillies. You do not wonder what happened next, you do not realise that it is but a last act of defiance, the chilli is not permanently decapitating and the Subedar most likely had his revenge. But the movie, fittingly, stops there and for an impressionable mind, a vivid image forever to carry. Truly peerless actress. Thanks Doordarshan, nobody else has given me that virgin moment of experiencing the power of cinema.

11-21-2005, 08:00 AM	#1
sherrferris Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 605 Senior Member	Some memories - the most powerful first. She was not your typical gentle docile woman. She exuded power and intelligence in her eyes. Even when she played cornered characters, the feistiness could be felt. Smita Patil. I will begin my trip to nostalgia with a fittingly powerful image - the most powerful among such multitude of fare that DD provided. She didnt take nonsense, did Sonbai. Wife of a lowly factory worker, but in spirit, a queen and a leader. So, when the lecherous subedaar eyes her, he is forced to pitch battle. He virtually has to use every ounce of his limited power to subdue her. And when he does break through the fort, literally, of her resistance, her last act of defiance is an unforgettable vignette in the memory of that child in the 80's who watched transfixed as spirited sonbai inspired a bunch of rag-tag spice factory workers to subdue this lecher with that vivid attack with chillies. You do not wonder what happened next, you do not realise that it is but a last act of defiance, the chilli is not permanently decapitating and the Subedar most likely had his revenge. But the movie, fittingly, stops there and for an impressionable mind, a vivid image forever to carry. Truly peerless actress. Thanks Doordarshan, nobody else has given me that virgin moment of experiencing the power of cinema.
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