Comments on: Anita (1967)

By: Michael Barnum

Michael Barnum — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:34:42 +0000

OH, and Anil Sharma is played by Keshan Meta (aka Krishen Mehta). He plays Asha Parekh’s murderous hubby in CARAVAN and shows up in a few other movies before he started working behind the camera. He was really quite good in this movie, and rather handsome, too.

By: memsaab

memsaab — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:59:08 +0000

I think mine is Shemaroo, maybe it’s a different master or something though…

Tun Tun is great everywhere she goes :-)

By: Michael Barnum

Michael Barnum — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:01:11 +0000

Memsaab, which release of ANITA did you watch? I am watching the SHEMAROO dvd and the subtitles are right on time…no nasty delay. I know that Music India also released this movie on DVD and I wonder if that is the one you watched. If so go and get the Shemaroo version…the subtitles are still crazy translations, but at least they show up when they are supposed to.

PS: I love, love, love Tun Tun in this movie!

By: Ramsu

Ramsu — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:22:42 +0000

Memsaab,

I don’t think you offend anyone reading your blog when you comment on the subtitles. The ones who write those subtitles, maybe. I’ve always wondered what that job was like. Do those guys look back on their work and say, “The high point of my career was Are you man or egg?” :-)

I agree with you on the extent to which subtitles affect our movie-watching experience. Sometimes, the translations are so literal, they get in the way of the meaning. It’s difficult to capture the spirit of a language sometimes.

Given how much you genuinely enjoy movies that most others would be condescending about, I’d say you don’t have to worry about being condescending.

By: memsaab

memsaab — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:47:34 +0000

Thanks Ramsu, I think I have heard of Pushpak and I’ll look for it.

Re: subtitles: I hope I don’t offend when I make fun of subtitles. Believe me, I know I could not do better if I were transcribing from Hindi to English! Honestly, sometimes they are so much fun though—but I mean that only in a good way, and don’t mean to be condescending at all. And I only get frustrated because I need them and wish I didn’t, and when they are bad it can really ruin an otherwise nice movie-watching experience.

By: Ramsu

Ramsu — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:08:12 +0000

Memsaab,

I don’t see this movie mentioned in your blog, so I thought I’d recommend it. It’s called “Pushpak”, and it’s a silent movie starring Kamalhassan. It’s funny, touching, and enormously inventive (in how it manages to do away with dialogue without really seeming to).

Oh, and I picked this one especially because it doesn’t have crazy subtitles for you to laugh at :)

By: memsaab

memsaab — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:52:27 +0000

Didi, not in the version I have :-) But if you can find evidence (screen shots are good!) of them anywhere I will be v.v. happy.

By: didi

didi — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:37:15 +0000

Didn’t Ted Lyons & His Cubs also appeared in Qurbani?

By: memsaab

memsaab — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:43 +0000

M—you rule over everything. THANK YOU! :-)

By: M

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:51:38 +0000

Memsaab,

sounds fun..Here’s the plaque translation you wanted:
Transliterated, the plaque says:

Jogan Maya
ka
Smriti Smarak
Janam: 1 March 1920, Maha Nirvaan: 5 January 1941.

Jogan Maya’s memorial. Birth: 1 March 1920, Death: 5 January 1941.

- M