New Delhi, 18 January : 1975 saal Hindi cinema jonno ekta pivotal year thakise. Sholay aru Deewaar laga blockbuster success para, Jai Santoshi Maa laga unexpected profitability tak, aru Chupke Chupke aru Choti Si Baat juntu action-heavy films majote ekta fresh hawa loye ahise. Kintu, itu saal Hindi cinema jonno ekta darkest period bhi thakise aru uncharted waters te loye ahise.
February 1975 te Gulzar laga film Aandhi release kuri dise, juntu ekjon woman politician laga story thakise, aru itu film laga protagonist Prime Minister Indira Gandhi logot uncanny resemblance dikhai dise. Itu karone, film opposition face kuri dise aru weeks bitor te theatre para pull down aru ban kuri dise. Itu ban Indira Gandhi laga Emergency declare kuribo bikh te loye dise, juntu press censorship aru opposition ke suppress kuri dise.
Aandhi ban itu period jonno shuru hoise. Next 21 months bitor Hindi film industry ke government laga terms te chulibo lagise. Kishore Kumar aru Dev Anand juntu renowned artistes thakise, taikan bhi consequences face kuri dise. Salim-Javed laga “angry young man” characters anti-establishment voice hisab te dekha jai thakise, kintu Sholay censor board para resistance face kuri dise for being too violent. Actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar aru I&B minister VC Shukla logot itu matter resolve kuri dise.
Emergency time te, VC Shukla ekta authoritarian hobo para dekha jai thakise. Censor certificates delays aru raw stock shortage producers jonno kaam challenging banai dise. Kishore Kumar laga songs All India Radio te ban kuri dise karone tai government’s propaganda program Geeton Bhari Shaam te part nolo pare. Kishore harmonium loi gina street te sing kuribo jonno ready thakise, kintu government logot compromise nai kuribo para protest kuri dise. Itu situation resolve kuribo jonno Kishore laga elder brother Ashok Kumar PM logot mile, aru ekta compromise reach hoise.
Dev Anand bhi government laga events te Sanjay Gandhi ke promote kuribo refuse kuri dise. Emergency te Vijay Anand juntu Chandrashekhar Azad aru Bhagat Singh logot films banai, itu bhi ban kuri dise karone itu films opposition inspire kuribo para bhabi dise. Emergency over hobo piche Dev Anand Janata Party ke support kuri dise, aru National Party establish kuri dise, kintu itu party bhi few months majote disband kuri dise.
Manoj Kumar, Bharat Kumar hisab te popular, nationalistic films bonabo jonno jani jai thakise. Lal Bahadur Shastri request kuri Upkar banai dise, aru Emergency time te Indira Gandhi logot ekta film bonai discuss kuri dise, kintu itu shelve kuri dise.
Emergency laga era Hindi film industry jonno suppression aru rebellion dukh-duniya bonai dise, kintu ekta few artistes taikan laga ground stick kuri emerge kuri rebellious voices bonai dise.
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