One thing is for sure. By defining DHOBI GHAT as MUMBAI DIARIES for the international audience, Kiran Rao has brought into relief one of the very important genres of chronicling and their role in
construction, definition and accentuation of social, cultural and political history. DHOBI GHAT has traveled into hitherto unexplored areas of the city called Mumbai and has become another treatise to the
experience called Mumbai. Indeed, Mumbai is an experience and Kiran Rao has presented her experience about the city, and has given it another interpretation.
Here indeed is an opportunity to ream through the history to find out which are the other films which have used humble diary as the theme for continuance of the narrative.
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: This was the film that led Che Guvera to begin his revolution against the system and its atrocities, and it indeed is a simple film that just flows through landscapes and accumulates
experience for the character to build up to an exciting climax. It is one of the rare films that have now come out in the form of a book as well, after the film became a mega hit.
DON: The red diary that contained the list of all the criminals and all the payoffs was the binding element of the film, and is it not a fact that in spite of all the advancements in technologies to this day dubious
and secret deals are shared in the diaries only.
RANG DE BASANTI: Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's Magnum opus was a film that was connected through the pages of diary and one wonders whether Kiran Rao was inspired by RGB or Aamir gave her
the idea to use the diary as the basis to make DHOBI GHAT.
GHAJINI: In this Aamir Khan magnum opus as well, diary has played a very important role as was evident from the diaries of 2005 and 2006 that Inspector Yadav found in Aamir Khan's flat to get to the
bottom of his revenge saga. One wonders whether fascination for diary that Aamir has, has got something to do with the fact that he is a voracious reader and therefore understands the importance of diary and
tries to introduce them into his films one way or the other.
ANAND: Again one of the first movies that was dedicated to city of Mumbai had diary playing a very important role, be it the diary of Amitabh Bachchan or that of Rajesh Khanna. One wonders whether in
context of the metropolis diary has a role to play on account of the loneliness and anonymity of the cities that is tried to be mitigated through diary writing.
construction, definition and accentuation of social, cultural and political history. DHOBI GHAT has traveled into hitherto unexplored areas of the city called Mumbai and has become another treatise to the
experience called Mumbai. Indeed, Mumbai is an experience and Kiran Rao has presented her experience about the city, and has given it another interpretation.
Here indeed is an opportunity to ream through the history to find out which are the other films which have used humble diary as the theme for continuance of the narrative.
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: This was the film that led Che Guvera to begin his revolution against the system and its atrocities, and it indeed is a simple film that just flows through landscapes and accumulates
experience for the character to build up to an exciting climax. It is one of the rare films that have now come out in the form of a book as well, after the film became a mega hit.
DON: The red diary that contained the list of all the criminals and all the payoffs was the binding element of the film, and is it not a fact that in spite of all the advancements in technologies to this day dubious
and secret deals are shared in the diaries only.
RANG DE BASANTI: Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's Magnum opus was a film that was connected through the pages of diary and one wonders whether Kiran Rao was inspired by RGB or Aamir gave her
the idea to use the diary as the basis to make DHOBI GHAT.
GHAJINI: In this Aamir Khan magnum opus as well, diary has played a very important role as was evident from the diaries of 2005 and 2006 that Inspector Yadav found in Aamir Khan's flat to get to the
bottom of his revenge saga. One wonders whether fascination for diary that Aamir has, has got something to do with the fact that he is a voracious reader and therefore understands the importance of diary and
tries to introduce them into his films one way or the other.
ANAND: Again one of the first movies that was dedicated to city of Mumbai had diary playing a very important role, be it the diary of Amitabh Bachchan or that of Rajesh Khanna. One wonders whether in
context of the metropolis diary has a role to play on account of the loneliness and anonymity of the cities that is tried to be mitigated through diary writing.
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