chhalia is a 1960 indian bollywood drama film directed by manmohan desai .

it stars raj kapoor , nutan , pran , rehman and shobhna samarth .

raj kapoor plays his stereotyped " simple guy with a heart of gold " role yet again .

the story is loosely based on the " white nights " written by fyodor dostoyevsky but is focused on the issue of estranged wives and children in the aftermath of partition .

chhalia was shot in black-and-white .

music by kalyanji-anandji , played a part in the film 's box office success .

chhalia

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chhalia was released in the year 1960 , some songs of the official soundtrack are dum dum diga diga by mukesh , chhalia mera naam by mukesh , teri raahon mein khade hain by lata mangeshkar . listen the soundtrack online !
chhalia
is a 1960 hindi film which has raj kapoor , nutan , pran , rehman , bupet raja and shobhna samarth in lead roles . we have one song lyrics and one video song of chhalia . kalyanji and anandji have composed its music . lata mangeshkar has sung these songs while qamar jalalabadi has penned its lyrics .
kalyanji got his break as an independent music composer with subhash desai’s samrat chandragupt ( 1958 ) and six films later , took on his younger brother anandji as his partner with madari ( 1959 ) . the next year , their fortunes changed with another subhash production , chhalia ( 1960 ) directed by subhash’s younger brother manmohan . their songs such as ‘dum dum diga diga’ and ‘chhalia mera naam’ have become evergreen classics since then .
physically and emotionally shattered , shanti tries to commit suicide after leaving anwar in a remand home , but is rescued by an outlaw , chhalia ( raj kapoor ) who as time and events progress , flips for the lady . liberty can always lead to licence , especially in hindi cinema . rehman lands in delhi to settle old scores with chhalia , and threatens to kidnap shanti . the bloody fight that ensues between the two adversaries eventually ends in a truce . the hurried climax , set amidst dussera festivities , has chhalia bringing about a rapprochement between the estranged couple , and himself walking into the infinity , while rehman is reunited with his sister on the return train .
he said an increasing number of young boys and girls were being diagnosed with sub - mucous fibrosis , a pre - malignant condition , primarily caused by the use of paan , chhalia , gutka , mainpuri and their other concoctions besides smoking .
the tragic - comic story of chhalia , a naive , simple - minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life ; and falls in love with a young woman named shanti , only to . . . see full summary »
internationally , he said , the cancer of the mouth and throat was the sixth most common cancer while it was the second most common cancer in the subcontinent . its incidence was a little more common in girls because of the widespread use of chhalia , he added .
calling paan shops as cancer shops and their salesmen as death traders , he urged the government to ban the production , sale and advertisements of chhalia products and organise awareness - raising programmes at the community level . he also urged the media to highlight the hazards associated with these products .
these bitter disappointments lead shanti to resolve to end her life , but the suicide note she composes accidentally falls into the hands of chhalia ( raj kapoor ) and he intercepts and saves her . a lovable con - man , chhalia is kapoor’s chaplinesque “raju” in all but name ( to underscore this point , he strolls several times past posters for his own earlier films ! ) , with ill - fitting trousers and jacket , comical walk , a penchant for small children and dogs , and an establishing song in the grand awara and shri 420 tradition . its refrain goes ,
chhalia
is manmohan desai ' s first film , with telltale signs of the emerging showman ' s narration skills . the story is set around the partition era when kewal ( rehman ) leaves behind his newly wedded wife shanti ( nutan ) in lahore , for reasons not divulged to the viewer . shanti makes it to india a few years later with her little son , in the hope of being reunited with her husband . kewal is overjoyed to meet his wife and son , but everything goes wrong when the boy introduces himself as
anwar
. as for his father ' s name , he replies
abdul rehman
. kewal abandons his wife and son . after leaving the boy in an orphanage , shanti tries to kill herself but is rescued by chhalia ( raj kapoor ) , who shelters her . chhalia falls in love with shanti only to learn of her previous marriage and her son .
some of their famous songs are yeh mera dil pyar ka deewana , govinda aala re , meri desh ki dharti , chhalia mera naam , dam dam diga diga , har kisi ko nahi milta , kya khoob lagti ho , pardesiyon se na ankhiyaan milana , salaam - e - ishq meri jaan , and zindagi ka safar .
among his memorable movies are
azaad
,
madhumati
,
devdas
,
dil diya dard liya
,
ram aur shyam
,
aadmi
,
ziddi
,
munimji
,
amardeep
,
jab pyar kisise hota hai
,
chori chori
, and
chhalia
.
among films set in east and west punjab during the partition , that examine the representations of railways are chhalia ( 1960 ) , gadar ek prem katha , train to pakistan ( 1997 ) and 1947 earth ( 1999 ) . trains became contested sites where existing and new identities were negotiated , and where nationalism supplanted local identities and regional politics .
summary : desai’s directorial debut is an unlikely drama about india’s partition . shanti ( nutan ) is married to kewal ( rehman ) in lahore on the eve of independence . when the nation is divided , shanti’s family and her husband migrate to delhi , leaving her behind . she finds shelter for five years with the afghan bandit abdul rehman ( pran ) who has a sister of shanti’s age across the border . shanti bears a son , anwar ( moppet raja ) , and when she travels to delhi with her child her husband disowns her , as does her father . she finds shelter with another generous criminal , chhalia ( kapoor ) , who falls in love with her . abdul rehman comes to delhi to pursue an old feud with chhalia and threatens to kidnap shanti . after an extended fight sequence , the two bandits call a truce . on the train back to pakistan , rehman is reunited with his sister . chhalia arranges a reconciliation between shanti and kewal , renouncing his own chance at happiness . the film alludes to aspects of realism derived from radical literature as well as from kapoor’s presence ( cf . phir subah hogi , 1958 ) , but desai seems impatient with the finer points of plot structure , a tendency that would later lead to his virtual abandonment of temporally coherent plots in the bachchan films of the 70s and 80s . the film had several hit songs including the communal - harmony number chhalia mera naam , sung by mukesh .
chhalia is a 1973 hindi - language indian feature film directed by mukul dutt and starring navin nischol , nanda , shatrughan sinha , rajendra nath and helen . the film was amongst the last films of actress nanda in lead roles in 1970s when she had reduced her work after starring in several film from 1950s . the film did not do well on box office .
[ chhalia is available on dvd from the indian distributor shemaroo and the international firm baba digital . although some of shemaroo ’s discs have image quality superior to those of the same films marketed by international copyright - holders ( e . g . , shemaroo’s shree 420 looks better than the yashraj films version ) , their chhalia unfortunately comes with all the continuity problems noted above , and one can only hope that this does not mean that the sole available print of this film has the same faults . to the company’s credit , though , image quality is quite good for what survives , and although the subtitles contain some of the irritating abbreviations favored by text - messagers ( e . g . , “ur” for “your” ) , they are fairly accurate , and ( wonder of wonders ! ) are provided for songs as well . the baba digital dvd has equally good overall image quality , but even worse continuity problems , with sections of songs missing . however , its subtitles are better than those of the shemaroo version . take your pick ! given its gutsy theme , chhalia is an important film to watch , warts and all . ]
enter fate in the form of abdul rehman khan , who has journeyed to india in search of his lost sister and also to settle some old ( unexplained ) score with chhalia , which he plans to do by abducting the lovely young woman in chhalia’s company ( recall that khan has never laid eyes on shanti during the five years she stayed with him ) . pran gives a strong performance as the pathan heavy , including an impressive fight scene with chhalia , but he is finally bested and then further devastated by the knowledge that the woman he planned to dishonor is his own adopted “sister . ” when he is told that he must return to pakistan , as his visitor’s permit is about to expire , his dazed and pathetic queries : pakistan ? pakistan kahaan hai ? hindustan kahaan hai ? ( “pakistan ? where is pakistan ? where is hindustan / india ? ” ) offer one of the film’s most touching moments , suggesting the bewilderment , at the lunacy of man - made boundaries , of the insane hero of saadat hasan manto’s famous short story “toba tek singh . ” yet there is a “lost - and - found” surprise waiting for him , too , aboard the lahore - bound train .
the tragic - comic story of chhalia , a naive , simple - minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life ; and falls in love with a young woman named shanti , only to find out that she is married but separated from her husband , kewal , and adopted son , anwar . he puts all he can in an effort to locate kewal and re - unite the family .
the entry of this odd but familiar hybrid character ( who is at once both “poor” and “middle class , ” brimful of love , and a “criminal” who is apparently not much of a success at crime ) into a semi - realist narrative about repatriated partition abductees may seem an odd turn , but it feeds a subplot set in a satisfyingly surreal old delhi , where chhalia resides in a hovel set atop a crumbling city wall .
his first film after partition was
ziddi
in 1948 in which he acted alongside evergreen hero dev anand and kamini kaushal . his performances have received acclaim in films like azaad , madhumati , devdas , dil diya dard liya , ram aur shyam , aadmi , ziddi , munimji , amar deep , jab pyar kisi se hota hai , aah , chori chori , jagte raho , chhalia and jis desh men ganga behti hai among others .
it remains for chhalia to renounce his own love for shanti and bring about her reunion with her husband and son . though this denouement may have been taken for granted , the film effects it through a bang - up finale set during the climax of the delhi ramlila — the annual re - enactment of the story of rama and sita — when a huge effigy of ravana , rama’s demonic adversary and the abductor of rama’s wife , is set afire at an outdoor fair .
the tragic - comic story of chhalia ( raj kapoor ) , a naive , simple - minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life ; and falls in love with a young woman named shanti ( nutan ) , only to find out that she is married but separated from her husband , kewal ( rehman ) , and adopted son , anwar . he puts all he can in an effort to locate kewal and re - unite the family .
lahore ( 1949 ) , starring nargis and karan dewan and directed by ml anand , was the earliest film that had partition as its backdrop , while pakistan first explored the tragedy in masud parvaiz’s beli ( 1950 ) . some other important films revisiting partition in the first decade - and - a - half since the two countries got their independence include saifuddin saif’s sensitive pakistani punjabi film , kartar singh ( 1959 ) , manmohan desai’s raj kapoor - nutan starrer chhalia ( 1960 ) and yash chopra’s dharamputra ( 1961 ) .
the title song , “chhalia mera naam” ( mukesh ) , became common lore on the streets , as some of the other qamar jalalabadi songs like “dum dum diga diga” , “mere tute hue dil se” ( mukesh ) , “teri rahon mein” ( lata mangeskar ) , “baje payal cham cham” ( lata ) , “meri jaan kuch bhi kijiye” ( lata - mukesh ) , and the climatic “gali gali seta roye” ( mohammed rafi ) set to music by kalyanji - anandji . the 112 - minute black and white movie had competent cinematography by n . satyen .
chhalia welcomes shanti — who has now lost her son to an orphan boys’ school , where the teacher is in fact his own father , kewal — into this “home” ( after first removing the western pin - ups from its walls ) and she begins a new life as his chaste housekeeper . knowing little of her past , he slowly falls in love with her ( celebrated in the joyous rainy season song dam dam diga diga [ “everything is soaked” ] in which kapoor dances gene kelly - like , but with a purloined umbrella , amidst a torrential downpour ) .
manmohan desai was the neglected genius of classic bollywood : the three - hour / six - song / catch - all action melodrama . his way was made smooth by his father and brother , both of whom were in the industry , but neither of whom made it out of the b - grade rut . desai began his career with characteristic panache by casting raj kapoor and nutan in chhalia , which turned out to be a huge hit . but it was with the coming of amitabh bachchan that desai was to come into his own . but ah , that’s a story that belongs to the 1970s .
here the film invokes another rama story , known to all indians and already implicit in chhalia : that of rama’s later rejection of his pregnant wife because of suspicion that she may have been unfaithful to him during her captivity , and that the child she carries may not be his . whereas in the ramayana it is the poet - sage valmiki who finally attests to sita’s purity before rama , here it is chhaliya - kapoor as india’s conscience , and naturally he does it through a song , heavy with mythological allusions , about the plight of abducted women ( gali gali seeta , “in every lane , sita
)
the real protagonist of “chhalia” is shanti ( nutan ) who is married off to kewal ( rehman ) on the eve of partition . but while the two families move away to delhi from lahore , she inadvertently is left behind , and is forced to share roof with abdul rehman ( pran ) who has a sister of shanti’s age in india . when she returns to india five years later with her son , she is first welcomed by the husband with open arms but disowned when the child identifies himself as anwar , and his father as abdul rehman . even her own father refuses to give her shelter , though in the years she had lived with abdul rehman she hadn’t even seen his face .
starring : raj kapoor , nutan , pran director : manmohan desai writer : inder raj anand country : india language : hindi synopsis : the tragic - comic story of chhalia , a naive , simple - minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life ; and falls in love with a young woman named shanti , only to find out that she is married but separated from her husband , kewal , and adopted son , anwar . he puts all he can in an effort to locate kewal and re - unite the family . this full hindi movie is for free online watch streaming / download as well . enjoy & stay connected with us ! - subscribe to youtube channel : urltoken powered by : catrack worldwide ( urltoken )
he acted in more than 50 films included shahjehan ( 1946 ) as shahjahan , taj mahal ( 1963 film ) as emperor jahangir ( salim ) with veena as noor jahan , pyar ki jeet ( 1948 ) , roomal ( 1949 ) , paras ( 1949 ) , badi bahen ( 1949 ) , phir subah hogi ( 1958 ) , choti bahen ( 1959 ) , chhalia ( 1960 ) , chaudhvin ka chand ( 1960 ) , ghunghat ( 1960 ) , dharmputra ( 1961 ) , mere mehboob ( 1963 ) , baharen phir bhi aayengi ( 1966 ) , dil ne phir yaad kiya ( 1966 ) , dil diya dard liya ( 1966 ) , dulhan ek raat ki ( 1967 ) , aabroo ( 1968 ) , mere hamdam mere dost ( 1968 ) shikar ( 1968 ) , intaquam ( 1969 ) , majboor ( 1974 ) , dost ( 1974 ) and dil . . . aakhir dil hai ( 1982 ) are his hit films .
the story is set around the partition era when kewal leaves behind his newly wedded wife shanti in lahore , for reasons not divulged to the viewer . shanti makes it to india a few years later with her little son , in the hope of being reunited with her husband . but she meets chhalia who falls in love with her . what will shanti do now ? . subscribe for the best bollywood videos , movies and scenes , all in one channel urltoken . like , comment and share with your friends and family . watch more bollywood videos and movies starring your favourite celebrities like amitabh bachchan , raj kapoor , dharmendra , zeenat aman , vidya balan , govinda , salman khan and many more , only on urltoken . connect with us on : - facebook - urltoken twitter - urltoken google plus - urltoken sign up for free and get daily updates on new videos , exclusive web shows , contests & much more urltoken send us your feedback and suggestions at : connect @ urltoken
song : mere toote hue . movie : chhalia 1960 . singer : mukesh . music : kalyanji - anandji . lyrics : qamar jalalabadi . cast : raj kapoor , nutan , pran , rehman , bupet raja , shobhna samarth . lyrics : mere tute huye dil se koi to aaj ye puchhe ke tera haal kya hai , ke tera haal kya hai mere tute huye dil se koi to aaj ye puchhe ke tera haal kya hai , ke tera haal kya hai kismat teri rit nirali , kismat teri rit nirali o chaliye ko chalane wali , phul khila to tuti daali jise ulfat samajh baitha meri nazaro kaa dhokha tha kisiki kya khata hai , kisiki kya khata hai mere tute huye dil se koi to aaj ye puchhe ke tera haal kya hai , ke tera haal kya hai maangi mohabbat paayi judaai , maangi mohabbat paayi judaai duniya mujhko raas na aayi , pahle kadam par thokar khayi sada aazad rahte the hame malum hi kya tha mohabbat kya bala hai , mohabbat kya bala hai mere tute huye dil se koi to aaj ye puchhe ke tera haal kya hai , ke tera haal kya hai
on the sixth day of our illustrated tribute to 100 years of bollywood , we look at 1964 - 1973 .
think satin and spangles . think high - spirited high jinks . think pretenders and princesses . think bouffants and tuxedos . the 1960s seem to have been a direct response to the high seriousness of the 1950s . the two male stars who dominated the decade were never very comfortable outside the city ; they were at their best in night clubs or in the front seats of taxis . the heroines were poor little rich girls , wealthy in everything but love . it was that kind of cinema and some of its tropes and forms – an almost offensive form of romancing the heroine , for instance – became a standard for bollywood .
in most cinemas , female stars have a short shelf - life – and dancers ? perishable commodities . helen bucked that trend . she was the dancer for nearly 30 years . it wasn’t just her smile , her innate rhythm and her ability to look at home in satin , spangles , feathers and fur that made her a dancer who lasted in an industry that is brutal about throwing away what it doesn’t want ; it was her ability to suggest that she was enjoying dancing for you that made her the go - to go - go girl .
the 1960s were the cotton - candy decade of chiffon saris and romantic songs in the moonlight . and the man behind the hero , the man at the microphone was mohammed rafi , whose voice brought thousands of songs alive . he was a devout muslim whose understanding of islam prevented him from taking royalties . he had a falling out with the then top female playback singer lata mangeshkar , which led the way to the ascendancy of kishore kumar in the next decade . but in the 1960s , if there was a romantic song , a devotional song , or even a patriotic song , chances are , rafi was the voice .
he was the man in the white tuxedo , the nightclub musician , the lost heir to the fortune . but most of all , shammi kapoor was known as the “yahoo” guy , who brought a brand of irrepressible energy to his portrayals of young lovers who brooded intensely in scene one and imitated elvis presley in the next . this might have been his way of differentiating himself from his elder brother , the redoubtable raj , or his younger brother , the beautiful shashi . in his after - career , he took to religion and the internet .
by his own reckoning , dev anand was a star on the day he died in 2011 ; but that may have been because his greatest talent was self - deception . in the glory days however , between the 1950s and the 1970s , he was one of the great stars . the dev anand hero was a denizen of the city – of its underbelly . he was a noir hero , except that bollywood morality would always demand a last - minute redemption , generally wrought by a woman . in the 1970s , he turned producer and director .
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partition’s effect on the film industries of the two countries was radically different . while india lost some good talent , pakistan had to literally restart from scratch
noor jehan in the pakistani film , lakht - e - jigar ( 1956 ) , a remake of the hindi film vachan ( 1955 ) starring geeta bali . ( courtesy omar ali khan )
enough has been written about the bloody partition of the subcontinent ; of the largest known human exodus in history across the borders of west pakistan , east pakistan ( now bangladesh ) and india ; of the borders created in a blatantly slipshod manner by the british government before handing back power to the ‘natives’ . it was , as we all know , a brexit that left the subcontinent in shambles .
as undivided india lost parts of itself due to religious and political divides , a vast populace , affected by the creation of the two nations , struggled to relocate itself . however , in the case of the film industry , religion was not necessarily the prime reason for many to shift base — possibly because the film industry then , particularly its capital bombay , was truly cosmopolitan and secular in nature .
some who chose to go to pakistan did so out of personal sentiment or simply to go with the tide . actor swarnalata was one of the few artistes who saw fame and success on both sides of the border in films such as rattan ( 1944 ) and later , heer ( 1955 ) . she recalled in an interview that the shift was actually no big deal . once her husband , producer - director - actor nazir , decided they would make pakistan their home , they just did .
singing star noor jehan , then one of hindi cinema’s top female stars , was absolutely clear that she would go wherever the place of her birth was . when the village in question , qasur near lahore , found itself in pakistan , she decided to leave india . with noor jehan’s exit , a formidable career in hindi filmdom with some extremely popular films – khandaan ( 1942 ) , village girl ( 1945 ) , zeenat ( 1945 ) , anmol ghadi ( 1946 ) jugnu ( 1947 ) and mirza sahiban ( 1947 ) – came to an end .
the ‘village girl’ song booklet . a noor jehan–nazir starrer , gaon ki gori was the second highest grossing film of 1945 . ( courtesy upperstall . com )
both swarnalata and noor jehan were rare instances of big names within the film industry who opted for pakistan . most of the others who left , particularly from the acting world , were either veterans like ghulam mohammed and m ismail who had played character roles , or 1940s leading ladies like ragini and shamim , whose careers had begun to decline . many muslims who were doing well for themselves in the film world preferred to stay back in india .
there were people who made the reverse journey too . some prominent hindu artists who came to india from lahore included actors pran and om prakash , and filmmakers dalsukh m pancholi and roop k shorey . interestingly , a hindu distributor , jc anand , preferred to stay back in pakistan . he would go on to become one of the most successful producer - distributors across the border .
the effect of partition on the film industries of the two countries was radically different . though there was loss of some admittedly good talent from india , it was pretty much business as usual in bombay and the various film centres across the different parts of the country . the bengali film industry did suffer in that a large chunk of its market got taken away with the formation of east pakistan .
some of the brilliant , talented people who left india – apart from swarnalata and noor jehan – included writer saadat hasan manto , filmmakers shaukat hussain rizvi , wz ahmed and nazir , and composers feroz nizami , ghulam haider , and later in the mid - 1950s , khwaja khurshid anwar .
posters of heer ( 1955 ) , produced by jc anand , and the poster of chan way ( 1951 ) , whose direction is credited to noor jehan since her husband filmmaker shaukat hussain rizvi didn’t know punjabi . ( courtesy omar ali khan )
life in pakistan wasn’t easy . unlike india , pakistan had just one major centre known for making films , lahore . however , the city was also one of the most affected by the communal fires of 1947 . the two major studios of lahore , owned by pancholi art pictures and shorey pictures , were razed to the ground . as a result , the pakistani film industry had to literally restart from scratch without any proper funding or any technical infrastructure whatsoever .
with most saleable names remaining in india , pakistan struggled to make its first film , dawood chand’s teri yaad , which released on eid - ul - fitr , august 7 , 1948 . sadly , the film , starring dilip kumar’s brother , nasir khan , and asha posley , was a complete washout . it was a poor production and fared badly in comparison with the technical proficiency and relative lavishness of hindi films , which continued to show in pakistan post partition .
if the pakistan film industry finally got going from the mid - 1950s onwards , it was largely due to the pioneering efforts of dedicated filmmakers like nazir , sibtain fazli , anwar kemal pasha and wz ahmed . they not only overcame tremendous obstacles to create a viable film industry by giving opportunities to new stars like santosh kumar , sudhir kumar and sabiha khanum , but also fought a continuous battle with the all - powerful distributor lobby to ban or at least restrict the exhibition of hindi films . this was to help the indigenous film industry grow and flourish .
ironically , when nazir and swarnalata did finally come out with the first - ever silver jubilee film of pakistan , the punjabi movie pheray ( 1949 ) , it was a remake of one of nazir’s earlier indian hit films , village girl , where he had starred opposite noor jehan .
with limited resources at his disposal , nazir made pheray at a cost of just ₹65 , 000 within six weeks . it is said that the popular musical score of the film by ga chishti had the prolific composer record the film’s seven songs in a single day !
the far from ideal conditions meant that a top star like noor jehan had to wait till 1951 to be seen on the silver screen again . the film was the punjabi film , chan way ( 1951 ) , whose direction is also credited to noor jehan , since her husband filmmaker shaukat hussain rizvi didn’t know punjabi . chan way was a smash hit at the box - office . its songs , particularly tere mukhde da kaala kaala til way with its refrain of o mundeya sialkotia , were equally popular on our side of the border .
and with the overwhelming success of her first urdu film , sibtain fazli’s dupetta ( 1952 ) , ‘madam’ was well and truly on her way to building a glorious career in pakistan . first , as a popular singing star and then from 1960 onwards , as a playback singer for more than three decades .
noor jehan’s departure from india in 1947 has always raised a hypothetical question among old - timers and historians : would lata mangeshkar have made it as big if noor jehan had not left our shores ? yet others wonder if – despite all her tremendous achievements in pakistan – it was the mallika - e - tarannum’s loss in the long run . because unlike the rich variety of indian film music with influences from across the country , noor jehan’s singing , great though it was , largely restricted her to urdu ghazals and robust punjabi songs .
the wounds caused by partition have been difficult to heal especially in the cinematic world of the two countries . as compared to other arts especially literature , filmmakers have only sporadically explored partition on either side of the border . this is especially true in the early years following independence .
karan bali is a filmmaker based in mumbai . he is also the co - founder and content - in - charge of upperstall . com , a website on the cinema of the subcontinent
mumbai , july 13 : he was truly what legends are made of - a natural talent and a thorough professional with a versatility . actor pran left for his heavenly abode late friday evening . his death is
: he was truly what legends are made of - a natural talent and a thorough professional with a versatility . actor pran left for his heavenly abode late friday evening . his death is deemed as a big loss for the hindi film industry . he was 93 .
born as pran kishan sikand , he was popular as pran , and many , out of the respect the legend commanded , addressed him as
pran sahab
.
pran breathed his last at the lilavati hospital following prolonged illness , said his son .
pran ' s condition was frail since the past few months and he was in and out of hospital multiple times . he was reportedly last admitted to the lilavati hospital just a week back .
he passed away at lilavati hospital at around 8 . 30 . p . m . ,
his son sunil told ians .
the last rites of the veteran actor , who was a recipient of the coveted dadasaheb phalke award for lifetime achievement , will be conducted saturday at 12 p . m . at the shivaji park .
in a career of over six decades , pran had an exhaustive and impressive filmography of over 400 movies . each beats the other .
and so , megastar amitabh bachchan , who worked with pran in over 10 films , including “zanjeer” and “don” , tweeted : “another magnificent pillar of the film industry falls . ”
pran may have been loved as the rough and tough man on screen , but in real life , he was “a gentleman , most collaborative colleague , a senior of immense distinction and a true disciplined professional , ” wrote big b .
the actor was chosen for the 44th dadasaheb phalke award for lifetime achievement , an honour which his family as well as colleagues from bollywood felt came a little late in the day . he was also unwell to travel to delhi to collect the award at the 60th national film awards ceremony .
although he could not travel , the honour came to him when information and broadcasting minister manish tewari visited him in mumbai to confer the award .
the actor started his career as a photographer in 1940 , but it was a chance meeting with a film producer that landed him his debut role in a film called
yamla jat
.
later , when he moved from lahore to bombay ( now mumbai ) , with the help of renowned writer saadat hasan manto and actor shyam , pran got a break in bombay talkies ' film
ziddi
, in which dev anand played the lead role .
that set the momentum for the versatile talent , who brought new mannerisms and style and lent new dimensions to negative characters .
if he played villain convincingly in films like
madhumati
,
ziddi
and
ram aur shyam
, with the same ease he slipped into character roles like the lovable malang chacha in
upkar
or a loyal friend sher khan in
zanjeer
.
expressing his grief through twitter , superstar shah rukh wrote :
why do icons who shaped our lives and emotions have to go away ? you will , sir , remain etched in our hearts . allah bless your soul pran sahib .
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veteran actor and bollywood ' s most popular villain , pran , has been awarded the dadasaheb phalke award for the year 2012 , the nation ' s top cine honour , the government announced on friday .
pran krishan sikand is the 44 th dada saheb phalke award winner . the 93 - year - old actor has been honoured by the government of india for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of indian cinema .
the award , which is given on the basis of suggestions of a committee of prominent persons , consists of a swarn kamal , a cash prize of ₹ 10 lakh and a shawl .
the actor , who is known as the
villain of the millennium ,
has worked in more than 400 films in a career that spanned over six decades . pran acted as villain in almost every film from the 1950s to 1980s .
his contribution to mainstream hindi cinema is well recognized , assuring him the place of one of the most illustrious and celebrated actors of indian film industry . his career spanned several decades . he has acted in over 400 films and in each one of them ; he brought new mannerism and style , holding the audience spell bound by his acting ,
the ministry of information and broadcasting said in a statement .
the actor has not been keeping well for the past few months and might not be able to attend the award ceremony .
he watched all the news bulletins and he was very happy . he knows it ' s a big honour ,
the actor ' s daughter pinky bhalla said , according to reuters .
the whole world has been calling .
born in year 1920 in delhi , pran has worked in around 22 films in pre - partition india , including
khajanchi
( 1941 ) ,
kaise kahoon
( 1945 ) and
khamosh nigahen
( 1946 ) .
on 11 august , 1947 , he left lahore for bombay to celebrate his son arvind ' s birthday and days later , partition was declared and he stayed back in bombay , according to pinky bhalla .
for the portrayal of both negative and character roles , pran has won several awards including filmfare awards and bengal film journalists ' association awards . he was also honoured with the padma bhushan .
( “the cheat” ) hindi , 1960 , bw , ca . 135 min . directed by manmohan desai produced by subhash desai / subhash pictures cinematography : bipin pandya , a . n . subramaniam ; music : kalyanji - anandaji
it opens with a speeding train — indian cinema’s trope of modernity , but also its reminder of links to lost homelands , and of other trains bearing the refugees and victims of 1947 . indeed , we quickly learn that this is a lahore - delhi train , and that it carries hindu and sikh women being repatriated to india five years after partition . one of these is the heroine , shanti ( “peace” ) , and as she tells her sad story to fellow refugee women , we go via flashback to a time “before people began making foreigners of their neighbors” and to a verdant and luxurious lahore of sprawling parks and rustic lanes , in which shanti and her girlfriends dance and wave their billowing dupattas to the carefree and romantic song baaje payal ( “anklets ring… [ i don’t know for whom my young heart waits ] ” ) .
returning to her parents’ mansion , shanti discovers that her engagement is indeed being arranged , to the same handsome but haughty young motorist — one kewal ( rehman ) , the son of a wealthy attorney — she had saucily accosted on the road . their embarrassed second meeting abruptly transitions to the scene of their wedding , then to a blissful nuptial night which is interrupted by arson and rioting , as the hysteria of partition begins and hindu families must flee lahore .
this is the first of several cuts that are so rough that ( although the encyclopaedia of indian cinema warns that “desai seems impatient with the finer points of plot structure…” ) one suspects that the print used to make the digital version has been damaged and repeatedly ( and badly ) spliced over the years . more ( and worse ) confusing transitions will follow , though it is still possible to make out the basic story .
a second flashback sequence shows shanti , stumbling alone through the lanes of riot - torn lahore , saved from a mob by a powerful pathan ( afghan warrior ) named abdul rehman khan ( pran ) . though shanti is terrified of what this “rescuer” may do to her , khan greets her as a sister and announces that his own sister , sakeena , has been left behind in india . he will shelter shanti while never even looking at her face , in the hope that his sister may receive similar treatment “from some hindu or sikh . ” viewers thus learn that shanti , even in five years in pakistan , has not been dishonored , and so is ultimately eligible , within the film’s conventional patriarchal ideology , for reunion with her husband , though this will be repeatedly deferred and challenged .
these plot twists lend considerable emotional weight to the film , for the plight of many “shantis” was well publicized in 1950s india . spurned by her natal family in a heart - wrenching scene in which they visit the refugee camp in which she is staying , but refuse to recognize her — a paternally - imposed “deceit” that will deprive shanti’s anguished mother of the power of speech — she is briefly comforted by kewal , who has left his own disapproving family in order to be with her . but his acceptance of her turns to disgust when he learns that she has a five - year - old son with the islamic name “anwar . ” and though shanti insists that kewal is his father , the little boy gives his dad’s name as “abdul rehman , ” and kewal flees in a rage .
even on an obvious soundstage set , the delivery of this song’s rousing lyrics , accompanied by dramatic quick cuts of the confluence of milling crowds , the principal characters , and the towering effigy , makes for a most satisfying climax .
in hindi films railways helped to showcase historical events . they often became metaphors of a journey , both internal and external , writes prabhjot parmar
bollywood cinema , railways are an integral part of the film landscape , and frequently of the film plot . be it a moving train , a bogie , diesel , electric or the good old steam engine , or the railway yard , platform or the station from outside on the streets , coolies , vendors , and so on , all find exposure on the film screen . the plots and uses are multiple as the railways occupy a memorable niche in bollywood films : symbols of the journey of life of simply evocations of everyday life ; a shared space of communal harmony and national integration ; a good location for a fight sequence ; source of income for singers , vendors and coolie ; a site for developing romance to list but a few . some of the famous romantic songs are set in trains ; on the other hand , trains also are sites of popular moral and philosophical film songs .
are obvious examples of the centrality of railways in bollywood films . meetings and separations in trains or on railway platforms serve as a key moment in the stories of innumerable films , thus underscoring the presence of the railways in bollywood cinema . various representations of railways generate different emotions : laughter , grief , joy , exhilaration , suspense and trepidation . however , none is as distressing and painful as the portrayal of trains in films on the partition , in which railways acquire the saddest , most poignant , and the bloodiest representation .
the number of people killed in trains was far less than those killed on ground , but the manner in which train killings were executed are shocking examples of genocide and are
the most famous images of the communal holocaust of 1947
.
the ambushes and killings in trains and at various railway stations in punjab make the communal massacres difficult to forget or ignore . no image of partition , textual or in the mind’s eye , photograph or film , escapes from the overloaded trains with men , women and children moving from one side of the border to the other .
the prevalence of insaniyat over the beastliness during partition is evident in pamela rooks’ train to pakistan , which is a faithful filmic representation of khushwant singh’s novel of the same name . this film provides a picture of mano majra , a village in indian punjab , close to the newly formed border , in which trains play a vital part in the everyday life of the villagers , and subsequently , trains become the cause of turbulence in an otherwise calm and peaceful village . it is where trainloads of dead refugees arrive ; the iron railway bridge on a nearby river is the site of the climactic action . shortly after the film begins , several brief shots depict the consistent presence of railways in mano majra .
presents the story of jugga ( nirmal pandey ) , a dacoit . he is in love with nooran ( smriti mishra ) and is having an affair with her right under the nose of her almost blind father . one day a rival dacoit gang kills the village moneylender and the police imprisons jugga instead . in his jail cell , jugga meets iqbal , a communist worker , who is also in jail because of the moneylender’s murder . while jugga is in jail , mano majra begins to feel the impact of the partition . tensions rise as trainloads of dead bodies keep arriving from pakistan . because riots break out elsewhere , here too the ripples of destruction reach . all villagers , sikhs , muslims and hindus live in a close - knit harmony .
as the story progresses , the nervousness related to the partition and refugees and massacres begin to creep into mano majra . their chief point of entry is the railways , either the station or the railway lines in the wilderness . the first train scene begins with a close up of a steam engine that stops at a small railway station and a man ( iqbal ) disembarks . there are several policemen on the platform , including thanedar sahib , the inspector ( mangal dhillon ) . walking up to the stationmaster , iqbal shows his ticket upon exit and enquires about a place to stay in the village . a routine scenario on a railway station subsequently is followed by a shot of a crowded train carrying passengers shouting slogans ,
long live india . this is our india . india is ours
. in the foreground , the stationmaster stands with his back to the camera , which first is looking to the right to capture the incoming train and gradually moves to the left as the train passes the station . it passes through mano majra without stopping , making the train a mobile device of nationalism that claims the regional as the national territory with slogan shouting .
excerpted from”trains of death : representations of the railways in films on the partition by prabhjot parmar from 27 down new departures in indian railway studies . ed . ian . j . kerr . orient longman
in an ominous sequence shortly thereafter , a train halts at the station early in the morning . again , the back of the stationmaster is in the foreground . the engine driver is the only person who gets off . in this shot , wrapped in the steam of the engine the driver silently looks with weary eyes at the stationmaster . in the next shot , the magistrate arrives at the railway station . the inspector is there to receive him but there is no verbal exchange , they only share glances full of heavy seriousness . as they walk into the station , both are framed within the entrance at the end of which a train is visible . along with the police inspector , the magistrate boards the train for an inspection . the sound of buzzing flies conveys the stench of death before the camera moves and the officials gaze over the compartment that is full of butchered bodies . it is evident that several trains full of corpses arrives at mano majra and under the military command , mass funeral pyres are prepared outside the village . a few scenes later , as the villagers gather to see a large number of dead bodies floating in the river , another train comes from the direction of pakistan . it does not blow its whistle nor is its light on . one of the villagers appropriately calls it
a ghost train
because dark , quiet and dangerous it moves towards mano majra . the final railway scene of train to pakistan comes during the climax as the steam engine takes a train full of muslim refugees towards pakistan . it crosses the iron bridge safely and an aerial shot shows the train chugging through widerness towards its destination .
the british , as well as the congress and muslim league did not anticipate the degree of communal violence and migration that would accompany the division of indian empire . there were no preparations to maintain social order in case of communal violence . as train to pakistan demonstrates , previously thriving communally harmonious rural areas were overwhelmed by the impact of the events occurring elsewhere . mano majra best exemplifies how the local identities are transformed and shaped anew by national politics and in so doing , create divisions amongst the inhabitants of the same village . although the harmony among the residents of mano majra remains , men like malli and his goons act as disrupters and as the representatives of the newly acquired national identity . they loot and kill because it is their profession as dacoits ; however , there is an added fervour in the name of religion and nation in their acts . in contrast , jugga , also a dacoit , maintaining allegiance to his fellow muslim villagers , sacrifices himself in order to ensure their safe passage across the border by train . he climbs on the railway bridge and cuts off a large rope tied across to kill the refugees sitting on the rooftop of the train . while he is cutting the rope , malli and his men spot him and shoot him . jugga , tenaciously hangs on to the bridge and falls down after he successfully foils malli’s plan .


ratboy is a 1986 american drama film directed by and starring sondra locke .

the make-up effects were designed by rick baker .

the film 's scenario is at times comic or serious , and one of its peculiarities is that there never is any explanation for ratboy 's origin and existence as a human-rat hybrid .

ratboy had a troubled production and was both a critical and commercial failure .

however , it received better reviews in european countries , especially france , winning the deauville american film festival .

ratboy

1 . my sisters boyfriend is a goth , i dont know why she hangs around with that ratboy . 2 . have a shower ratboy ! 3 . fuck off ratboy !
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while she has an awakening , ratboy’s destiny is to… better watch the film .
ratboy and phil are kept in the warehouse where the drugs are being stored and pressured to admit any part they might have had in the theft . ratboy is afraid of being tortured by
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who starred in the movie ratboy ?
and
what is the full cast list of ratboy ?
then this page has got you covered .
this cast list of who was in ratboy includes both lead and minor roles . ( 10 items )
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ratboy cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of ratboy actors includes any ratboy actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each ratboy actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of ratboy have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
ryan dorin , the creator of ratboy genius , talks to joe martin for wobc 91 . 5 fm oberlin college radio .
ratboy offers a lot of information about hollywood . . . as long as the rangers buy something from him , like condoms .
cowman and ratboy
is an episode from back at the barnyard from season 1 . it aired on october 6 , 2007 .
player 1 : hey man , stop dying . ratboy ( annoying voice ) : shaddap you cun mu & apos ; faka piece of crap shit whore ! player 1 : you are a ratboy ! i will find you and i will kill you and your family for having raised such a waste of energy . ratboy ( sobbying ) : mommy ! daddy ! the man was rude ! * squeak * * squeak *
sondra locke greatly appreciated two things about ratboy : there’s one scene where nikki and ratboy blow bubbles together . it was secretly written by gordon anderson the day before they shot it . eastwood liked that scene a lot and praised it . he told locke it was his favorite scene in the movie . he didn’t know that anderson had written it . another secret participation of gordon anderson was as the voice of ratboy .
ratboy ’s director admits that the film’s ultimate fate was mixed . it was better received in europe , where people seemed to get the point .
ratboy is sent with tig as father and son to a nazi farm to do some digging on the guys that cut up unser . using old enemy but now ally darby as a tool for finding the farm , tig and ratboy head in and earn the trust of the goons . after juice and darby getting caught and held at gunpoint , ratboy thinks fast and takes a hostage allowing everyone to escape before dumping the hostage off the truck .
topics : story telling , surrealism , music from rbg chapter 2 , the voices of ratboy ' s kindom , shift from 2d - 3d characters .
later , in the episode sweet and vaded , ratboy becomes a fully patched samcro member , having kept his word to jax about events in earlier seasons .
move over spidey , get back in your cave batman , and keep your glasses on clark kent , there’s a new superhero in town . future ratboy .
so locke was on the right path . eastwood thought baird was wrong for the part ; it was supposed to be “ratboy not ratgirl ! ” and he claimed he could tell the creature’s neck was that of a female… sondra locke’s reaction is hilarious : “who knew what the neck of a ratboy looked like , anyway ? ”
this is quite a great interview . if you ' re looking for interesting info on the show and the future of ratboy genius i ' d recommend watching part 3 .
ratboy appears for the first time in season 4 and is responsible for guarding the first shipment of cocaine the club receives along with fellow prospect filthy phil , new samcro member eric miles and rafi from the mayans oakland chapter . when some of the shipment is stolen ratboy and the other guards are the main suspects despite juice being the true culprit .
ratboy is shown to be very loyal to the club . as jax puts it he knows when to shut up , but when he does talk it is usually very insightful .
ratboy
is a perplexing movie about a perplexing hero - a little creature that is half human and half rat and combines all of the least interesting characteristics of both species .
ratboy holds onto the clubs guns in a van while they are pulled over by some eden cops . after a highspeed chase breaks out ratboy opens the van door and drives along next to juice allowing him to dive from the stolen police bike he took into the van . the pair pleased with themselves escape with the others as the police in pursuit crash off the road .
some comparisons have been made between ratboy and daniel mann’s willard , in which locke starred in 1971 . the director didn’t think of any parallels at the time she directed her own film .
although he is now a fully patched member , ratboy is still occasionally hazed and given tasks that other samcro members would rather not do , and is usually paired up with tig on jobs . it is also revealed that he is entering a relationship with brooke putner . perhaps the biggest role ratboy accidentally plays in the club is when he is kidnapped , along with t . o . cross , by moses cartwright . rat and t . o . are brought to the same place bobby was tortured and are both punched in the face multiple times . ratboy stays loyal by not saying anything the entire time . tyler frees rat and t . o . after the latter
gives up
the location of samcro ' s cabin to moses , which ends up being a trap for moses and mark ' s hit squad . jax and the other members of samcro express to ratboy that they are proud of him for going along with the plan , even though his kidnapping wasn ' t supposed to happen . in the series finale , ratboy brings t . o . in to be patched into samcro , teasing him for his real name taddarius . later , ratboy is part of the vote that determines jax ' s fate . along with the rest of samcro , ratboy is sad to lose jax as a leader .
“rick was very inclusive of me in the original design of how ratboy would look . i made a few requests , but rick is a very gifted makeup artist and designer and was 95 % right on track with what i imagined ratboy should look like . today a lot more could be done with cgi – ratboy’s facial movements etc . – , but given the limits of prosthetics at the time i was very happy . of course , the on - set makeup artists went through many hours of torment every morning of the production to get their makeup applied . ”
ratboy in some ways tries to ask the question as to what the thing really is . half human and half rat but which of the two is he more of out of the other .
she cast sharon baird to play ‘ratboy’ . baird was a “professional for many years who had been one of the original mousketeers on the mickey mouse club . since then , she had had a lot of experience in various children’s shows working in hot costumes and heavy makeup , similar to what would be required for ratboy . also , she was very small , the perfect size” , writes locke in her book .
nikki’s plan , which just drips with that ronald reagan - era love of materialism , is to simply put ratboy before the public and watch the money roll in like gangbusters . when marketing executives , talent scouts , and agents ask just how ratboy can be sold as an image , her mind goes blank . she just assumes a rat - child will be a sensation , prompting the creation of ratboy t - shirts , movies , and commercials . to put it bluntly , nikki is an idiot . she’s cruel , money - grubbing , and downright despicable . and she’s supposed to be one of the better characters !
i began by saying
ratboy
was perplexing . one of the things that puzzled me was why locke wanted to make this story in this way . she plugs a fantastical creature into a screenplay made up of standard - issue hollywood characters and situations , and ends everything with a chase rather than an emotional resolution . what was the point ?
ratboy
is very odd , but not in an interesting way .
she never forgot the sneak preview of ratboy in seattle . feeling exposed and anxious , she called it an “excruciating” experience . but locke would always be proud of ratboy in spite of its shortcomings . it’s an uneven film . in the cropped pan & scan vhs version , the sound is bad and the image is not so good . but obviously , because of the animosity between wb , clint and sondra locke , the film still wasn’t available on dvd for years . i can’t see any other reason . wb have so much rubbish on dvd , with extras and director’s cuts… ratboy , which really deserved to be restored , wasn’t .
instead , the film turns into an attack on the crass commercialism of modern american society , with special emphasis on the media . sondra locke , who directed the film , stars as a slick operator who hopes to benefit from her friendship with ratboy . she meets him by posing as a reporter , but before long she ' s a full - fledged promoter , renting a los angeles theater so ratboy can have his own press conference .
direction - wise , locke is capable of great atmospheric scenes , as when ‘nikki’ meets ‘ratboy’ . it shows a lot of promise . the ending is also sweet . it’s a film that really deserves a wider audience .
in this new adventure , future ratboy sees a surprising new side to his enemy , evil dr x , goes on a journey to the centre of the earth and faces a race against time to find the missing thingy .
it turns , instead , into a formula thriller - in which ratboy and his protector , locke , are arrayed against a mixed bag of bad guys , and the movie cops out by ending in a big chase scene .
locke was exhilarated by this response . she called eastwood from france , telling him ratboy had had a standing ovation . the reply was a silence followed by a mumble : “that’s good . so when are you coming home ? ”
ratboy blends several themes and styles ; it shows society’s indifference and hypocrisy , the search for the spotlight which remains prescient and supposedly will resolve every issue in people’s lives . it shows how being different stands out in this shadowy game .
george ' ratboy ' skogstrom is a member of samcro on the fx original series sons of anarchy . played by german actor niko nicotera , ratboy makes his debut on the episode
out
in the series ' fourth season . playing a recurring role through the series ' fourth , fifth , sixth , and seventh seasons , he was last seen in the series ' finale episode ,
papa ' s goods
, in the series ' seventh , and final , season .
the making of ratboy was a constant struggle : eastwood didn’t allow script changes , refused to allow locke to hire david alan grier ; interfered with the use of at least one location locke wanted ( nikki’s house ) . the director explains :
as flawed as it may be , ratboy is a fable that will endure – a testimony of what sondra locke could achieve as a director . ( she made it plainer with impulse , but she also had more control with impulse … )
ryan dorin , the creator of ratboy genius , talks to joe martin for wobc 91 . 5 fm oberlin college radio . topics for this portion include use of minecraft in previous and future work , origin of ratboy genius and summer solstice baby , early reception on youtube ,
potato knishes
, happyman on the radio , happyman hiatus , galactic superheroes , what ' s next for rbg , other music besides rbg , gattaca , popularity of rbg . note : this is an audio interview .
overhearing of a mysterious ratboy , it ' s nikki morrison played by sondra locke on the scene . saying she ' s a journalist she really isn ' t one but a window dresser thinking this could be her chance in order to exploit his uniqueness to the public . while she successfully befriends him the ratboy who she names eugene played by sharon baird develops an emotional feeling for her . asking her brothers played by gerrit graham and louie anderson to look after him and thug manny played by robert townsend…
i had a moment while watching ratboy where a very important question came to mind : where in the world did this movie come from ? to justify this film’s existence by saying it came during the ‘80s , a decade which was fraught with oddity at every turn , is too simple an explanation . ratboy seems to have come out of another dimension , a reality totally separate from the one we as mankind have ever known . it’s a fascinating movie to stew over , but thoroughly depressing to actually watch .
a department store window dresser is out of work when she meets a young man who has the face of a rat . she decides that if she can turn this ratboy into a celebrity they will get rich , but they encounter a series of misadventures .
ratboy also got great reviews from le monde , liberation , le figaro , pariscope and cahiers du cinema . europe , without knowing any of the battles involved , embraced the film , something which often happens with american filmmakers turned expatriates in an artistic sense .
ratboy is a rather unconventional and damned spoof of other human aberration films like elephant man and freaks , well , at least that what i think considering how indecipherable this ratsploitation was handled by first time director sandra locke . perhaps her rodent compulsion goes back as far to 1971 when she co - starred with bruce davison in the rat - classic willard . apparently , ratboy was well received in france ( winning the deauville american film festival ) and would probably would work well as a co - feature with ratatouille nowadays .
patrick mcgilligan calls ratboy “an odd fable about a half - rodent freak of nature , in prospect , a comic cross between e . t . and the elephant man ” . ( patrick mcgilligan , clint : the life and legend , p . 380 . )
throughout the years , the majority of eastwood’s fans were quick to dismiss ratboy as a bad film . the film has a high rating on amazon , despite the vhs version available for years , and which the director considered “terrible” . sondra locke told wand’rin’ star :
during the spring of 1986 , sondra locke was filming ratboy while clint was busy with his campaign to be elected mayor of carmel . he was so involved in the city’s problems that he had nickname in town , “the phantom of carmel” . ratboy was a test to both locke and eastwood . when we see the film now , it appears that the only effort he did was to ruin it as best as he could , while locke was trying to make it as best as she could , struggling with all the personal and professional pressures involved .
next they are locked in a room together and told that only one will be allowed out alive . eventually clay orders their murders but juice intervenes and kills miles then frames him for the theft . ratboy and phil are released and tasked with burying miles under happy ' s supervision .
this is no small point . the man in charge of the makeup in ratboy was rick baker , who’d won an oscar five years before for his groundbreaking work in an american werewolf in london . locke was thrilled when he accepted the job . she has good memories of this collaboration :
“there were several elements which drew me to the script of ratboy . i grew up loving fairy tales , and ratboy is a sort of modern day fairy tale . it has a mixed tone of comedy and drama , a tone i love in a film . it is set in hollywood with a theme of false values , and i had long observed hollywood as being a center of false values . and finally , it is about being different , not fitting in . this is something i personally felt and understood from childhood , growing up in a small town in tennessee . ”
make no mistake , this kind of premise is the stuff of nightmares , and ratboy is exceedingly dark from the outset . i’ve never seen a film so determined to make the human race seem completely without merit , a movie populated by people so callous and deplorable you want to lock them up for life . there’s a sequence at a party where ratboy becomes disoriented from the aforementioned alcohol , and the room spins in a hallucinogenic manner as drunken laughter and distorted faces fly across the screen . i’ll ask this again : who made this film ? who wants me to be this depressed ?
by not sticking to its through line and tacking on a cutsey - wootsey ending , ratboy made me feel i had wasted my time . as a whole it is nothing more than a strange example of filmmaking and storytelling , with thinly written characters played by barrel - scraping actors who move through a wafer thin plot . i apologize if this sounds like a complicated perspective , but i can’t help but feel of two minds . like a lot of movies in my collection , ratboy is just weird and dumb enough to reserve a permanent seat , but not nearly entertaining enough to warrant a second look .
in spite of its commercial failure , her work and ratboy ’s reviews impressed the top executives at wb at the time , and she was encouraged to follow that path . locke put three other projects in development with wb . these projects were all dropped when locke and eastwood split a few years later .
topics include : use of mincraft in previous and future work , origin of ratboy genius and summer solstice baby , early youtube reception ,
potato knishes ,
happyman on the radio , happyman hiatus , galactic superheroes , what ' s next for rbg , other music , gattaca , popularity of rbg .
when a bolt of lightning hits colin lamppost ( and his toy bird , bird ) , he is zapped millions of years into the future ! life will never be the same again . bird has been brought to life as not bird and colin’s dna is fused with a rat giving him superkeel powers . future ratboy is born !
this drama follows an unlikely
ratboy
( s . l . baird ) after he is discovered living in a makeshift shelter in a garbage dump . along comes nikki morrison ( sondra locke , also the director ) who meets the half - rodent , half - human creature and takes him over . she talks to a hollywood producer and holds forth about him on a television talk show but when she brings ratboy to a press conference , he bolts for freedom - - enough is enough . the garbage dump was better . from that point onward , nikki begins to change her mind about her treatment of the misbegotten creature and he develops an ambivalent feeling for her .
terry semel wanted sondra locke to star in ratboy . according to mcgilligan , locke wasn’t at ease when she tried to explain in interviews how she got the project approved . she claimed that the eastwood connection wouldn’t necessarily convince wb . if anyone wants to read about clint eastwood’s behavior during this period , i’d advise both mcgilligan and locke’s books .
the screenplay was called ratboy : “it was a quirky and adult fairy tale , a social satire of sorts , about a young woman named nikki who is so obsessed with fame and fortune that she’s blinded to real values in life . she happens upon a creature , half boy , half rat , and decides he’ll be her ticket to the ‘big time’ . naturally , the little innocent ratboy is almost killed in the process , but , in spite of that , à la beauty and the beast , he falls in love with her , and through his pure love for her , nikki has an ‘awakening’ . ” ( the good , the bad , and the very ugly : a hollywood journey , p . 192 . )
sondra locke’s cry for independence came at a bad time for clint eastwood , as he was laying the ground for his prepared critical acclaim . it’s no wonder he tried to suppress ratboy . he did win that acclaim , but was it really worth it if he only could share it with blind fanatics of his “oeuvre” and people who never question the marketplace anyway ?
locke admitted that “the early screenings of ratboy were incredibly painful” . “if i had ever felt vulnerable as an actress , it was nothing compared to being responsible for the entire end result . it would be just as comfortable to parade around the theater in the nude as to sit through an audience’s reaction to a film i directed” . ( pages 197 and 198 . )
“i am always open to listening to the ideas of those around me . i felt that the script needed some work , and so i showed it to a few friends and co - workers . i knew that ratboy was a special , eccentric piece that gordon would really ‘get , ’ and so he was one of the people to whom i showed the script . ”
sondra locke ' s ratboy aims to be a fairy - tale style misunderstood monster movie in the same vein as , king kong or frankenstein . it ' s a strange story that boasts an even stranger cast of character actors including : sondra locke . robert townsend . larry hankin . sydney lassick . gerrit graham . louie anderson . john witherspoon . jon lovitz . bill maher . courtney gains . m . c . gainey . what it comes down to though is strangely enough just kind of exploitative . the drama is far and in between and the empathy and care for ratboy ( or eugene ) himself isn ' t handled as well as it should have been . we care for this creature , but why ? what is his destiny ? this is one strange flop .
the “statue of bigotry” as lou reed called it , still stands up as a present from france , and it’s really strange how europe looks at american films . it’s true , most still think eastwood is an icon . but , in time , his importance may diminish as ratboy ’s cult status may grow between his weeds . perhaps it’s an overstatement , but don’t forget it’s the old continent . eastwood isn’t that “new” . and films who deal with genuine feelings in a genuine fashion don’t always fall prey to fashion here . it’s no coincidence that , when john cassavetes died , gérard depardieu rented paris’ theatres and showed his films . ratboy seems to be an independent film inserted in a pop art frame ; too big for its origins and beyond those of a great studio , with a malicious producer at the helm .
if you didn ' t get a sudden urge to kill ratboy or any of the other characters in this movie , you were the lucky one who fell asleep ! the amount of cameo appearances by some well - known actors was astonishing . did they not receive the script before hand ? do they have no conscience ? i do believe the writers had good intentions to make this movie heart - warming . i ' m sure the director ( sondra locke ) had a pure dream to turn this story into a storybook fantasy about a loving and sensitive boy who just happened to be a rat ( ? ! ) . let me tell you , there are only two good things this movie has to offer ; robert townsend and ratboy ' s cool makeup job . well , actually the makeup job sucked as well ! i give it a resounding thumbs down ! !
the implications of a true rat boy are fascinating ; remember what francois truffaut made of his
wild child ,
and how intriguing the resurrected neanderthal was in
ice man
? the idea of being able to communicate with another species has been the subject of lots of movies , including
the day of the dolphin
and countless science - fiction films . but
ratboy
doesn ' t seem curious about that aspect of its story .
a beady - eyed guy with a pointy face and chisel - like buck teeth approaches you . he ' s dressed in a filthy suit , four sizes too big , and acts as twitchy as a rat in a rocking chair factory . he sports a slight tan , huge arms and legs , a beer belly , and big ole beard with two white stripes in it . ratboy ' s occupation is as a merchant and informant . . . one could say he is simply a trader with very varied wares .
“i recently appeared at a local college where i had been asked to view and speak about ratboy . it was painful to sit through the screening of the vhs copy – which is all that is available currently . it was drained of all original photographic beauty which i felt had so captured the look of hollywood and los angeles . to see the cropped and scanned images was deeply depressing . it’s an experience that i will not repeat . i long for wb , at least , to release the original film version on dvd , but that may not happen . ”
all the while ratboy is desperately trying to learn about the world around him , screeching out barely audible sentences while being manipulated , mocked , and harmed by everyone he meets . and i do mean everyone . there isn’t one character in this whole movie who could claim to have a soul . nikki and her brothers are too busy schmoozing at hollywood - style parties to even notice their discovery , a boozehound / pimp pretends to be his friend in order to jump on the bandwagon , and sneering extras try to shove alcohol down his throat while making fun of him at every turn .
a very young person that dedicates his life at playing online games . they are usually of ages between 4 and 12 , with an obvious lack of life experience , and annoying voices characterized for its very high pitch . most important , they are always spoiled assholes and always act aggressively towards other players , specially older ones . if they feel somehow threatened they will immediately insult you . nevertheless , if you respond in the same manner , they will run and / or cry and tell their parents ( just like a rat ) . the most known ratboy nests are minecraft and league of legends .
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rat - boy is a neglected child who decided to live in the sewers with the rats , the only ones who would accept him . he lives today to put fear in children as he raises his army of rat soldiers and mice minions ! he also creeps kids out by talking to people in the shower like that weird clown in the movie
it
, freeky shit man i pissed my pants , i hate clowns . anyway , be prepared for the uprise of ratboy ! ( and clowns ) lock and load your guns , get your tangelows , whatever you need for the end ! - p . s . clows really hate tangelows .
locke had agreed with some script changes that anderson had suggested to her . she thought they gave more character and eccentricity to the script . when eastwood refused to allow any of them , locke – to check her objectivity – secretly showed them to a few others involved in the production . it seemed they preferred the locke version . when christopher hewitt , ratboy’s voice coach in the film , read the changes he said : “i love these lines ; why aren’t we filming this instead ? ” “the golds , who were in charge of making the film trailers , agreed : ‘the first script is a little flat - footed , but this one’s great’ . ”
fritz manes was in a difficult position – he was a longstanding friend of clint’s , as well as clint’s producer , but he was also the producer of ratboy and was locke’s friend too , as much as he could . at the time , she couldn’t make the changes in the script deemed necessary because of eastwood’s constant interference . “but he insisted that i expand the whole cop chase part of the script , which i had wanted to de - emphasize as i thought it seemed like something from a different film . ” “there are these odd , flat - footed sections . that’s what i really resented about his input , and still resent” , writes locke in her autobiography ( p . 408 ) .
even now i’m sure you as an astute reader have begun to construct a plot around this film’s title . yes , good reader , this is indeed the tale of a boy who is part rodent and part human , whose interactions with society prove to be complicated and ultimately miserable . he is discovered and kidnapped by two seedy hoboes who plan to sell him to the media for mucho greenbacks , but is soon swiped by the shrewd nikki morrison and her bumbling brothers ( one of which is played by louie anderson…go figure ) . like the hoboes , nikki plots to use ratboy to attain fame and fortune , but rather than keep him in a cage she uses her feminine wiles to keep the creature on a romantic string .
a physically deformed and somewhat feral teenager whose face looks like the snout of a rodent lives in solitude and misery in a city dump . two rednecks come across his lair and kidnap him . they inform the papers about their find in case someone might want to see or interview the
ratboy
. only nikki , a bored fired window dresser pretending to be a reporter shows up . she wants to profit off of the child as well , so she calls the cops who arrest the rednecks and she takes the child with her to her flat . she and her two dummy brothers try to think of a way to profit on the boy , but he tends to get easily agitated and depressed and no one wants anything to do with him except possibly hurt him emotionally or even physically .
“i knew that gordon could do it because he was good at character voices . when he had acted in new york , he did some commercials where he had to portray animals and cartoon characters , etc . i asked gordon to give me an idea of how he thought ratboy would sound . i liked it so much better than all the voice over artists who had auditioned , that i recorded it without using his name . i knew that clint would not approve it if he knew it was gordon’s voice . i was surprised and baffled by clint’s whole childish and unreasonable objection to my wanting to use gordon’s talents in any way whatsoever . he had always liked gordon , and often asked for his thoughts and ideas in the past . for instance , gordon picked the circus music for bronco billy . again , it seemed arbitrary and all about control for the sake of control . ”
“i was thrilled when wb agreed to produce ratboy for me to direct . their only request was that i also act in the film . at first , this was a daunting idea . how could i undertake this on my first film directing . i reasoned that i didn’t really have a choice and so i agreed . it turned out to be a little less difficult than expected . as the story is told largely from my character’s point of view , i could use my performance to drive the story’s pace , etc . i have found that one of the techniques i use as a director is to go through the script and ‘get inside’ each character’s point of view – as if i am portraying each character . this way i can understand the story from every point of view . and so , in portraying nikki , the process of ‘acting’ the character was just one step further . ”
then , just as the movie couldn’t get any filthier or more disgusting , we get a happy ending in the last two minutes . swear to god . ratboy is believed to be dead , but nikki learns with ecstasy that no , her furry little friend has escaped the confines of humanity and is running to the country to be free . cue the opening chords of a poppy tune as our hero runs into the sunset . what ? huh ? did anyone really expect me to buy such a schmaltzy conclusion to a film without one note of optimism during its whole run time ? give me a break people ! at least show me some respect and stick to your through line . what’s most insulting about this finale is how it tried to sell me on the idea of how nikki had “changed , ” how she had gone from being a materialistic wench to someone who has learned a lesson about acceptance and love . blech .
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several shady and shallow people try to profit , one after the other , from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump , alone and miserable .
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. she also wanted to use different shooting locations and make changes in the script , but was not allowed to do any of these things due to clint eastwood ' s interference . warner brothers actually did not require that eastwood or his company be involved at all ; locke thought she should have a completely different producer and a different company attached , but eastwood wouldn ' t hear of it and wanted to control everything she did
to the degree that it was unreasonable
according to locke .
during the drive through hollywood , shots from the driver ' s side of the car show hollywood blvd . , but shots from the passenger ' s side show sunset blvd .
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10 year old kids who frequently play m rated games ( call of duty , gta v ) , or minecraft , and they have an obnoxious behaviour ( they diss almost everybody who are playing with them ) because of their squeaky voice . ( this comes from spanish speaking countries )
1 . person , usually male characterised with ugly features , usually sqinty eyes , buck - teeth and large appendages . mostly avoids light , coming only out of his swamp at night to feed on scraps and discarded food . favours dark rooms and corners , frequently listens to depressing goth music or metal . rarely seen during daylight or showering . generally unclean . 2 . dirty person . 3 . insult , usually directed to males or masculine females .
uk slang . a young teenage criminal . lives in the airconditioning ducts of highrise blocks and shits on the carpets of the people he burgles
my tv & apos ; s gone and there & apos ; s shit on my carpet , i & apos ; ve had a rat boy in here .
a breed of vermin which is half rat half boy . they are extremly rare in the u . k , but can be spotted in tregaron in wales scurrying around for nutts . the welsh translation for rat boy is dafydd .
an ugly person that no one like but is alway there . has little friends .
rat - boy is half rat and half boy . . . . like a boss . . . .
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2 unnamed lin triad members - shot in the chest . ( red rose )
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basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
the ballad of narayama
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the rat boy lives in a garbage dump somewhere in the hills above los angeles , in a hovel furnished like a cross between a tree house and a rec room . then he ' s flushed out by a couple of yahoos who think they can make millions by exhibiting him , and the movie turns into sort of a mini
king kong
( 1933 ) - complete with the scene where the creature breaks loose at the ceremony where it is being exhibited to the public .
i guess the rat boy himself is supposed to stir the same sorts of emotions , as
e . t . the extra - terrestrial
or
pinocchio
- miniature quasi - humans with high spirts and loneliness in their eyes . but the key ingredient in any fable like this is the story of how the creature originated . unless we can complete the sentence
he is like this because . . .
we are looking at a freak instead of a protagonist . and the rat boy remains unexplained throughout the entire movie .
i don ' t know about you , but i ' m very , very tired of chases - all except for the good ones , from steven spielberg or william friedkin . if a movie has introduced me to interesting characters , i want the story to explore and resolve their problems , and i don ' t feel fulfilled just because everybody chases each other , and the right guys win . chase scenes provide movies with terminations instead of endings .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
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