railway platform is a 1955 indian film about a love triangle between a princess , a poor man and his lover at a train station .

the film marked the debut of sunil dutt , who was a popular announcer for radio ceylon before he made his breakthrough in mother india ( 1957 ) .

railway platform ( film )

railway platform is a hindi movie album . it contains 1 tracks sung by lata mangeshkar . below are the tracks of railway platform album by their singer name respectively .
basti basti parbat parbat - sad - mohammed rafi - railway platform - sunil dutt , nalini jaywant .
filming locations : train and platform scenes were filmed at the railway station in carnforth , lancashire , uk , then a junction on the london , midland & scottish railway .
passengers from all backgrounds get stranded on an isolated railway platform when a natural disaster delays their train for 24 hours .
filming locations : filmed on the british columbia railway ( bc rail ) near vancouver .
filming locations : train scenes filmed at the longmoor military railway in hampshire , uk .
don ' t talk rubbish . there is no platform nine and three - quarters .
yes , must be . though this was one of the earlier films of another actor – jagdeep . he appears in railway platform as a wayward teenager who tries to steal the princess’s purse .
filming locations : filmed at the longmoor military railway in england and the lahore & northwestern railway in pakistan . the train crash scene was shot at longmoor with a locomotive made of plywood .
carnforth railway station was opened in 1846 by the lancaster and carlisle railway company and was originally just a single platform . in 1856 , a small station was built following the connection of the furness and midland railway lines . a year later a new station and small engine shed were constructed . on 1st august , 1880 , the station was rebuilt at a cost of £40 , 000 .
no , harvey , i didn’t see dharmendra anywhere in this film . from what i’ve heard , dharmendra’s first film was dil bhi tera hum bhi tere :
chand madhyam hai . . lata _ sahir _ madan mohan _ railway platform1955 . . a tribute
in stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to the use and length .
all these people’s lives intersect when their train is stalled , indefinitely , at a small station on the border of andher nagri * . railway platform is the story of these passengers in the next 24 hours , with the action taking place at a small village near the railway platform . its the closest village to the station , and the only place where the stranded passengers can find food , and shelter of sorts .
filming locations : mostly filmed in ireland , including the railway line between mullingar and athlone . j15 class 0 - 6 - 0 steam locomotives # 184 & # 186 were used from the railway preservation society of ireland .
he won filmfare lifetime achievement award in 1995 for his contribution to the indian film industry .
filming locations : sierra railroad # 3 was lettered as yosemite valley # 27 for the film . static scenes were shot at the railtown 1897 roundhouse , with some office scenes at the nevada northern railway .
or flash photography on our platforms or beside a railway line as it may cause a distraction to train drivers .
cranes or jibs in our stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to working at height .
i heard that time in burma when this film was released character played by johney walker objected by community for portrating in objective taste . the evergreen songs penned by sahir ludhyanvi saab will be lingered decades to come , still looking forward to get good picture quality dvd of film “railway platform” . we used to do farmaish for basti basti……… . song on radio cylon programme hamenshan jawan geeton ka ranga rang programme . one of my favourite movie
platform nine and three - quarters is the train platform from which students board the hogwarts express , the scarlet steam engine that brings students to and from hogwarts . it can be accessed by walking straight through the apparently solid barrier between platforms nine and ten .
still , that’s a minor niggle . when considered against the rest of the film , it’s forgivable .
filming locations : the film was shot at the keighley & worth valley railway , including many scenes at the oakworth station . great western pannier tank engine # 5775 , now on display in oxenhope , was filmed hauling the train .
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wow . that sounds very interesting ! someone could do a really hard - hitting film based on that .
he launched his son sanjay dutt with the 1981 film rocky , which became a hit at the box - office . however , shortly before the film’s release , his wife , nargis , died of pancreatic cancer .
( 1956 ) , marked the start of a seven - film long association with b r chopra . but dutt had only a winning cameo in the film as meena kumari ' s husband whose death puts her in jeopardy .
i ' d love to see this film . sunil dutt , trains , johny walker and a big cast .
yes , shashi is right . railway platform on many internet sites is listed as dharmendra ' s debut movie . he ' d have been 19 - 20 then . anyway he first shows up ( and very nicely too ) in arjun hingorani ' s dil bhi tera hum bhi tere .
in order for someone to get onto platform nine and three - quarters , they must walk directly at the apparently solid metal ticket box dividing platforms nine and ten . [ 1 ] there is a guard stationed just outside the entrance , in order to regulate entries and exits from the platform . [ 2 ]
, starring his son sanjay , hit the screens . subsequently , dutt threw himself into an emotional film about cancer called
in the film adaptions the platform 9¾ scenes were filmed between platforms 4 and 5 at kings cross station in london . a fake replica cover was used to cover the original wall to increase its width and prevent damage to the victorian structure from the impact of the luggage trolley .
> it’s interesting that while the film is leftist this story actually shows the negative side of non - discrimination of policies .
harry and the weasleys returned to the platform on 1 september 1996 , where they were joined by two grim - faced , bearded aurors in dark muggle suits for harry ' s protection . on the platform , harry had a quick word with arthur weasley about his suspicions that draco malfoy was now a death eater . [ 27 ]
i love your opening lines - they ' re so true . i kinda of miss those
what move will dd show this week
days . there ' s a certain freedom in not having to select the movie you ' re going to watch ! : - ) as for
railway platform
, i loved johnny walker in it . i believe it ' s one of his earliest roles and he does such a fine job as the villian that i ' m surprised he didn ' t get typecast as one . as lovely as the music of railway platform is , i was very sad to find that the best song ( imho ) ,
chand maddham hai aasman chhup hai
had once again been cut from the film . : - (
what i meant was the film was perhaps trying ta balance and so tried to show that discrimation is to be intelligently applied .
in the books , the barrier that leads to the platform is described as being made of metal . in the films , however , the barrier is a brick wall .
ladderpods or stepladders ( inc . two / three - step ) in our stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to working at height .
though the platform is normally only used six days a year ( round trips for the beginning and end of term , as well as the christmas and easter holidays ) , the platform on those days is awash with activity . steam from the scarlet engine floods the platform as cats wind their way around the wizards’ legs and owls hoot to each other [ 9 ] , as hoardes of students and parents move around through the steam “like dark ghosts” [ 10 ] , their voices carrying through the mist . [ 11 ]
filming locations : filmed at kamloops , british columbia , canada , including canadian national 2 - 8 - 0 steam locomotive # 2141 on the kamloops heritage railway .
( 1964 ) , where he was the only character in the film , however , was found to be too esoteric by most .
the brainchild of minister evangeline orpington in the 1850s , platform nine and three - quarters was the first of the concealed wizarding platforms at king ' s cross . [ 16 ]
filming locations : nickel plate # 765 ( built 24 years after the film ' s setting ) was filmed in thurmond , west virginia .
he created a record by directing and starring in the 1964 film yadein in which he was the only actor / actress in the cast .
filming locations : the subway car used as the money train was a new york city subway r22 car modified by the film crew and coney island overhaul shops . an early scene of
wall street
was filmed at 14th st . - union square station but nearly all other station scenes were filmed on a 4000 ' long station platform and tunnel studio set in los angeles . fifteen subway cars were trucked to the set to film a range of action scenes .
in june 1992 , at the end of the school year , harry and his classmates returned to their homes via the platform . harry was picked up by vernon dursley . [ 2 ]
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through this barrier , of course , lies platform nine and three - quarters , home of the famous hogwarts express . there a look back at the barrier reveals it is instead a wrought - iron archway with the words “platform nine and three - quarters , ” and over the scarlet steam train billowing smoke , a sign announces that the hogwarts express departs at eleven o’clock . [ 7 ] the platform also has a distinct smell — one which lifts the spirits of young wizards who , like harry potter , look forward each summer to the start of term . [ 8 ]
the station was completely rebuilt in 1937 by the london midland and scottish railway company , financed by over £53 , 000 of government - funded money . a 890 ft long platform was added for the furness trains , and the longest unsupported single piece concrete roof in britain was erected . carnforth developed into a bustling junction linking stations across the north west from cumberland through to leeds .
railway platform is an interesting , and unabashedly socialistic , film . unlike a lot of its more famous counterparts ( especially the films of raj kapoor , or do bigha zameen or neecha nagar ) , this one starts off seeming like just another social drama . as the film progresses , however , it changes . it takes on leftist tones , to the point where , looking at three women—naina , bimla , and the princess—standing together , the poet tells them : “vidhaata ne toh tum teenon ko ek jaisa banaaya hai . ameer - gareeb toh insaan ne banaaya hai . ” ( “god has made all three of you equal . your poverty or wealth is created by man . ” )
synopsis : a courageous effort from noted french director rene clement who completed the film during the final months of wwii under extremely dangerous conditions . using a cast of non - professionals , clement tells the story of french railway workers who bravely battle the nazis on many fronts , aiding the allied invasion of 1944 . legendary cameraman henri alekan ( beauty and the beast ) , himself a resistance fighter who escaped nazi pow camps , shot the film in a gritty , semi - documentary style .
the train journey comes to an abrupt halt at a small railway station [ ironically enough , there is little evidence of a platform , though there is a station master’s office ] . the passengers spill out of their compartments and arrive at his office in twos and threes . this is where we get to see a glimpse of the cross - sections of society travelling in this train .
finally , at 11 : 00 , a whistle sounds announcing the train’s departure [ 12 ] , and the hiss of the pistons fills the platform as the train begins to move [ 13 ] , creaking out of the station as family members stand on the platform and wave their children off to school . [ 14 ] nobody returns to the platform , then , for months — until the end of term , when it once again fills with wizards and a wizened old guard sits by the archway back to the muggle world , making sure everyone gets home without attracting too much attention . [ 15 ]
harry potter first used platform 9¾ on 1 september 1991 . not knowing how to get into it , and recognising the weasley family as a family of wizards , he asked molly weasley how to access it . as harry crossed the platform , he passed by a round - faced boy telling his grandmother he had lost his toad and a boy with dreadlocks showing a tarantula to his peers . [ 1 ]
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in case you are batting for naina , do not despair . she is living in the most eventful 24 hours on earth ! in these 24 hours , relationships are made and broken , fortunes are made and lost , and everybody leaves that railway station a changed man / woman . so one cannot really predict what is going to happen - unless , of course , one is a seasoned film - viewer and can foretell the future of a hero / heroine after the first 30 minutes of the film !
synopsis : this canada / china co - production miniseries chronicles the chinese laborers of the canadian pacific railway during the 1880s . a poor but feisty chinese woman ( sun li ) , disguised as a boy , joins a railway crew in the rocky mountains . while searching for her long - lost father , she falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon ( luke macfarlane ) .
the ‘they’ and ‘us’ in railway platform are a little too clear - cut . true , some of the main characters—ram , and the princess in particular—do have some shades of grey , but the others , especially the wealthy , are all the same . all selfish , conceited , frivolous drunks who can only spend their free time dancing and singing and flirting . a sweeping generalization that i couldn’t quite swallow .
but this one is really good . do watch – and the idealism is well expressed , tongue - in - cheek and satirical through most of the film .
( 1957 ) . his portrayal of birju , nargis ' rebellious younger son with a king - sized chip on his shoulders , was filled with a raw , urgent energy . after the film ' s release , dutt married nargis and the film ' s cult status ensured that he would be very busy in the studios .
the plot , which is coherent , fast - paced , and packs in a lot . the direction ( by ramesh saigal , who also wrote the story , screenplay and dialogue for this film ) . and the fact that the film manages to convey its message ( s ) without descending into the very depths of misery for its characters .
i would love to see 19 - 20 year old dharam onscreen ! hope he is in the film and does show up on a re - watch . : - )
on 1 september 1971 , eileen snape took her eleven - year - old son , severus snape , to board the hogwarts express via this platform . mr . and mrs evans also took their witch daughter , lily evans , there along with her muggle sister , petunia . while the parents ( both of them muggles ) looked around the platform with an air of wholehearted enjoyment , the two sisters argued and petunia called her sister a freak . [ 18 ]
once i spent a couple of days with dutt saab when he talked about his debut film , railway platform . the shy young man from punjab , who regarded all women as his mothers or sisters , had to kneel in front of actress sheila ramani in a cabaret scene and embrace her bare knees .
i froze , i sweated ,
recalled dutt saab with a chuckle .
i bungled shot after shot despite sheila ramaniís comforting words that it was all make - believe . the director was furious and threatened to sack me . well , we did nearly 40 takes before everything was okayed .
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in 1993 , the weasleys took harry to the platform again . arthur weasley hoped to talk to harry about sirius black , but harry had already overheard arthur talking about it to his wife . [ 21 ] once the school year ended , harry and his classmates returned to the platform , where he told vernon dursley about his godfather ,
a convicted murderer , but he ' s broken out of wizard prison and he ' s on the run
. [ 22 ]
in choosing the number of the concealed platform that would take young witches and wizards to boarding school , i decided that it would have to be a number between those of the muggle platforms - therefore , it was clearly a fraction .
synopsis : vinod verma , an employee of the indian railways , has a dream of building the fastest train in india . when the railway board finally approves his prototype for the super express , an embittered colleague seeks revenge .
i’m just weakly emerging from another bout with fever ; this time it attacked the spouse as well , so we lay groaning on separate couches in the living room , too sick to even watch a film . so , coming late to this review , yes , it was a good film , though young sunil dutt was a tad bit too earnest , i thought . : ) lovely songs…
remake note : a remake of this film starring denzel washington ( as lt . garber ) and john travolta ( as the lead hijacker ) was released on dvd and blu - ray in november 2009 .
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filming locations : the film was shot in british columbia , where a
lac des arcs
train station was built along the tracks specifically for the film . the train consisted of a british columbia railway ( bc rail ) sd40 - 2 diesel and 12 privately owned passenger cars , all painted in via rail canada livery to appear as the toronto - vancouver canadian . the private cars included one dormitory , one baggage car , three coaches ( # 521 , 524 , 550 ) , one dome car ( # 555 ) , one dining car ( # 548 ) , another coach ( # 540 ) , three sleepers ( # 558 , 564 , 544 ) , and a rear dome car ( # 597 ) . the primary compartments in the film are a6 in # 564 , and later c6 in # 558 . some of the distant exterior shots of the train ( specifically two bridge crossings ) were filmed using a model train .
we welcome visitors from all over the world , who come to enjoy the nostalgia of the station , which has been restored to it’s 1940s glory when the refreshment room was used as the setting for david lean’s film “brief encounter” .
filming locations : filmed entirely on location in sri lanka ( then ceylon ) . the 400 - foot wood bridge created for the film took more than six months to complete using 25 elephants and hundreds of native workers . the locomotive in the crash was built in the 1890s and operated in india prior to purchase for the film . a diesel engine was used at the rear of the train to ensure all four coaches followed the steam engine off the bridge .
thanks , bollyviewer , for a wonderful review of what sounds like a totally charming film . and c ' mon : all social problems can be resolved in 24 hours with enough tight slaps , romantic triangles , and madan mohan songs !
synopsis : when an engaged woman falls in love with a handsome hobo , life gets complicated for the old railroad supervisor who is set on marrying her . wonderfully detailed , this film features several classic trains and railways from the 1920s .
filming locations : filmed on the camas prairie railroad ( lewiston , idaho ) , using great western railway 2 - 8 - 0 consolidated steam locomotive # 75 . this engine later pulled excursion trains at the heber valley railroad in heber city , utah , where it is now undergoing restoration .
the indian railways was the second largest network in the world and bollywood made the highest number of films in the world . like indian railways , bollywood was truly national where no one bothered about caste , creed , language and religion . both reflected every single aspect of human life in the country . take an average hindi movie . boy meets girl in the train or on the railway platform and the seeds of romance are sown . boy quarrels with girl on some pretext and they travel in different directions , again by train . boy and girl decide to come together , this is achieved , courtesy railways .
in northwestern london lies kings cross station , a muggle railway station that is one of the busiest in the city . it’s a perfectly ordinary station , with big plastic numbers over each track and guards who have never heard of hogwarts school . [ 3 ] however , every september 1 , as the clock overhead approaches eleven o’clock [ 4 ] and the intercity 125 pulls into platform nine [ 5 ] , a strange crowd turns the occasional muggle head . the crowd is wizarding children , bearing enormous trunks and caged owls , making their way toward — and then through — the solid metal barrier between platforms nine and ten . [ 6 ]
synopsis : a federal agent ( henry victor ) is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring headquartered in the local railway station . the counterfeiters have framed the manager ( helen holmes ) and she must work with the agent to clear her name and get the goods on the real crooks .
on 1 september of the following year , the weasleys and harry travelled to king ' s cross station via muggle taxis . [ 23 ] once the hogwarts express arrived at platform 9 ¾ , harry potter gave his triwizard earnings to fred and george weasley , before crossing the magical barrier , and being picked up by vernon dursley . [ 24 ]
synopsis : set during india ' s battle for independence from britain , the film begins with victoria jones ( gardner ) returning to her native land after several years in england . her loyalties are put to the test by two men in her life : col . rodney savage ( granger ) , whose job it is to prevent sabotage on the railway at bhowani junction , and patrick taylor ( travers ) , another half - caste like victoria . when she is forced to kill in self - defense , victoria is given comfort by communist insurrectionist ghanshyam ( illing ) , further dividing her fidelities .
s unil dutt , my best friend in the hindi film industry , was always marching - to bring peace to the bleeding punjab of the 1980s , to halt the spread of nuclear weapons , to commemorate the dandi march , to protest against any kind of injustice .
the film ' s title silver streak was inspired by the chicago , burlington & quincy ( cb & q ) railroad ' s pioneer zephyr , nicknamed
silver streak
for its stainless steel construction and 13 hour and 5 minute speed record between denver and chicago in 1934 .
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synopsis : titfield thunderbolt takes place in a tiny british village serviced by a branch railway line . when the government plans to close the line down , the locals are in a panic , except for a group intending to set up an expensive bus service . the local vicar ( george relph ) concocts a scheme with the town ' s wealthiest man ( stanley holloway ) for the villagers to run the rail line themselves ; in this way they hope to prove to the railway inspectors that their branch is still worth keeping . when the bus interests attempt to sabotage this undertaking , the villagers respond by stealing a stray locomotive—and when this proves cumbersome , they reactivate a 19th century locomotive from the local museum .
nice synopsis ! “basti - basti parbat - parbat gaata jaaye banjaara” is my favorite song since childhood days ! i had a cassette which had songs and bhajans by mohd rafi . i particularly liked this song , but was unaware to which film it belonged . now i come to know that it was composed by madan mohan : ) . nalini jaywant seemed to get unconventional roles which gave her more scope as compared to other actresses of her time . and johnny walker playing a corrupt businessman ! does he get reformed ? a must watch film ! thanks for providing the link : )
saw this film on youtube last year , and thought it was well made and unusual . agree with everything you’ve said about it . a special mention of johny walker . from a lovable comedian to this , he made me dislike him so much . he was sooo baaad . : - )
the train station at the beginning of the film , identified as geneva , was actually filmed at basel , switzerland . exterior scenes of the train were filmed in italy , france , and switzerland with multiple electric and diesel locomotives . interior shots were filmed at a studio in rome , italy .
i just love such idealistic films ! ! ! ! i would love to watch it ! nalini jaywant , sheila ramani and sunil dutt look so damn beautiful ! some eye - candy that ! there are rumours that this is also dharmendra’s debut film . did you by any chance see him anywhere there ?
synopsis : polish director krzysztof kieslowski weaves a fascinating tale of fate that draws the curtain back on life in communist poland circa 1980 . the film plays out three possible life scenarios for a disillusioned young man named witek ( boguslaw linda ) , all depending on whether he catches a certain train to warsaw .
synopsis : on a train trip west to become a mail order bride , susan bradley ( judy garland ) meets a cheery crew of young women . they ' re traveling west to open a harvey house restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers . when susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting , susan joins the harvey girls instead .
synopsis : with the allied army approaching paris in august 1944 , german commander and art fanatic colonel von waldheim ( paul scofield ) steals a collection of paintings from the musée du jeu de paume and loads them on a train bound for berlin . labiche ( burt lancaster ) , a railway inspector and member of the resistance , is at first more concerned with weapons than art . but when a friend is murdered trying to sabotage the colonel ' s scheme , labiche vows to stop the art train at any cost . labiche and his fellow railway men unleash a torrent of devastation but must use skill and deception to protect the train ' s prized cargo . the story was inspired by an actual art looting and france ' s successful delay of the german train until the allies arrived .
synopsis : sentimental yet down - to - earth and set in pre - world war ii england , the film follows british housewife laura jesson ( celia johnson ) , who is on her way home , but catches a cinder in her eye . by chance , she meets dr . alec harvey ( trevor howard ) , who removes it for her . the two talk for a few minutes and strike immediate sparks , but they end up catching different trains . however , both return to the station once a week to meet and , as the film progresses , they grow closer , sharing stories , hopes , and fears about their lives , marriages , and children .
filming locations : filmed in the los angeles metro rail subway , including the los angeles city college station ( santa monica & vermont ) and 7th street / metro center station ( 7th & flower ) . a san pedro warehouse with an old train platform was filmed as the deserted subway station beneath the meat plant . two full - size train cars were brought on stage in sun valley and placed on a rocking gimbal to simulate train movement .
synopsis : tom stark ( kevin bacon ) , a train engineer , is unable to face his wife’s ( marcia gay harden ) illness . then a terrifying railway collision leaves a little boy orphaned . tom takes the boy into his home and – step by step , strength by strength – learns how to bond with the wife he adores by opening his heart to a boy who needs the security of a devoted family .
synopsis : the story is the basic slasher film premise , remounted on a moving train . a college fraternity decides to hold a new year ' s eve party on a train . but an uninvited guest , a disturbed ex - fraternity member , decides to take revenge on the partying students by killing them off one by one in increasingly grisly fashion .
on 1 september 1992 , dobby , the house elf , blocked the magical barrier dividing platforms nine and ten in order to prevent harry potter and ron weasley from attending school . consequently , they decided the only way to get to hogwarts was to steal arthur weasley ' s flying ford anglia and fly it to the school . [ 19 ] when the school year ended , the students returned to the muggle world via the magical gateway in the platform . [ 20 ]
the station master ( nana palsikar ) tells them . it turns out that floods have washed away a bridge further along the railway line . it’ll take at least 24 hours to get the bridge fixed [ is this india we’re talking about ? i’d think 24 weeks would be a more realistic estimate ] . till then , the train will have to stay here . and the passengers will have to make shift as best as they can .
synopsis : when andrews ( fess parker ) , a union spy , leads a team of soldiers into the south to demolish the railway system , things don ' t go as planned . the train conductor catches on to the plan , and does everything he can to stop them . based on the true civil war story of andrews ' raiders , who captured a confederate railroad train during the civil war and were then pursued by another confederate locomotive .
synopsis : this winner of the best cinematography award at the sundance film festival tells the story of john lee ( peter alexander ) , grandson to a chinese railroad laborer , who holds idealistic visions of saving the yosemite valley railroad from bankruptcy with help from long - time rail employees ( michael stipe of r . e . m . and henry gibson of magnolia ) .
the train wreck sequence was filmed using a mock - up engine and station at burbank airport . however , the approach to the crash was filmed using a hi - rail truck on track # 2 at north western station ( now ogilvie transportation center ) in chicago . inclusion of this scene caused amtrak to withdraw from the film , pushing much of the filming to canada .
synopsis : dinah sheridan plays the mother of three children who must live in reduced circumstances when her husband ( ian cuthbertson ) , a government official , is arrested on a false charge of treason . the kids adapt rather well to their new environment , a community located on the edges of a railway . they befriend a kindly porter ( bernard cribbins ) and a wealthy gent ( william mervyn ) , both of whom strive to prove their father ' s innocence .
synopsis : in this remarkable autobiography , eric lomax ( firth ) is a british army officer who is captured by the japanese during wwii and sent to a pow camp where he is tormented and forced to work on the thai - burma railway . decades later , still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences , lomax and his wife patti ( kidman ) discover that the japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him .
it’s interesting that while the film is leftist this story actually shows the negative side of non - discrimination of policies . it is actually a play written around the middle / end of 19th century . there are various forms of it , and used as a satire , as a criticism of the government etc . especially when india plunged into darkness – critics used the literal meaning : - d
the destruction of the bridge as depicted in the film is entirely fictional . in reality , two bridges were built - - a temporary wooden bridge and a permanent steel bridge a few months later . both bridges were used for two years until they were destroyed by allied warplanes in june 1945 . after the war , the steel bridge was rebuilt by japan and is still in use today .
synopsis : the 1966 academy award winner for best foreign film ,
closely watched trains
is a charming look at the life of a young train conductor ( václav neckár ) during the german occupation of czechoslovakia . he is ineptly led into an erotic encounter with a beautiful girl and fails to perform . but this unlikely hero takes a stand when his village is threatened by the occupying german army .
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synopsis : criminals have hidden a bomb on a shinkansen train barreling through the japanese countryside . the bomb is set to explode if the train’s speed drops below a certain level . with the end of the line somewhere ahead and a very large number of increasingly agitated passengers on board , somehow that bomb must be found and defused . this concept later served as the basis of the american action film speed .
filming locations : exterior shots were filmed using canadian pacific railway fp7 diesel locomotives # 4070 and # 4067 and a collection of canadian pacific passenger cars ( most now used on via rail ' s toronto - vancouver canadian train ) at locations around calgary and toronto . although a fictional railroad name
amroad
appears on the train , original color schemes as well as car names and numbers were not changed . interior train shots , including sleeping compartments , were filmed on a soundstage using near - accurate replicas .
memsaab , cant wait to hear what you think of it ! hope you enjoy it . sunheriyaadein , thank you ! i hope that wont put you off actually watching the film ! ! young dharam looked . . . well . . . very young even in dil bhi tera hum bhi tere - guess some people just bloom a bit later in life ! : - ) nasir , i know all about bollywood ' s filmi conventions and star system , but even then , i was surprised that saira fell for rajendra kumar in that film ! thankfully bollywood mein der hai andher nahin . ; d sophy , is it even possible to compile dharam ' s top ten gorgeous moments ? he was gorgeous from early 60s right up to early 70s ( i dont care for his long hair , after that ) - and that encompasses tons of films and countless gorgeous moments !
i loved how the film didn’t go for over - the - top villains . the bad guys weren’t unreasonably bad – naubat was the worst , and he was only a businessman making a quick buck . even the good guys weren’t all good . naina , for all her virtue and goodness , avenged the slap to her babuji by giving indira a good drubbing ! and ram , the idealist , was easily dazzled by dreams of money .
synopsis : in victorian england , a performing dog escapes from his mean master and ends up at a small country railway station . named
jim
by station porter bob , the little dog quickly becomes a favorite of the local orphanage children , especially sad young henry ( thomas sangster ) , who daily waits for the train that will take him home . when a wicked businessman plots to close the orphanage forever , bob and the children fight back in a struggle threatened by bribery , dognapping and even an assassin who wants to kill the queen !
synopsis : detective tom gordon ( tom mix ) investigates a series of train robberies in this fast - paced , stunt - driven film . mix poses as a masked outlaw in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang behind the robberies , only to discover that their leader is the secretary ( carl miller ) to the railroad president ( william walling ) . along the way , the hero falls in love with the president ' s daughter ( dorothy dwan ) .
filming locations : the train was primarily filmed on location in france , featuring authentic train derailments , wrecks , and air attacks staged in
full scale
without models and with limited sets . period equipment was donated by french national railways ( sncf ) during their transition from steam to diesel , and full access was provided to seldom used routes and yards . as a result , the train is widely considered to have the most authentic railroad scenes in a feature film .
synopsis : paul newman plays the legendary outlaw butch cassidy as an eternal optimist and self - styled visionary , conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world . robert redford is his more levelheaded partner , the sharpshooting sundance kid . the film basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse - always seen at a great distance like some remote authority - forces butch and sundance into the hills and , finally , bolivia .
filmbuff , i remember watching satyakaam years ago and not liking it much . dharam ' s character in that film has this unbending , rigid idealism that i equate more with fanaticism than true goodness , and which i find more than ordinarily off - putting . if i happen to watch it again , i will definitely write it up . at the moment though , i ' d much rather re - watch devar ( and its soap - opera - ish tragedy ) for dharmila goodness . : - )
synopsis : who killed showgirl mida king ( dane ) in a private railway car in new york ' s grand central station ? the suspect list is plenty : marc , the rich boy who loved her ? his spurned fiancée ? her gangster ex - boyfriend turk ? in this witty and fun mystery , it is up to private eye
rocky
custer ( heflin ) to piece together the puzzle of who went far enough in their anger to murder mida . while waiting for the coroner to release the exact cause of her death , the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks to reveal a complex and intriguing web .
with more than 100 films as an actor and eight or 10 as director , dutt saabís contribution to bollywood was considerable . as a producer and director , he was way ahead of his times . imagine making a one - actor film like yaadein in the 1950s . reshma aur shera , in glorious colour , was poetry in celluloid . socially significant films produced by dutt did not click commercially and left the family with serious financial problems .
if young producers do not experiment , who else will ?
he argued .
bollywooddeewana , this one is on dvd , but my copy is not subtitled . ek hi raasta sounds close enough in time to this to have been his debut - it may have been the first film he shot for , while this was the first one released ? he is billed as
introducing
sunil dutt , in this one . max , your
beloved badruddin as a baddie
is fun to watch ( though not quite as alliterative ) ! : - ) hope you get to see this , soon .
i believe chaand madham hai aasmaan chup hai was eventually not included in the film ( or was removed , i’ve no idea ) . it was certainly not there in the youtube version i watched ( so i have you to thank for telling me about it ! i didn’t even know it existed ) . and all the other youtube videos i’ve come across are basically just the audio files merged with either a series of stills from other films , or with the picturisation of another song of similar mood ( one was with chaand phir niklaa .
synopsis : a group of four men assault a train station clerk , then rob a train where they take the money and shoot a passenger . once the clerk is discovered tied up at the station , the sheriff and his men begin a hunt for the bandits . this 1903 film uses simple editing techniques ( each scene is a single shot ) and the story is mostly linear ( with only a few
meanwhile
moments ) but it represents a significant step in movie making , being one of the first
narrative
movies .
i actually didn’t interpret the film as being a literal interpretation of the original play as you’ve outlined it . to me , it seemed more as if the essence of the phrase ‘ andher nagari , chaupat raja ‘ was used , to show that because the raja of andher nagari is so money - minded and autocratic and cunning , that is reflected in his kingdom ( to some extent ) . ironically enough , of course , the chaos in this instance is caused largely by naseeb chand , who is actually just a passenger through andher nagari .
synopsis : the great comic genius of the silent era still shines in these two programs .
buster keaton rides again
( 55 min . ) is a documentary filmed while keaton was making
the railrodder .
the 1965 documentary provides an absorbing portrait of keaton relaxing , telling yarns and plotting the next day ' s action with considerable flair . in
the railrodder
( 25 min . ) , keaton travels across canada aboard an open railway trackspeeder . perched on his seat , this endearing traveler chugs nonchalantly past some of canada ' s most spectacular landmarks . these programs are a memorable and intimate view of one of the most indestructible of slapstick comics .
the princess is keeping her identity under wraps , but she can’t help but be a little apprehensive when she discovers that the stalled train is still in andher nagari territory . this means that it’s not difficult for her father to haul her back if he finds her . [ though it is somewhat forced , the name ‘andher nagari’ for this stretch of land turns out to be , as the film progresses , singularly prophetic . not because it’s barren or mosquito - infested , but because the rot here is deep and widespread—and starts at the top , with the maharaja himself ] .
synopsis : this horror science - fiction thriller , a cult favorite , takes place in 1907 . professor caxton ( christopher lee ) , a fossil - hunter has discovered some sort of pre - human creature frozen in ancient manchurian ice . he is traveling to london with his find on the trans - siberian railway and is horrified to discover that his frozen man is missing , and corpses and zombies are appearing all over the train . it turns out that the frozen specimen is an alien with some unusual powers . the combined forces of professor caxton , his rival dr . wells ( peter cushing ) , and a cossack captain ( telly savalas ) are needed to save the world from this monstrous being .
it starts with a song , basti - basti parbat - parbat gaata jaaye banjaara , lip - synched by a philosopher and poet ( manmohan krishna ) as he rides in a crowded train compartment . this man , only referred to as ‘ kavi ’ ( poet ) throughout the film , acts as a sort of sutradhar . not strictly the holder of the puppet strings , not always a narrator , but a voice of reason , of conscience , of dissent . his favourite saying is that “two and two do not always make four ; they sometimes make twenty - two . ”
synopsis : set in south yorkshire , the film opens with familiar british rail sign being replaced with a shiny new one reading
east midland infrastructure .
for a group of men working at a local train station , this subtle change ends up meaning that their lives have irrevocably changed . when they learn the grim details of this privatization , their chummy sense of community begins to splinter and fall apart . under the new regime , the customer comes first . while on paper this sounds great , in reality this new arrangement is implemented haphazardly , resulting in bitter fighting and political backstabbing .
sophy , sunil dutt was very thin and looked like the gangly 22 year old that he was playing ! i like him better in the 60s after he had filled out a bit . inspite of that , i must admit that thin sunil dutt is better than no sunil dutt ! : - ) nasir , thank you so much ! i cant believe you haven ' t seen this one yet - run to your nearest dvd shop . : - ) the film had some lovely songs ( madan mohan composed and sahir wrote ) , but basti basti parvat parvat was by far the best .
synopsis : the railway children follows the fortunes of three resourceful children in turn - of - the - century england . an affluent family , the waterburys fall upon difficult times when mr . waterbury ( michael kitchen ) is hauled away by the police for reasons not readily apparent . forced to move to a small village , the family is held together by mrs . waterbury ( jenny agutter ) , who ekes out a living by selling her stories to magazines . the three waterbury siblings — bobbie ( jemima rooper ) , peter ( jack blumenau ) , and phyllis ( clare thomas ) — try to help their mother make ends meet and take to spending time by the railroad , where they meet a host of eccentric acquaintances .


wreckers is a 2011 drama film written and directed by d. r. hood .

the film 's cast includes claire foy and benedict cumberbatch with shaun evans , peter mcdonald and sinead matthews .

wreckers ( film )

tim robey reviews wreckers , a debut drama from british director dr hood , starring claire foy , benedict cumberbatch .
a complex and labyrinthine film , dictynna hood’s ‘wreckers’ is the very opposite of a gentle cinematic journey , its initial appearance of a romantic melodrama twisting itself instead into something closer to an underplayed psychological horror .
wreckers blends spells of sheer , watching - paint - dry tedium with sparkier inter - sibling stuff and the odd bout of rural rumpy - pumpy .
in a year already stacked with accomplished british debuts , dr hood ' s smart , engrossing and well - acted wreckers deserves to be more than a footnote .
for her debut feature , british film - maker dictynna hood has created a brooding drama of rural disquiet and sexual tension .
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thanks to all these elements , the film is lent a genuine sense of foreboding that is ultimately left unfulfilled by the close .
if films have taught us anything , it ' s that the odds of lasting happiness are stacked against urban yuppies seeking peace in the countryside , and so it is once more in
wreckers .
that is not to say ' wreckers’ is a bad film , or indeed a cop out . it is very much a narrative driven character piece designed to play completely against the expectations of an audience , refusing to be pinned into simple genre stereotypes . it changes direction many times , continually wrong footing us and ultimately ending up in an unexpected , subdued place that is very different from where we started . as a display of excellent performances , artful and tight direction , and genre defying narrative , it is an unusual and challenging piece of film making that comes very highly recommended .
visually , ' wreckers’ is a beautiful film , with much of the imagery at times reminiscent of a terence malick piece . there are visual metaphors throughout , most strikingly the recurring image of butterflies and moths fluttering against window panes , able to see the world , but unable to escape into it – in effect , expressing the growing desires of dawn as her once perfect world begins to fray around her . also important is the sound design , or rather lack of it , rendering wreckers deafeningly quiet at times and giving it an oppressive atmosphere that is only punctuated by bursts of sudden and jarring music that are notable for their interruption of the carefully cultivated stillness .
production : an artificial eye presentation of a likely story production . ( international sales : content film , london . ) produced by simon onwurah . directed , written by d . r . hood .
this is most certainly an actor’s film and the entire cast is played perfectly . claire foy has just the right balance of sweetness and innocence , yet manages to invest dawn with the essence of a real person , while shaun evans successfully imbues nick with a realistic degree of volatility . despite that , several of his scenes in the film are both harrowing and draw real sympathy from the audience .
wreckers is a small canvas , but it contains fascinating performances from benedict cumberbatch and claire foy as a couple returning to their roots in the country . the fact that those roots are twisted , rotting and deeply hidden beneath the surface emerges slowly during sun - dappled days in the norfolk fens .
but hood , to her credit , holds back , allows her actors to improvise and goes for ambiguity rather than vulgar punch . her next project will be worth looking out for . plus any film that showcases an open - topped white karmann ghia has my vote
if films have taught us anything , it’s that the odds of lasting happiness are stacked against urban yuppies seeking peace in the countryside , and so it is once more in “wreckers . ” playing not unlike critics’ darling “martha marcy may marlene” with the genders flipped and the weather gloomier , writer - helmer d . r . hood’s intriguing , well - acted debut draws [ … ]
benedict’s portrayal of david is quite a departure from any of his previous roles . at the start of the film , we are drawn to trust him as dawn does , and as a result the revelations through the narrative become all the more dramatic because of it . although this film is tightly locked to dawn’s point of view , it is the brothers who are the centrepiece , their relationship fluctuating between very mellow , loving , and caring to spontaneous bouts of violence and intense psychological mind games against one another that in turn impact hugely upon dawn .
in a year already stacked with accomplished british debuts , dr hood’s smart , engrossing and well - acted wreckers deserves to be more than a footnote . the contentedly married dawn ( claire foy ) and david ( benedict cumberbatch ) move back to his childhood village in the fens , where david’s brother nick ( shaun evans ) turns up unannounced . we read the body language quickly , and it’s sexually tense .
still , this intelligently shot and edited film has a lot going for it , not least foy , whose pale , freckled beauty suggests something of the young isabelle huppert . she and cumberbatch , who is excellent as usual , create a marriage both tender and remote , a little scared of itself , its bedrock newly unstable .
crew : camera ( color , 16mm - to - 35mm ) , annemarie lean - vercoe ; editor , claire pringle ; music , andrew lovett ; production designer , beck rainford ; costume designer , rebecca gore ; sound , ben collinson . reviewed at london film festival ( new british cinema ) , oct . 24 , 2011 . running time : 86 min .
dawn is the focus of the film , and her relationship with david is beautifully tender , as she struggles to get pregnant . but increasingly dawn takes on the role of reluctant detective , and becomes aware of her outsider status , a city girl unaware of the past that surrounds her we’re slightly in minor straw dogs or hot fuzz territory — the bucolic , charming village that turns out to have less - than - charming residents , all apparently indulging in wife - beating , incest and other crime behind closed doors . much , perhaps too much , is made by the cinematographer of country churches , stained glass and rippling fields . if only this had been pushed to the claustrophobic , darker side , the film would be more commercial .
if hood gradually runs out of ways to bend this brittle character triangle — nick’s arc is unsatisfyingly curtailed as the script shifts focus to lesser catalysts in dawn and david’s marriage — she deserves credit for building and maintaining the film’s impressively musty mood , as well as for drawing a trio of smart , splintery performances from her bright young leads . evans is particularly impressive in a tight , nervy turn that resists the role’s potential for wild - eyed showboating .
per press notes , hood claims to have grown up in an english village similar to the sleepy fens hamlet depicted here , and her film is clearly posited as a contempo take on a grand british tradition of rustic what - lies - beneath storytelling , dating back to radio soap “the archers” and beyond . there are tonal parallels here with ali smith’s 2005 novel “the accidental , ” as the pic mistrustfully regards city - dwellers’ community - minded affectations in such environments .
from the outset , dawn is the clear protagonist , and we follow her experiences and discoveries throughout . unusually , we are allowed no further knowledge into what is going on around her than she is . instead we are privy to the uncomfortable looks and unspoken tensions between david and nick behind dawn’s back , heightening our unease . we are given no further understanding of the brother’s relationship and the reasoning behind their feelings , and as the film proceeds we start to develop a real fear for dawn’s safety , or perhaps even her sanity . she is continually pushed further and further into the tangled and murky past of the brothers lives , unable to be proactive in events as they unfold , and coming to the conclusion early on that she does not ‘know’ her husband at all , particularly when his brother remarks about his violent nature .
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[ a ] low - key , high - tension british indie drama . . .
d . r . hood ' s intriguing , well - acted debut draws shifting lines of conflict . . . before losing steam in the third act .
the structure rambles . the plot sometimes bewitches , sometimes bemuses . the cast works valiantly to keep us caring .
a low - key affair but an interesting take on social realism despite its flaws .
impressively directed and superbly written , this is an emotionally engaging , powerfully tense british drama with a trio of terrific performances from all three leads .
while the drama occasionally overheats , strong turns from the two leads keep us invested in the characters .
with : with : claire foy , benedict cumberbatch , shaun evans , peter mcdonald , sinead matthews , nicola green , june watson , georgie smith .
the narrative wastes little time establishing the fragile marital setup of ostensibly still - smitten dawn ( claire foy ) and david ( cumberbatch ) , who have recently moved back to david’s gray childhood village to start their family — a project that an early scene in a fertility clinic establishes has been struggling to reach fruition for some time . the move , meanwhile , appears to benefit workaholic academic david more than it does schoolteacher dawn , who’s frequently left alone to handle the challenges of renovating their crumbling country pad .
when david’s scruffier brother nick ( shaun evans ) , a soldier on leave from afghanistan , turns up unannounced on their doorstep , it doesn’t initially seem odd that dawn is happier for his company than her husband is . it’s not long , however , before the severely ptsd - afflicted nick begins dredging up unwelcome family memories that suggest the david whom nick grew up with is very different from the man dawn married . the behavior of all three principals takes a funny turn , in ways that feel alternately unsettling and artificially script - induced .
efficiently edited production makes the most of clearly limited resources ( we never see the exterior of the couple’s house , for one thing ) . annemarie lean - vercoe’s intelligent lensing is seasonally evocative , which is to say mostly overcast , while andrew lovett’s score , with its unexpected inflections of fiddle and accordion , strikes an ironically pastoral note .
cast : with : claire foy , benedict cumberbatch , shaun evans , peter mcdonald , sinead matthews , nicola green , june watson , georgie smith .
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nick , a soldier , has psychological problems , manifested when he sleepwalks and in some clumsily overplayed episodes of post - traumatic breakdown . dawn and david are trying for a baby , but one of them isn’t being honest .
meanwhile , the crushing , often violent intimacy between the brothers shows dawn a new side to her husband , but it’s not one she wholly likes .
hood , getting great work from a gifted crew , makes this a study in wispy half - light and secrets wisely hidden from view . it’s strongest when things are on the verge of happening , emotions inchoate and unarticulated .
the later stretches get over - literal : a stalled engine , just after we’ve discovered a key character’s infertile , is too blunt a dramatic metaphor , and the way hood co - opts another local couple ( peter mcdonald and sinead matthews , both good ) into her drama leads to a sticky , vaguely unsatisfying pile - up .
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the beautiful norfolk fens hide dark secrets in d . r . hood’s debut , featuring benedict cumberbatch and claire foy
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married couple dawn ( claire foy ) and david ( benedict cumberbatch ) are a picturesque couple enjoying a seemingly idyllic lifestyle . renovating a house , trying for their first baby , keeping chickens… but there is an undercurrent of foreboding almost from the very moment of the arrival of david’s brother nick , on leave from the army after a six year absence from home . dawn initially finds herself drawn to nick , but as she does , uncomfortable and unexpected revelations about her husband begin to emerge , and from there the perfect life they have built begins to unravel .
watched this tonight . intriguing . did feel a bit like i needed a playbook to keep up .
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