Ghulami is one of my most favorite Hindi movies.The movie scores heavily on many points.Firstly,it has some soul stirring music and lilting lyrics by gulzaar. Interestingly,this debut movie of JP Dutta is based on true life incidents. The land tillers -'jats' have traditionally been marginalized in Rajasthan.They were oppressed severely and discriminated against by the rajputs-the landholders in old times. In British India,there comes a reference of a dacoit in rajasthan who was supposedly inspired by the book 'mother' by maxim gorky. This fact has been depicted in this movie.The movie is a forerunner of present day movies like 'lagaan'.
Review of Ghulami
