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The protagonist(hero) in this movie is the village "letter writer", usually a very important person who writes letters dictated by illiterate folks for a paltry fee.

 

When the hero asks the shopkeeper for a bottle of ink, the shopkeeper comments that he(the hero) is still stuck with ink when man has reached the moon and "blown his nose there" and in a few years he himself plans to open a shop on moon...

 

Then the hero asks for some tepid water to "bathe" his pen, to which the shopkeeper retorts "there is not even water to drink, how to spare water to bathe the pen?", then he goes on to show him some ballpoints which write for 10kms and suggests that the hero should switch to them. To which, the hero replies that he is not fickle to switch loyalties unlike the folks in Politics and that it is his desire to have the same pen with him till his last breath.

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The protagonist(hero) in this movie is the village "letter writer", usually a very important person who writes letters dictated by illiterate folks for a paltry fee.

 

When the hero asks the shopkeeper for a bottle of ink, the shopkeeper comments that he(the hero) is still stuck with ink when man has reached the moon and "blown his nose there" and in a few years he himself plans to open a shop on moon...

 

Then the hero asks for some tepid water to "bathe" his pen, to which the shopkeeper retorts "there is not even water to drink, how to spare water to bathe the pen?", then he goes on to show him some ballpoints which write for 10kms and suggests that the hero should switch to them. To which, the hero replies that he is not fickle to switch loyalties unlike the folks in Politics and that it is his desire to have the same pen with him till his last breath.

 

For all its indelicacy, the phrase "man has reached the moon and 'blown his nose there'" made me laugh out loud.

 

I don't have headphones in the library, but I am looking forward to listening to the audio at home.

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I rented the movie last week and enjoyed it, though the protagonist is a bit of a smuck almost till the end of the story.

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The protagonist(hero) in this movie is the village "letter writer", usually a very important person who writes letters dictated by illiterate folks for a paltry fee.

 

When the hero asks the shopkeeper for a bottle of ink, the shopkeeper comments that he(the hero) is still stuck with ink when man has reached the moon and "blown his nose there" and in a few years he himself plans to open a shop on moon...

 

Then the hero asks for some tepid water to "bathe" his pen, to which the shopkeeper retorts "there is not even water to drink, how to spare water to bathe the pen?", then he goes on to show him some ballpoints which write for 10kms and suggests that the hero should switch to them. To which, the hero replies that he is not fickle to switch loyalties unlike the folks in Politics and that it is his desire to have the same pen with him till his last breath.

 

Great lines!

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Any one has any idea what the pen might be?

From the still at 1:05, my guess is an Airmail 71J.

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Camlin Inks were the bomb- very nice blue-black color.

But then I discovered Quink. And my life was changed. No more clogged Staedtler nibs. No more smearing coz it dried quickly.

But this does bring back some nostalgia - thank you for sharing.

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Shreyas Talpade, the protagonist, is the first cousin of one of my best friends. I should try and find out if he (Shreyas) really has taken to fountain pens after this shot. hmm1.gifMaybe we can get him here on FPN.

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Since I am home these days, I'll have to find movies by Shyam Benegal, and rent them. I had forgotten what a great filmmaker he is.

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Since I am home these days, I'll have to find movies by Shyam Benegal, and rent them. I had forgotten what a great filmmaker he is.

 

+1 to that. I also believe Shyam Benegal is a great filmmaker.

I hope you would try "well done Abba".

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From the still at 1:05, my guess is an Airmail 71J.

 

 

I thought the band in the cap is transparent but is actually metal.

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Later in the movie we get a close-up of his hand as he writes. It is a Camlin (21, I think).

 

Thanks so much for posting this!

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