kolkata oye sweetie tu dekhyasi have you seen queen bhai wah what performance kangana has put up as rani but pata hai actual dum to hai in the story an indian girl whos abandoned on the eve of her marriage by the dulha from london goes to parisamsterdam and gets so empowered that she says hato ji to her fianc ek aur gal bataoon this rani from delhis rajouri garden reminded me of somebody dont mind ive heard that ravinder nath haan haan the same janaganawala taagore once asked devdaswale saratchandra to write about an ordnary girl like rani that girl malti also loved one naresh who after going to london felt she was just a sadharan meye same story status nahin milti so ravinderji told saratji whos written about paro youre not a miser like god you make this malti get educated go abroad and be surrounded by admiring men rousing envy in the naresh who scorned her hai but there ends that dream perhaps because it was penned in 1932 in 1966 another bangali writer scripted the story of nandrani a gaon ki gori whos wooed by a paisewala subrato and then disowned by him that writer kya naam nabendu ghosh narrated it to his friend hrishikesh mukherjee who made pyar ka sapna in 1968 usme sudha mala sinha a docile gawar who doesnt know english is married off to ramesh biswajeet against his wishes so the raiszada goes off to europe and instead of a lawyer he becomes a playboy who drinks gambles lechers when the dukhi girl tries to commit soocide shes saved by ashok kumar given a makeover becomes a heelsandbouffant memsahib and flies to london to win back the patidev who treated her like dirt par that bangali writer isnt in the credit titles you say maybe thats why ghosh published nahe phool haar in 1983 same to same story of nandrani who becomes the admirable nandini in londonparis and is followed home by her legally wedded husband whod sired her puttar here perhaps as the world was by then celebrating march 8 she says no sir even if shes dying to say haahhaan shes after all raised by a feminist maasi who says no ronadhona because your hubbyji has thrown you out padholikho and stand on your feet else people will treat you like dirt so whats it that has stirred imagination from taagore to vikas bahl why has queen that came with little fanfare and no hype join the 1crore club of bollywood no salmanakshayaction no srkakrk haan dance to fit hai par kangana isnt kareenapriyankavidya yet and weve left sangamdilwale dulhaniahum dil de chuke way behind parislondonetc roadmap has become dalroti in bollywood rani roomsharing with three firangs oye theyre like brothers na aur phir her vijay is no brad pitt yaar he ditched her for status still phir bhi its a bold decision rani takes in the end i clapped and cheered