Sales talk matters more than the real stuff. A low profile, straightforward, good-hearted performer has to end up as a loser howsoever deserving he might be. You show off in an impressive manner, boast your false achievements and talk in a sugar-coated, subtly flattering way and you will get what you want whether or not you deserve it. Several scenes showing the race between the hare (Farooq) and the tortoise (Nasiruddin) with the win of the hare are highly impressive, underscoring the fact that in today's world smart talk is given more weightage than genuine performance or virtues.
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It is very difficult to find flaws in the movie or the narrative. Hence alongwith the laughters, it conveys the serious message in a subtle manner. Katha manages to make the viewers laugh every now and then throughout the movie but remember, it is not a comedy but a satire. Anyway the perseverance and sincerity of the tortoise pays in the end whereas the hare flees away to befool somebody else now. He is exposed in the end and Nasiruddin is able to win the love of Deepti but Sai has very skillfully demonstrated the fact that virgin Deepti is no longer virgin because of her intimate relationship with Farooq, through the ending scene in which the tortoise gets the bouquet after winning the race but that bouquet contains withered flowers. The smart talker Farooq who is, in fact, a bluffmaster, is always able to get the best of everything by his sheer smart talk and showing off. Since the very outset of their togetherness, Farooq, the hare starts getting the better of the tortoise, Nasiruddin everywhere - in the office and the job, in the bid of getting the love of Deepti and where not. The backdrop of the story is a chawl of Mumbai in which Farooq arrives to live with his old mate Nasiruddin who loves his Padosan, Deepti but always hesitant to speak out his feelings. The hare of the story is Basudev Bhattacharya played by Farooq Sheikh (for some reasons not known to me, Sai used the name of the famous Hindi movie director Basu Bhattacharya for this villaineous character of her satirical movie) and the tortoise is Rajaram played by Nasiruddin Shah. Katha is a modern take on this ancient story underscoring the reality of the world which belongs to the smart and flashy hare and not the slow and steady, sincere, simple, honest tortoise. We, as children, had been told (or made to read) the classic story of a race between the hare and the tortoise which was won by the tortoise because he was slow but steady and went ahead, marching non-stop towards his destination whereas the hare lost because of his overconfidence and complacence prompting him to take a nap in between the race. In 1983 she came up with Katha which is not a pure comedy like Chashm-e-Baddoor and in fact, a satirical comment upon today's work culture, social system and values (especially in India). Thereafter she directed a hilarious comedy, Chashm-e-Baddoor starring Farrooq Sheikh and Deepti Naval. lady director, Sai Paranjpye had carved a niche for herself through her maiden venture itself which was Sparsh, a highly sensitive movie which can justifiably be considered a landmark of Hindi cinema.
Rajaram shows his greatness by accepting her in spite of all this and expressing his long hidden love towards her.
Rajaram then offers to marry the devastated Sandhya, but she tells him that she has been very intimate with Bashu and is perhaps pregnant. But on the day of the engagement, Bashu disappears after being caught red-handed, romancing Anuradha, by Jojo. In the chawl, the Sabnis family decides to get Sandhya married to Bashu, much to the shock of Rajaram. He also starts flirting with Dhindhoria's beautiful wife Anuradha (Mallika Sarabhai) and daughter Jojo (Winnie Paranjape) at the same time. Dhindhoria, with false stories about his work experience and love of golf. He then joins Rajaram's company, Footprint Shoes, by impressing the owner, Mr. Bashu starts wooing Sandhya, and she falls in love with him. Bashu generally impresses people by his false success stories and his over-the-top attitude. One day Rajaram's fast-talking friend Vasudev alias Bashu (Farooq Shaikh) - the hare - comes for a visit and makes himself at home.
Most of his neighbors and colleagues take advantage of his goodness. Rajaram is a very good natured and hardworking man. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Sabnis (Deepti Naval), but is unable to disclose his love for her, mainly due to his timidity. Joshi (Naseeruddin Shah) - is a middle-class clerk living in a chawl (middle-class apartment complex) in Bombay. Sathye's Marathi play Sasa Aani Kasav (Hare and Tortoise). Even though the good (tortoise) may win in the end, is it worth the wait? It is based on S.G. The film is loosely based on the classical Indian folktale of the hare and the tortoise, providing a modern interpretation of the same.