I have seen this film as a child with my parents. I have watched this film with my Children. Thanks to the digitally remastered and colorized version released on 30th January 2010 making my job easier to suggest my grandchildren to look out for this film. Despite the limited technology during 1950s, Maya Bazaar can still get the attention of even current generations and get them by surprise with its cinematography, art direction and visual effects. No wonder CNN-IBN poll conducted in May 2013 listed it as the greatest Indian movie of all time. I don't think any review can cover even a fraction of Maya Bazar's details. It may not be out of the way to mention here that Singer P.Leela once said in an interview that while recording the songs of this film, one of the songs sung by her took 28 takes and the fifth was finalized by the Music Director Ghantasala who took over the position after the initial Music director S.Rajeswara Rao opted out of the project. As per the sourced information, S.Rajeswararao composed the tunes for four songs: "Srikarulu Devathalu", "Lahiri Lahiri", "Choopulu Kalisina Shubhavela" and "Neekosame" which were orchestrated by Ghantasala besides composing the rest of the film's soundtrack and the entire background score. Though each frame of this Film is a story by itself, I liked the sequence of evicting Subhadra by her brothers, the song during their Journey and particularly the War with Ghatotkacha and Abhimanyu where in the character Subhadra (Rushyendramani) picks up a poem angrily mentioning that she is the sister of Krishna and Balarama and also the wife of Arjuna making Ghatotkacha ( S.V.Ranga Rao) to realize that it is his cousin Abhimanyu (ANR) with whom he is in war with. That's just one out several impactive sequences. It's hard to mark the film's genre as the story involves all aspects from the genres of action to drama and comedy to science fiction. Big Salute to all those great people behind this greatest Indian movie of all time, whichever the world they are in today.
