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Setentirelyintheconfinesofahouseandfeaturingonlyoneactorplayingoutavarietyofroles,Yaadeinissomewhatofagenuineoddity.YaadeinwastheonlyfilmactorSunilDuttdirected.ThefilmadherestoavividexpressioniststylewithnumerouscantedanglesandlowangleshotsthatliterallyimprisonAnil’s(SunilDutt)figurewithinthetightlycomposedframe.Dispensingwithplot,thefilmisanextendedmonologuedeliveredbyDuttashewandersthroughthehousereflectingonthebreakdownofhismarriage.SunilDuttwasaterrificactorandhispresenceinvirtuallyeveryscenewasanexhaustingandriskystrategytotakebutinmanywaysthisiswhatmakesYaadeinsodistinct.ItisevidentthatSunilDuttwasopenlyinterestedinplayingwithhisstarimageandYaadein’sexperimentalveinpointedtoapotentiallyinterestingdirectorialcareer,whichunfortunatelynevercametofruition.Yaadeinisalsoproblematictocategorise.Whilethefilmfeaturesamajoractor/starintheleadrole,theabsenceofplotandadditionaldominantmainstreamcharacteristicspushesthefilmintothecategoryoftheartfilm.Nevertheless,Yaadeinwasaoneofffortheactorandwhereasthefilmofferssomefascinatingexpressionistmoments,ithaslargelybeenforgottenbecauseofastylisticandideologicalinsignificance.
