I was going to finish this earlier this week but I just never got to it. It wasn’t nearly as long as I thought it was going to be. I expected it to take me a couple more lunches to finish it, but I had about 20 minutes left of my lunch where I got to watch all the terrible previews for other films, but even then I got to sit around for a few minutes with nothing to do.
A struggling family is split apart when the middle son (Prem Chopra) marries a rich young modern woman (Bindu). Meanwhile, the youngest son (Rajesh Khanna) falls for her sister (Mumtaz).
I bought this film because I’ve only seen Rajesh Khanna in Anand (1970) and his five minute bit in the Shammi Kapoor/Hema Malini starrer Andaz (1971). Another reason for buying it was because I’ve only ever seen Mumtaz in Brahmachari (1968).
While Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz are credited first, and they got a fair bit of screentime – the film wasn’t really much about them. I’d have to say that the real stars of the film were Balraj Sahni, Prem Chopra, and Bindu. The older step-brother (Navendru), the middle brother (Birju), and the evil sister-in-law (Neela).
Navendru gave up pretty much everything so his step-brothers (Birju and Satyan – played by Rajesh Khanna) could get an education and make a name for themselves. Things go to hell when rich and modern Neela marries Birju and takes over the household. She gets rid of all their old furniture, puts up modern art, and treats all her in-laws as servants. Mumtaz played Reena the lovely (and FIERCE) younger sister. The complete opposite of her sister.
It was a melodramatic family drama. I enjoyed it. Like my boss said after I explained the plot to him, “Uhh… That’s… *laughs* That sounds like an award winner.” But I enjoyed it because I don’t mind the melodrama.
Mumtaz and Bindu were the super high points of the film for me. Mumtaz was fierce, yet really sweet. Bindu was such a bitch that I wanted to reach into the screen and bitchslap her myself. She was convincingly evil!
Because I watched this on my portable DVD player over a few lunches at work, and because I’m lazy and this is my blog – I don’t have caps to share.
I do, however, have an awesome animation of Mumtaz being awesome – beware that the animation is a little over 3mbs.
Mumtaz’s fierce and awesome was quite prominent in the first half hour of the film. After that, of course, she realized that Rajesh was actually a nice guy, and decided to stop slapping and drowning him. I was a little sad, to be honest. I wanted the film to be about this fierce gal played by Mumtaz and this odd duck played by Rajesh Khanna. An open call here for films that fit the bill! Anyone?
There weren’t really that much for songs, but this one was my favorite:
Along with this one where Mumtaz gets to plot against Rajesh who is trying to woo her:
And this fun one:
It wasn’t exactly what I thought it was, but I did enjoy it.
Rating: 4/5
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