Teen Patti is a card game, which can have most seasoned gamblers salivating at the mouth. Even casual players who may just indulge in a couple of rounds at Diwali [ Images] or New Year just love the excitement. With such a title and Amitabh Bachchan [ Images] in the lead role, one would have thought the producers have a sure shot winner on their hands.
Unfortunately, not.
I haven’t seen Hollywood film, 21, which is supposed to have inspired the film. But we’ve had some interesting adaptations in the past.
One of the most popular moves in Teen Patti is ‘Blind’. But here, it seems director Leena Yadav was moving blindly in all directions. Amitabh Bachchan (Venkat Subramanium) is an unsuccessful Maths professor whose superiors claim his research projects have no practical applications. But his latest is a dissertation on the Theory of Probability which can help them predict the winner in a card game and earn megabucks in the process. So the tutor and his bunch of students are encouraged to take a shot at implementing the theory in the real world. And then all hell breaks loose.
The students, who started out as middle-class simpletons, turn into raving lunatics overnight. They come and go as they please, stash hundreds of rupees in their hostel rooms and get hysterical.
The script doesn’t evolve, it just jumps jerkily from one level to another so that the director can take her story to a predictable end. Such a pity because co-writer Shiv Subramaniam has written such brilliant films like Parinda andHazaaron Khwaishen Aisi.
It’s getting tiring watching R Madhavan [ Images ] doing young man roles. He hasn’t lost his acting abilities but he really needs to rid himself of his flab. The energy and zest that the actor used to bring on screen — especially seen in Guru – is missing.
After The Last Lear [ Images ], it was just a matter of time before somebody tried to recreate a similar persona for Amitabh Bachchan. But the consistency is missing here. Bachchan does his best but he’s tied down with a clichéd script.
Also, his costumes don’t make him look like a millionaire, who can afford to lose lakhs of rupees in one night. In a few scenes, he is seen wearing a white shirt and coat, and looks straight out of Cheeni Kum.
The script is not the only place where the clichés abound. The underground gambling dens are garish and look straight out of Dev D [ Images ]. The high-profile parties and casinos look even more bizarre. It’s apparent they were trying to create a Las Vegas [ Images ] kind of effect but it just doesn’t work.
Shakti Kapoor [ Images ] was the fun part of the film. He’s called Prem London [ Images ], a loud-mouthed compulsive gambler. His dialogues are full of have expletives. His daughter Shraddha makes her debut in the film as Aparna. Though a bit raw, she has huge potential. In fact, it is the acting prowess of the ensemble cast that gets you involved. Newcomers Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher and Vaibhav Talwar show great promise. This is one aspect where Leena Yadav has really delivered the goods.
Three decades after Gandhi, Ben Kingsley still weaves magic for the Indian audiences. As Kingsley and Bachchan share their life experiences, there is the sheer pleasure of watching two legends share screen space. And since there is no attempt to overshadow the other, the experience is memorable. It’s difficult to visualise other actors in these roles. Teen Patti is worth a watch just for these actors.
As part of Beth Loves Bollywood’s international mandate 7 days of 70’s, a week-long festival of any and all things 70’s from Bollywood, I offer to you my readers, Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1970) somehing I like to call Sholay Lite!
This film is a delightful mix of some of the 70’s most delicious masala staples: orphans, dacoits, bandits, dancers, damsels in distress, amputated limbs, music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Anand Bakshi as lyricist, playback singing by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi, and starring Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, Vinod Khanna, Laxmi Chhaya, and Jayant.
Now let me take you on a visual walk through Mera Gaon Mera Desh. We start with Ajit (Dharmendra) as a pick pocket, caught and put on the stand, explaining his fate to the judge and jury…
Ajit gets a chance after serving a light sentance to start over in a small village to where he’s been summoned by a one armed Hawaldaar-Major Jaswant Singh (Jayant). Ajit carries a coin that he flips to help him make major life decisions, and it flipped to the side that made him agree to go to the little town. But why? Why would the one armed man want orphan?
Maybe to help him with some farm work. That seems to be the reason. Then Ajit hangs out partying with the villagers, and Jayant’s character doesn’t like this and dekh what happens:
Such ugliness! Such mean words! That’s the limit! So he tells Ajit to leave, but then has to change his mind:
Enter bad guy, dacoit, and bandit extrodinaire, Thakur gone bad, Jabbar Singh! I’m telling you Vinod Khanna was delicious in this part. Look at the sideburns and the scoul on his face. Hot!
So as it turns out, the one armed guy sought Ajit for the village (gaon) not for farming alone, but instead to take the lead in fighting off the band of dacoits who have long been terrorizing the villagers. Luckily Ajit finds a double agent in Munnibai (Laxmi Chhaya) who was sent by Jabbar to find out about Ajit, but ends up falling for him instead.
Munni does her spy duty, finds out what’s going on in Jabbar Singh’s dacoit camp and reports back to Ajit.Ajit informs the authorities, Munni’s mom get’s upset at her indiscretion because like all villagers she rears the wrath Jabbar Singh and his bandits.
In the song, Hai Sharmaon, Laxmi Chhaya’s character alerts Ajit to what disguises the bandits are wearing to the fair so that he can catch them.
After some of his men are captured by police at the full moon fair, Jabbar Singh suspects a traitor among his flock and conducts a threatenging interrogation fitting a bandit.
Thing get a wee bit misogynistic.
Meanwhile, back in town, Asha Parekh’s character, Anju, freaks out when Hawaldaar-Major Jaswant Singh (one armed guy) is killed by the bandits. I love it when Asha breaks down. She of course needs a tight slap to the face in order to get a hold of herself.
To make matters worse, now poor munni is thought by Ajit to be responsible for the bandits’ attack on the gaon village. So she’s once again subject to some man handling, and once again, things get just a tad mysoginistic.
Oh no he didn’t! Ajit can verbally abuse her, choke her, shake her, and shove her down into the river two times, but what sets her over the edge is that he doesn’t understand that she did not betray him, and that she loves him! He pushed her over the edge in so many ways, and now look at the face of a woman scorned! DEKH! LOOK AT IT!
Jabbar Singh cointinues with his dacoitery and kidnaps Anju to lure Ajit into his evil den, where he proceeds to tie them up for torture. Any chance I get to screen cap a scene with the word enmity in it I do, so here:
NOW here is the scene and song that compelled me to see this film in the first place: Maar Diya Jaaye Ya Chhod Diya Jaaye, Bol Tere Saath Kya Sulook Kiya Jaaye. Raj and Pablo, the charming and lovely radio hosts of BBC Asian Network’s Love Bollywood, posted this video from the film on their Facebook page. It starts off with Dharmendra tied to a pole getting slapped in the face, and that was only the beginning of this outlandish number, featuring him, Laxmi Chayya and Asha Parekh.
Spoiler moral message ending alert! In the end the lesson is learned: The village must take responsibility to self govern and not rely so heavily on the government, meaning it’s a joint effort, but this effort must first begins at the grassroots level. As it’s said it takes a village to raise a child, and in this movie, it takes a village to eliminate a dacoit. So now that title makes more sense: Mera Gaon Mera Desh = My Village My Country.
EXTRA CREDIT: Here’s why Mera Gaon Mera Desh can be called Sholay Lite
Since Asha freaks out so beautifully, I shall end on this note:
Check out all the other groovy 70’s week posts HERE and HERE.
A 22-year-old Miss Virginia 2009 Caressa Cameron recently won the title of Miss America 2010 at the Las Vegas’s Theater for Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Saturday, 30th, Jan 2010. If you are findind for Caressa Cameron wiki, biography and photos, then read below for her Caressa Cameron Wiki information.
Caressa Cameron Profile:
Birth name: Caressa Cameron Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia Birth Year: 1987 Height: 5′ 4″ Hair color: Brown
Title: Miss Virginia 2009, Miss America 2010
Major competition: Miss America 2010 (winner) From: Fredericksburg, Virginia Current education: Virginia Commonwealth University Graduated from: Massaponax High School
Caressa Cameron Wiki:
Caressa Cameron was born in 1987 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Caressa Cameron has completed her graduation from Massaponax High School and she is doing her studies in broadcast communications at Commonwealth University Virginia and she is willing to do Masters in Mass Communication. Caressa also wants to make her career as a television news anchor.
Caressa Cameron wins two titles of Miss Virginia in 2009. She was the first runner up in 2008 and second runner up in 2007 and third runner up in 2006. She is Careesa Cameron received around $35,000 scholarship in 2009 for her active participation in Miss America organization. She won a $2,000 scholarship in the Preliminary Talent competition in vocal pop in January 2010.
Recently, she won the Miss American 2010 title on January 30th , 2010 at the Las Vegas Theater in Planet Hollywood. She was received $50,000 scholarship to become a Miss American 2010. Caressa Cameron was announced Miss America 2010 by a seven judge jury on the eve of 89th pageant contest. She won her national title on her fourth try and become a first black Miss America since Ericka Dunlap in 2005.
Caressa Cameron is a wonderful and talented student throughout her studies, and also showed her talent, beauty and confidence on the stage of Miss America 2010. Caressa Cameron was announced Miss America 2010 by a seven judge winch is comedian Paul Rodriguez, Dave Koz, American Idol contestant Brooke White, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, Vivica A. Fox and also include talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
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When in doubt, Uddhav Thackeray always pulls out the trump card, Bal Thackeray, from his pack in the hope that it’s one ace that will never fail with the Marathi manoos. Well, guess what. It seems to have boomeranged badly if public perception is any indication.
Ever since he lost the elections, Shiv Sena President Uddhav has struggled to first explain the defeat, then the rise of his cousin Raj Thackeray and, of course, what his party stands for. Not too long ago, when Raj floated the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), he had proclaimed that he had “no desire to follow his uncle’s brand of politics”. But defeat has replaced bravado with desperation.
The ensuing farce in the streets, in television studios and in the Twitterworld is no less dramatic than any Mumbai tamasha.
Shah Rukh Khan
“It was humiliating to see none of the Pakistani players being picked up. The issue could have been handled better.”
Saamna
“If Shah Rukh wants Pakistani players to play, he should go to Karachi and Islamabad to play with them.”
In less than three months of losing the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Thackerays have antagonised the younger generation they tried so hard to woo.
In the past one month, the Shiv Sena has launched verbal assaults on national icons like cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and poured vitriol on Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Worse, Uddhav has had to drag the original Shiv Sainik, Bal Thackeray, out of retirement to rescue the Shiv Sena from the mess.
Marooned without an idea or ideology, Uddhav has predictably sought to reincarnate the old party plank of Marathi manoos, which was used against south Indians in the 1960s. It is arguable whether the plank exists but even if it did, Uddhav and his cohorts lack the charisma and the political acumen of a Raj Thackeray to carry it off.
Raj’s men have been hitting out at soft targets like taxiwallahs and students from north India, but have been careful not to touch iconic personalities like Ambani or Tendulkar.
In desperation and in the name of the old tiger, Uddhav’s men are running riot in the party’s editorial mouthpiece Saamna, taking potshots at high-profile people to ensure space in national dailies and TV channels.
Desperation has resulted in suicidal lunacy. Why else would a party target born-and-bred in Mumbai Marathi manoos Tendulkar? Not satisfied, the Sena attacked Ambani for something he said in faraway London.
Mukesh Ambani
“We are all Indians first. Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi belong to all Indians. That is the reality.”
Saamna
“Marathi people have as much right over Mumbai as Mukesh Ambani has over the Reliance empire. Don’t meddle in the issue of Marathi manoos.”
What has made the battle more interesting is some of the high-profile names from Bollywood and business coming out against petty politics. With the likes of Ambani and Tendulkar protesting against parochial mindsets, the choices aren’t easy given that on the ground there isn’t such a big issue.
Says Atul Kulkarni, Marathi actor of Rang De Basanti fame, “Politicians are trying to foster a feeling of insecurity in the minds of Marathis so that they can gather support. We have to be more mature as citizens and voters to see that today it’s Marathi versus non-Marathi, tomorrow it will be Muslim versus Hindu.”
The party think tank-if there is one-is obviously cut off from GenNext. Aspiration is the calling card of this generation and with half of India under the age of 25, political parties are queueing up at colleges and universities to woo the next poll voter, not damn their icons.
Uddhav and company have obviously not realised that the GenNext of 2010 is very different from the GenNext of the 1960s when Bal Thackeray started the party. This is best reflected in a chorus of demands from a cross section of the populace for the Government to act.
With Mumbai becoming a bone of contention, representatives from business and Bollywood say it’s about time the Government decided on the fate of the city and its people.
Mohan Bhagwat
“Mumbai is for all Indians… nobody can prevent Indians from moving to any part of the country in search of employment.”
Saamna
“This city belongs to Maharashtra and Marathi manoos. If RSS wants to talk of protecting Hindi, they should do it in the south first.”
Actor Manoj Bajpai says, “I am ready to leave the city and go back to my state, but for that the Government has to amend the Constitution. If that is not the case it must ensure the safety of its citizens. This debate has been going on for too long now and needs to be resolved.”
Social activist Alyque Padamsee wonders whether the Congress is frightened of the Shiv Sena and the MNS, which is perhaps why Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is fortifying himself behind the walls of Mantralaya, while the Shiv Sena and the MNS are running wild burning taxis and beating up north Indians.
He asks, “What has happened to law and order? Why is the prime minister not speaking out? There is a deafening silence from Delhi at a time when people are looking for answers.”
With Assembly elections due in Bihar later this year, the rant against north Indians and Biharis by the parochial political class in Maharashtra has become a hot potato for both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress at the national level.
Not surprisingly, Chavan and the Congress did a U-turn on his policy on taxi licences for “locals only” within 24 hours.
Rahul Gandhi
“I am not interested what Bal Thackeray or Raj Thackeray has said. I am interested in one concept that India belongs to Indians and every part of India belongs to every Indian.”
Uddhav Thackeray
“Rahul Gandhi has insulted the bravery of martyrs like Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar, Tukaram Omble, all daring Marathi policemen, and NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.”
Bal Thackeray
“Mumbai may belong to all Indians but how can it belong to an Italian mummy?”
On January 31, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat-a Marathi manoos in every sense of the Sena definition-delivered a huge body blow to the Sena by declaring that “Mumbai is for all Indians? nobody can prevent Indians from moving to any part of the country in search of employment”.
Always careful of its nationalist image, the RSS obviously decided to step in to stem the damage that its association with the Sena was wreaking on the BJP. Almost on cue, newly coronated BJP President Nitin Gadkari echoed the sentiments of the Sangh Parivar chief.
The babel of words has resulted in open sesame-everyone is taking an opportunity to score brownie points as politicians have elections to fight. Politicians and activists are competing in the studio-to-studio byte race. Raj declared he would be addressing a rally and the press on February 3.
Within hours Uddhav, who had sworn off the press and found reason to praise the newly released Rann to criticise the media, also held a press conference. After reacting to Rahul’s comment on north Indian NSG commandos being flown in to Mumbai during 26/11, Uddhav and his team went into a huddle looking for a new strategy.
On February 3, he slammed the Congress Government by calling the chief minister anti-Marathi. He didn’t even spare the RSS. Not to be left out, Chavan-under pressure from allies and the leadership in Delhi-met with the press.
In true Congress tradition, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress chief Manikrao Thakre declared that “Rahul Gandhi played a crucial role and took a stand on an issue of national importance. He meant that the whole nation comes together in a time of crisis and does not think if he’s a Maharashtrian.”
While Uddhav has been on a rant and rave mission, cousin Raj has come up with his own salvo. Addressing a rally on the same day, Raj rubbished Rahul’s statement that “north Indians saved Mumbai during 26/11″. He asked why Rahul and his predecessors did not bother to develop Uttar Pradesh though all of them contested elections from the state.
Raj says, “Rahul’s grandmother Indiraji had appointed General Arunkumar Vaidya, a Maharashtrian, to lead Operation Bluestar to eliminate terrorists in Amritsar. We never said that Maharashtra saved Punjab.”
This cub didn’t even spare the industrialists and took pot shots on RSS functionary Ram Madhav and Ambani for their “Mumbai for all” remarks. He says, “They say Mumbai belongs to India. When did I say Mumbai belongs to Afghanistan or China? I am not against the country’s integrity. The 26/11 attack was Delhi’s intelligence failure and you are blaming Maharashtra for that.”
Sachin Tendulkar
“Mumbai belongs to India. I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that, but I am an Indian first.”
Saamna
“You were not even born when the Marathi manoos got Mumbai and 105 Marathi people sacrificed their lives for it.”
The problem is one of objective. In their quest to outdo Raj, Uddhav and the Shiv Sena have not just antagonised national icons and alienated their own followers, they seem to be on the verge of losing their oldest ally, the BJP.
With the RSS asking their Sangh Parivar to protect north Indians in Maharashtra, the rift between the BJP and the Shiv Sena has come out in the open. It’s a well-known fact that Gadkari and Uddhav have never been the best of friends and that the BJP at one time was actively considering tying up with MNS because of Uddhav’s highhandedness.
With the BJP coming out in the open with its stand against regionalism, its alliance with the Sena seems to be skating on thin ice. By likening the Sena’s view on Mumbai to Article 370 and granting special status to Jammu & Kashmir, Gadkari has made it clear to the BJP’s alliance partner that it’s not going to remain silent on the Sena’s regional agenda.
The fussilade of poor publicity seems to have hit home at Matoshri. In a face saving move, Uddhav has softened his stance on demanding an “apology from Shah Rukh Khan”.
Aamir Khan
“If he were to select IPL players he would do so only on the basis of their performance and not nationality.”
Saamna
“Aamir and Shah Rukh have been proved as ‘2 Idiots’ as both are making statements supporting Pakistani cricketers.”
Uddhav says, “We have no issues against Shah Rukh Khan’s film (My Name Is Khan) and neither have we told any theatre owner not to screen his film. Our problem is with his stand on Pakistani players. It is up to him now whether to change his stand or stick to it.”
For now, there seems to be a commercial break in the tamasha, but both the Centre and the state Government will have to act if they don’t want the nation’s commercial capital to be turned into the theatre of the absurd like in a banana republic. Both the Centre and the state will have to address the concerns arising out of Mumbai.
Piyush Pandey, executive chairman and national creative director of Ogilvy & Mather, puts it succinctly for the political class, “The Government must have a proper discussion, not in the media, and convey it to the public at large; else people will live with insecurity. There has to be a dialogue on what kind of a country we are and where do people stand in the city of Mumbai.”
Indians in Mumbai, dare threats of Shiv Sainiks bravely display the tickets of MNIK out side a Mumbai theatre. Mumbai snubbed Sena second time in a row, last time for Rahul this tme for SRK. Sena may become histroy if they do not change.
Mumbai snubs Shiv Sena second time in a row, a week ago it was Rahul Gandhi this Week it is Sharukh Khan. India celebrates the defeat of Shiv Sena, and the T Company still will be on the wrong side of the fence. They have generation to emulate, like father like son. It was Bal Thakrey who flirted with law and twisted and meddled with it for over five decades.
The lion Bal Thakrey roared always to put to shame the unity of India, and its citizens, they induced fear in fellow Indians sometimes targeting Keralites, and many of the times North Indians, from UP and Bihar were targets of Shiv Sainiks.
Even the new off shoot MNS Raj T build his political base by spiting venom on the North Indians couple of years ago before 26/11I Mumbai Terror Attacks, These T Brigade was no to be seen near the Taj Hotel or the affected areas of Terror invasion in Mumbai with any sympathy to the victims or to the media.
The roaring loins were in there dens cooling heals, when Mumbai was burning. Nation was fighting unitedly was against the terror outfits, be the BSF, the Police or the People of Mumbai.
The T Company has special liking for the Minorities, they love to hate them and abuse them and blame them in the name of religion, always giving them names, and many a times asking them to prove their being Indian. Even likes of Dilip Kumar the legend was a target of the senior Tracery.
“Regional and religious hate filled speed driving” may have become the style of T Company but the result is in front of us they have dashed head on with the back lash, executed by the fed up Mumbaikars. The people of Mumbai rejected the idea of Shiv Sena, and T Company and raised the flag of Unity and oneness in India by demonstrating and seeing “My Name is Khan” under the threat of Shiv Sainiks.
Udahv, Bal, and Raj, I am sure you all will be out business if you do not change now. Take a good look around see the world has changed the people can’t be given stories and expecting them to believe.
Accept, the writing on the wall
“Shiv Sena can’t induce ill will and divide people any more it is all over.” Unless they drastically change, if they like to do positive politics in Maharashtra to serve the sate like good and able organization who can build and work for the state in all positive things.
T Company failed to assess the minds and hearts of the people of Mumbai and India. The Indian of sixties and seventies is no match to the present times; each Indian is far bigger and intelligent than all the sainiks and the T Company.
Any average qualified boy in his early twenties is good to give an advice to them,
“Just be good, to all Indians, and all Human beings. Think well, make friends, help them, love them, support them, and unite them. Give them reason to love you and smile, Be a good as Indian and treat all Indians as brothers and sisters, hate to hate, them”.
This may look like a dream which may not come true. Or wishful thinking. But as a good citizen my job is try to clear the dirt and fill it with goodness. I have not stopped hoping, I am an optimistic I am an Indian, my nation has trained me to be good, I know our father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, must be happy today.
Indians salute fellow Indians in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, for not budged to the black mail and strongly saying no to violence, and hatred spilled out by few narrow minded leaders of Shiv Sean.
The Indian in us has won the battle of nerves, and defended our liberty, right of expression, our constitutional authority, and saved a man like SRK from embarrassed, and a billion Indians across the world. For no fault of his or theirs.
They plotted to gain political mileage and set score right between the T Company rivals MNS and Shiv Sena. Hope … one day they may change.
Review: This track retaliates on the Shiv Sena’s protests of My Name Is Khan and the overall state of Bollywood. Below are the lyrics for this track.
(Chorus)
(Verse 1):
The character persona that’s often in scenes
Can vary from the truth written on Page 3
With cultural symptoms that reflect social needs
There can’t be a torn reel in this fraternity
But that’s the case when dealing with brutal beasts
Each person is left with an individual seat
How can artists unite in the climax’s heat
When what hurts them most is mob mentality
Ripped posters and threats to the aam aadmi
Canceled films show no support for screens
This is the current state that Bollywood has seen
Drops of politics have vanished an actor’s plea
To separate art and state so one is voiced free
Thoughts that have no limits or capacity
Opposition should be within limits of reach
Even the constitution offers the right of speech
(Chorus)
(Verse 2):
Trade analysts equate 1.2 billion rupees
As the amount that’s been vested in this movie
If Bombay cinemas don’t allow for its release
Twenty-five percent of revenues will decease
Fox Star Studios may never film in Hindi
But more so the moral that’s suppose to teach
And educate viewers about complexities
Will become shunned by the Sena of Shiv’s
Affecting a potential Oscar nominee
This isn’t about players being Pakistani
Did anyone with hatred even stop to think
What the Twitter comments may actually mean
Before bridging religion with athletics
And turning skeptic of universal beliefs
Opposition should be within limits of reach
Even the constitution offers the right of speech
This is one video that you’ll either be in awe of or be rolling in laughter. Awe because of the number of action sequences that have been executed in the type of infrastructure and equipment they had. It was done in the early 90s and thumbs up for the hardwork behind this scene.
Peals of laughter because you will notice the following bloopers:
1. Cars flying with obvious ramps.
2. Cars stopping and crashing after exhaust pipes are thrown at them.
3. Cops taking the aerial route always in spite of having guns.
4. Hero’s hands were handcuffed at the beginning, during the middle he loses it, and again at the end he has it on!
5. Notice the policeman waving the balloons in one scene
6. The director seems to have a penchant for watching horses break their necks.
7. Notice how the hero gets it in the crotch, yet manages to ride a horse right after!
8. Best of all, don’t at all… at all… miss the Horse sliding under the truck scene!
Teen Patti is a card game, which can have most seasoned gamblers salivating at the mouth. Even casual players who may just indulge in a couple of rounds at Diwali [ Images] or New Year just love the excitement. With such a title and Amitabh Bachchan [ Images] in the lead role, one would have thought the producers have a sure shot winner on their hands.
After The Last Lear [ Images ], it was just a matter of time before somebody tried to recreate a similar persona for Amitabh Bachchan. But the consistency is missing here. Bachchan does his best but he’s tied down with a clichéd script.
So as it turns out, the one armed guy sought Ajit for the village (gaon) not for farming alone, but instead to take the lead in fighting off the band of dacoits who have long been terrorizing the villagers. Luckily Ajit finds a double agent in Munnibai (Laxmi Chhaya) who was sent by Jabbar to find out about Ajit, but ends up falling for him instead.
Munni does her spy duty, finds out what’s going on in Jabbar Singh’s dacoit camp and reports back to Ajit.
Ajit informs the authorities, Munni’s mom get’s upset at her indiscretion because like all villagers she rears the wrath Jabbar Singh and his bandits.
Meanwhile, back in town, Asha Parekh’s character, Anju, freaks out when Hawaldaar-Major Jaswant Singh (one armed guy) is killed by the bandits. I love it when Asha breaks down. She of course needs a tight slap to the face in order to get a hold of herself.
