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Haré Rama Haré Krishna (1971)
Bold and Beautiful, one of the Best Bollywood movies with a Beautiful Message
Who can forget Dum-Maro-Dum? Well, personally I think anybody who heard the song for the first time would never forget it in his/her lifetime. Dev Anand has done a great job in his direction and bringing out the story and message. It's not a typical Indian movie, but to say this film with its story and the actress Zeenat Aman revolutionized Indian Cinema. The movie is all about Sibling love, defects of the modern world i.e. Divorce and Drugs. RD Burman, The legendary music composer is at his VERY BEST! Probably the best ever with Superhit songs such as Dum-Maro-Dum , "Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka", "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" which took the country by the storm.
Fun Facts – Zaheeda was offered the role of Jasbir/Janice in the movie, but she rejected it as it wasn't a typical Indian role, so Zeenat Aman was chosen as a last minute replacement, Zaheeda's simple mistake made Zeenat a Super Star!
-- The song Dum-Maro-Dum was initially rejected by Dev Anand but RD Burman begged Dev to put at least one stanza. Thank God, he accepted!
The movie is about an Indian Family, the Jaiswals settled in Montréal, Canada. The parents just can't stand each other and the brother and sister are totally the opposite, full of love and affection for each other. The sibling love is beautifully shown by the song "Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka" which the brother Prashant sings to his gloomy sister, Jasbir. The parents eventually split and Prashant returns back to India with mother and 8 year Jasbir is left behind with her abusive father and his 2nd wife. The maid, as she didn't want the young girl to feel bad brainwashes Jasbir to believe her brother and mother are dead. Jasbir in the long run runs away from home and changes her name to Janice. As the years pass, Prashant becomes a pilot and receives a letter from his Father that Jasbir is located in Kathmandu. He immediately flies to Kathmandu and goes in search of his long lost sister.
Prashant (Dev Anand) eventually recognizes his sister (Zeenat Aman), however she is totally in a daze, and has become a hippie addicted to drugs, anything to make her forget her dreadful childhood. He also finds the love of his life Shanti, a local Nepalese dancer (Mumtaz). Prashant is also convicted of being a thief. Among all this, Prashant has to get back his sister, who is totally unaware that he is her long lost brother. The song which Young Prashant Sings to Young Jasbir is sung again but in an adult male voice which eventually makes Janice/ Jasbir recognize Prashant. The ending is extremely heartbreaking and tear-jerking, I literally cried watching it, but the message is evergreen-- "Drugs do no good."
The music was perhaps was the best of RD Burman, Dum-Maro-Dum is such a rage, well I wouldn't use the past tense, as it is still a very big rage. Asha Bhosle won the "Filmfare Best Singer for Dum-Maro-Dum". The younger version of the song "Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka" is beautifully sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The Elder version of the song i.e. when the Adult Prashant sings it to Janice to make her remember him is again sung amazingly and expressively by Kishore Kumar. Anand Bakshi, The lyricist was as always amazing in bringing out the real strength of the movie.
Zeenat Aman looks stunningly gorgeous in her westernized hippie costumes and sunglasses. Dev, who has a nick of finding Superstar actresses made Zeenat A STAR right from her first movie. The Film and the Song Dum-Maro-Dum made her a Superstar. She also got a Filmfare for her amazing acting in this movie. Dev with his unparalleled acting was amazing. Mumtaz as usual was Beautiful!
I give this movie a 9/10 for its beautiful story and pioneering actress and fashion and 10/10 for its music, as a million on 10 is impossible.. :P
In all, this was one beautiful movie, with 3 main elements – Sibling love, Romance, and a bit of action. I totally recommend this movie to any Movie Bluff; it's an all age entertainer though it has a little show of drugs.
Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973)
An Awesome Movie!
It's a Typical Bollywood movie with a Beautiful Storyline and The BEST Soundtrack Ever! RD Burman is at his Musical Best with songs such as "Chura Liya Hai Tumne" and "Yaadon Ki Baaraat". Nasir Hussain's Films are known for their Beautiful Storyline and music. This is also Aamir Khan's Debut Film where he plays the young Ratan. - Fun fact
The Story is about a typical Indian Family with a tragic twist. The three brothers whose parents get killed in their childhood grow up separately in different circumstances without knowing anything about each others whereabouts. Shankar turns into a thief and sets out to find who his parents' killer was. Vijay was adopted by a rich man's care-keeper and Ratan starts a band and becomes a singer in a hotel. Much of the film revolves around Shankar's quest to find the guy who killed his parents and get revenge and Vijay trying to woo Sunita, played by the Beautiful Zeenat Aman. Zeenat Aman (My Favorite Actress) plays the daughter of the rich man, who is being wooed by Vijay, the middle brother and later eventually falls for him. Vijay (a total happy-go-lucky boy) at his Handsome best is a total prankster, trying to get the sympathy of Sunita by making her believe he has cancer :D, puncturing tires, and stealing food of two fat men. Vijay's Flirting with Sunita is to be mentioned.
The music is the main driving force of the movie. The first scene is family reunion in which all members sing a family song - Yaadon Ki Baarat
which is kept close to the brothers' hearts but all this is just a prelude to the real element of the story, the murder of the parents.
Shakaal, The Parents' murderer is at his villainous best. He's very haughty and stylish and cares a lot about being fashionable, as he does about stealing and selling the stolen goods to foreigners. He later appoints Shankar as a thief for various petty thefts; later on both of them recognize the other.
Well, after all this, it would be really bad not to describe the dashing and groovy song "Chura Liya". The song picturised on Zeenat Aman(Sunita) and Vijay Arora(Vijay) won the hearts of millions, it is beautifully picturised on her strumming a guitar trying to woo Vijay. The other Song "Meri Soni Meri Tamanna" is a song in which Vijay Apologizes to Sunita for all the petty pranks.
In all, Yaadon Ki Baaraat is a fun-filled film. It has all the things you'd expect from a Typical 70s film. OUTSTANDING music, Romance, Action, comedy, Crazy and Wacky dance moves and especially its funky costumes. It really lives up to mark of a cult-classic film, and has a little something for everyone. The dialogues are impressive and witty. A fantastic entertainer for everyone to watch. For Everything else, you Guys have to Watch the movie!