hds-24055 Reviews

Yalgaar (1992)

Weak story screenplay

[7/10 · 27 September 2020]

An FK film always had good production values. Yalgaar is no exception. S M Anwar's cinematography is first rate. The colour are beautiful. Channi Singh:s music is a good extension of Aap jaisa koi from Qurbani. Manisha looks gorgeous. Feroz and Sanjay Dutt both have very good screen presence. However FK has a very good dialogue delivery and Dutt has a very bad one. Kamlesh Pande's dialogue are good but the screenplay drags the film. An opportunity wasted.

Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)

Light hearted English romance

[9/10 · 20 September 2020]

The bacground score, the treatment of the story give you an enjoyable feeling of watching an English romance. Only except you are not. The writing is very good. The shooting is enjoyable. The music lifts up the movie. A must watch.

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)

Very well made movie

[9/10 · 20 September 2020]

This is a three hour long light hearted story of three brothers. The film has a good storyline and is not a collection of comic situations. This has made the movie last these 60 years. The director stcks to the screenplay, the actors adhere to their director. The music lifts the movie A must watch.

Teesri Manzil (1966)

Great movie making

[8/10 · 20 September 2020]

The basic instincts of directors come to the fore when they make a movie. Guru Dutt is an observer of life and never resorts to melodrama even in his tragedies. Gulzar is a mischievous person and this comes out in Anand, Chupke Chupke where he wrote dialogues or in the tragic Namkeen where he directed. Vijay Anand has a trained upbringing in terms of directorship when he saw and observed Chetan Anand at work. Here, he has not written the film but as a director his stamp is there in each frame of the film. He is a director by instincts, and a very good one. Apart from his writing and shooting and editing skills, where too he is unmatched.

Shakti (1982)

Father son duel

[7/10 · 20 September 2020]

Strained father son relation ship depiction is a very difficult task and the work demands imaginative and sensitive writing. Sadly tthe writing in his film does not rise to the demand. Salim Javed could have done a lot better in the sketching of the father son characters. Dilipkumar impresses more than Amitabh in terms of character depiction. Ramesh Sippy is one hell of a director who in this film, and later too in his career, has been let down by his writers.

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

Love the music

[8/10 · 19 September 2020]

Great cinematograph by Tara Dutt and Radhu Karmakar. Great music. Padmini exudes unmatched sex appeal (and this is a black and white film). Runs 20 reels with a leisurely pace. But a must watch.

Sangam (I) (1964)

Beautiful

[8/10 · 19 September 2020]

A very stretched film, still makes compulsive watching. Beautiful songs, beautiful cinematography and very beautiful colours. And of course, the beautiful Vyjayantimala. With only three principal characters moving on screen, the director in Raj Kapoor still manages to avoid boredom with amazing skill. Hats off to him.

Janbaaz (1986)

FK's best directorial effort

[8/10 · 19 September 2020]

A truly glamourous film. Unbeatable cinematography by Veteran Kamal Bose. Written in the true masala film style. Feroz Khan has a very good screen presence and very good dialogue delivery. Dimple looks just great. The music fits the glamour. A widescreen bonanza.

Naseeb (1981)

Manmohan Desai's Blockbustet

[8/10 · 19 September 2020]

A fast moving multistarrer. Does not give you much time to think Good songs, good performances. Lovable.

Sharaabi (1984)

Superlative AB performance

[8/10 · 19 September 2020]

A very small story is stretched to 22 reels. A truly verbose film. Fortunately with very good dialogue by Kader Khan. Amitabh Bachchan acts very true to the character and is brilliant, like always. Very watchable.

Utsav (1984)

A great period film

[9/10 · 6 September 2020]

The period painted by the director, art director and the cinematographer is utterly convincing. You simply surrender. Sharad Joshi's dialogue is delightful. Music is just as convincing for the period. Great movie making.

Kinara (1977)

A film by Gulzar saab

[9/10 · 6 September 2020]

A dancer first loses her fiancee and then her eyesight because of the same person, both by pure Providence. Still she ultimately unites with him. Sounds unconvincing? But this is what happens, and we simply accept and swallow. Fantastic storytelling. Gulzar saab's contribution in film making is far greater, stands tall in the fitting tradition of Bimal Roy.

Masoom (1983)

Must watch

[9/10 · 6 September 2020]

Great film writing. Very sensitive treatment by both, the writer Gulzar saab and the director Shekhar Kapur, of an inherently disruptive subject. The melodrama is simply cut with amazing skill. And superb performances by all actors.

Angoor (1982)

Great adaptation of a Shakespeare story

[9/10 · 6 September 2020]

Very well made. Sticks closely to the story, never being melodramatic, a hallmark of the great Gulzar saab. Superb performances by all actors. Very good writing and a great adaptation.

Jewel Thief (1967)

Original

[9/10 · 5 September 2020]

Most ingeniously scripted. Superb screenplay and dialogue. Terrific background score. Unbeatable song picturisations. Intriguing suspense. Timeless classic. By Vijay Anand.

Anand (1971)

A movie for keeps

[10/10 · 4 May 2020]

A touching story of a lively man. Taken to great heights by Gulzar's crisp and humorous dialogue. And natural performances by the lead artists.

Johny Mera Naam (1970)

Film by Vijay Anand

[9/10 · 26 April 2020]

Mother of many masala pot boilers from the 1970s. And better than them all. Typical characters from the 1970s, but far better sketched. Vijay Anand is the best suited person to make movies for the Indian audience.

Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)

Enjoyable timeless classic

[10/10 · 26 April 2020]

Ver well written. Superbly shot and edited. Terrific performance s, especially by Nutan and Om Prakash. Immensely enjoyable song picturisation. Even the climax comes in a superbly picturised and edited song. Timeless. Not much you can suggest to better it, even today.