Sunday, October 15, 2006

amar akbar anthony


this potboiler par excellence with its twists and turns in narrative, the implausible twists of fate, the knowing winks to the amazed audience who knows so much more than any character in the film and all the masala it takes to entertain is the best – or at least the most enjoyable - national integration film ever made.

bharati – the mother - loses her sight and her three sons on the 15th of august at the feet of gandhi. one is brought up a muslim, the other a hindu and the third a christian. she only gets her sight back when the truth of them all being brothers is discovered through unbelievable and brilliant coincidences.

everything about the film is fabulous and nothing ever drags. even the mostly so-so songs are given terrific treatment on screen like the giant easter egg and the purdahs floating from the ceiling. rishi kapoor and amitabh steal the show from poor vinod khanna who gets the older brothers’ sullen role- and among the women glam parveen and chirpy neetu singh are gorgeous. poor shabana azmi just cant keep up.

fabulous film.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

one of my all time favourites!!!

I actually love all of Manmohan Desai's movies - full of surprises, full of fun. :)
Prajna.

Anonymous said...

arre how could u forget blood donation.. all three donating blood at one go.. all of it entering one person..

my favourite song is shirdi wale saibaba (the train rendition rocks) i used to actually try to sing it like tht..

richa said...

lovely new pics of urs on th blog!