Oh boy! A straight up for realsies classic! Which also means that it is hard to find a good copy and they vary widely in length and quality and stuff. So, we will be watching the einthusan version, for consistancy.
In a few minutes, at 3pm Chicago time, we will all hit play on our einthusan and watch watch watch! Awesome movie, Sanjeev Kumar and Waheeda Rahman and Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee and Hema Malini and Poonam Dhillon and SHASHI!!!! Written by Salim-Javed, directed by Yash Chopra, really you cannot do better than this.
At 3pm I will order you all “play” and then we will start commenting along right here. Woo-hoo! Yash Chopra Week!
Well, Sanjeev has complete disintegrated, not even buttoning his cuffs any more
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Iftekhar – the famous police officer.
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The famous actor most known for playing a police officer for decades!
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Shashi, Joseph from Technicolour Dreamcoat is wondering why you stole his coat!!
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Can we all take am oment for Shashi’s bathrobe?
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I really think, if I supplied cement for a project, I have a right to ask to be paid for my cement!
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I wasn’t paying attention to the subtitles but basically Prem Chopra was selling cement to everyone else but Amitabh even though he offered him fair price. So Amitabh calls the Corruption Bureau and reports Prem Chopra for selling cement on the black market.
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Now is the point when I stat losing track of characters. I’m clear on the family, but the business rivals are a mystery to me.
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Babli’s fashion in this movie is on point and I want all her outfits!! I love the turtlenecks on her!!
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Agreed!
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Whoa, Shashi! Ugly color on you!
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Well, this fight got intimate fast!
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Fight fight fight! Looks kind of silly
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I feel like there’s gotta be a better fight strategy than standing toe to toe taking turns punching each other
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Shashi sure changed his mind in a hurry!
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I think there is another scene that was cut. UGH. Now I am questioning my own memory.
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No. I am wrong. No cut there. Shashi just always does the right thing right away!
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But, they were about to have sex! Ignore the doorbell!
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Prem in sunglasses and a leather jacket brings me such joy!
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Black and white unbuttoned suit looks good on Sanjeev!
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Wait, so Amitabh is supposed to be 25 in this?
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Yes! And Shashi is therefore 24
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And yet Waheeda who in real life is the same age as Shashi Kapoor is the mother.
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The brilliance of that dialogue: Amitabh calling Sanjeev his illigetimate father!!! Best dialogue ever!
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This is why you never hide a murderer! Because you don’t know for sure that you aren’t killing your illegitimate son!
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Was Prem Chopra the same height as Amitabh?!
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Wow, it looks like it!
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Wait, did I miss something, how did Shashi know to show up?
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No. It is unclear. But I am guessing Poonam told him.
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That was some serious catapulting out of the car there, Shashi.
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This car thing is not the best plan
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Shashi sticking to his unbuttoned shirt. I like the commitment.
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He has a pink ascot! A pink ascot!
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Question: does sacrificing his life for Amitabh make up for all the terrible things Sanjeev has done up til now?
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Wouldn’t it be better if Sanjeev kept working and let Amitabh enjoy his life for the first time? Amitabh went from working to pay for his mother’s eyebrows to working to take revenge on his father. The man needs a break.
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I guess the widow is just happily accepting all of this?
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Kill the patriarch and everyone is happy. A good message movie!
Also, they hug at the end!! So precious!
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And The End! On a Shashitabh embrace!
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Thank you for this, Margaret! Sucha a joy!
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This was great. I missed this the last few weeks. Thank you, Margaret! Hope everyone has a very nice weekend.
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Things I think were cut: where Waheeda gives him the choker, a bit with Prem Chopra where he explains his grudge, a few bits with the guy who spies for Vijay where he gets rid of him (I might have just missed this), the bit where Sanjeev’s wife leaves the house because she agrees with the marriage now and he won’t relent. Was there anything else?
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Filmikudhi remembers another seen with Amitabh and Raakhee where she gets mad at him for going after Hema.
This feels like a “we lost the reel” or “the end of the reel burned off so we cut it down” kind of funked up edit, not a purposeful one. But since it is a Salim-Javed/Yash Chopra movie, every random minute is vital, so all the little random bits that are missing are important.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 3:38 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I’ve never seen the Rakhee scene in any of the versions I’ve watched, and I’ve seen at least three. It really makes a huge difference for the movie, but then I think it basically always does when anything is cut or switched around. But this is because you can see how disastrous it has been in silent films.
Yes, the cuts here all seem extremely random, and if they needed time they’d have shortened the fight scenes or something instead.
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i get so weirded out every time Shashi calls Sanjeev daddy, and he does it a lot in this.
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Yeah, he should be saying that to Amitabh.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 3:48 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Is Amitabh the daddy in that relationship? I guess in this case he is.
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Well, he’s taller. And Shashi has longer eyelashes. So, yes!
Also just for happiness, let us remember this fan video:
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 9:21 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Logic checks out! I love that video. There used to be two great Shashitabh ones using a lot of footage from Trishul, but they have disappeared.
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