coffee_rules Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor were the crowd pulling pair. Namak Halaal, Do aur do paanch, Suhaag, Silsila, Kaala Patthar, Deewar and Roti kapda aur makaan were some of the many movies this star pair featured in. I liked Shaan movie as well. There was never a dull moment while watching it. The scene in which Amitabh talks about car and Shashi Kapoor talk actress is still in memory. Who can forget Shakaal in that movie. He did his job well as a villain. You forgot Kabhie Kabhie and Ajooba (forgetful movie)
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 12 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Cant pick one but ill say LAGAAN was the most complete film. Lagaan was a precursor to the Akshay Kumar forced patriotic films of today. It was generally a dull and predictable film. The cricket part was utterly unwatchable. The songs were good, but no where near as good as they are made out to be.
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Lagaan was a precursor to the Akshay Kumar forced patriotic films of today. It was generally a dull and predictable film. The cricket part was utterly unwatchable. The songs were good, but no where near as good as they are made out to be. cant disagree more Akshay kumar most films are bad in 1st place....As a film alone lagaan was outstanding. It had all the Navras which most films fail to tick (even though not necessary in every film) Mariyam 1
Straight Drive Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: You forgot Kabhie Kabhie and Ajooba (forgetful movie) Shashi Kapoor wasn't there in Ajooba alongside Amitabh. But both did feature together in Kabhi Kabhie.
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Very difficult to zero-in on a favourite. Very difficult to even get a top 10. Here goes nonetheless 1) DDLJ 2) Kaun? 3) Mohabbatein 4) Karan Arjun 5) K3G Honourable mentions: Chak De India, Swades, Mr India, Mohra, Ek Haseena Thi, Johnny Gaddar, Trishul, Deewar, Pyaasa Edited February 2, 2021 by Mariyam FischerTal 1
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Loved both Satya and Company. Khallaas is among my favorite songs of all time. But, my all-time favorite movie is the original Agneepath. Amitabh and Manjunath's portrayal of ADC VDC had some kind of impact on my mind that I cannot describe. Even with my low attention span today, I could watch it non-stop and be hooked to the screen (except when Mithun pulls the OTT Madraasi crap). Have you seen Hrithik's version of Agneepath? I maybe in the minority here, but that version and Hrithik's essaying of that charcter is a lot better than the original. AB's Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is a larger than life character who hams and is always in the spotlight. And the script demands that Vijay Dinanath Chauhan stay in the spotlight. Hrithik plays a very deliberate and brooding Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Doesn't want to be in the spotlight and at the end of the day is a guy from a chawl who has made it big as a gangster. One of the very few cases where the remake is better than the original! PS: And the remake doesn't have the caricature like MA Iyer character! Edited February 2, 2021 by Mariyam
coffee_rules Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Mariyam said: Have you seen Hrithik's version of Agneepath? I maybe in the minority here, but that version and Hrithik's essaying of that charcter is a lot better than the original. AB's Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is a larger than life character who hams and is always in the spotlight. And the script demands that Vijay Dinanath Chauhan stay in the spotlight. Hrithik plays a very deliberate and brooding Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Doesn't want to be in the spotlight and at the end of the day is a guy from a chawl who has made it big as a gangster. One of the very few cases where the remake is better than the original! I have seen it, all I saw as acting was blood-shot eyes, and veins popping out of the face, temples, hands, biceps. Cringe.
coffee_rules Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 47 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Very difficult to zero-in on a favourite. Very difficult to even get a top 10. Here goes nonetheless 1) DDLJ 2) Kaun? 3) Mohabbatein 4) Karan Arjun 5) K3G Honourable mentions: Chak De India, Swades, Mr India, Mohra, Ek Haseena Thi, Johnny Gaddar, Trishul, Deewar, Pyaasa You got to pick one. That is the OP. You can't pick most SRK movies as well. Pick ONE and ONLY ONE, imagine there is a gun to your head. And now say.. DDLJ! Mariyam 1
zen Posted February 2, 2021 Author Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Y'day finished re-watching Shree 420, which is a brilliant follow up to Awara ... Shree 420 has more comic sequences ... Still laughing out loud. The bad guy's car had a 840 (420*2) number plate for e.g. Raj Kapoor is brilliant Both these films work well together (since the "character" is repeated) and have a massive following outside India too ... I hope that someone like Criterion does a 4k restoration of these two films ... Maybe add Sangam to it as well Edited February 2, 2021 by zen
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Have you seen Hrithik's version of Agneepath? I maybe in the minority here, but that version and Hrithik's essaying of that charcter is a lot better than the original. AB's Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is a larger than life character who hams and is always in the spotlight. And the script demands that Vijay Dinanath Chauhan stay in the spotlight. Hrithik plays a very deliberate and brooding Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Doesn't want to be in the spotlight and at the end of the day is a guy from a chawl who has made it big as a gangster. One of the very few cases where the remake is better than the original! I saw it, but the problem is that I am not very analytical when it comes to movies. If I like it, I like it. And I didn't like the remake - maybe because I would be disloyal to the original? Or because the original was so impactful on my young-ish mind that nothing else compared, even if technically better? BTW, I don't even understand the meaning of words like "cinematography" - I use it all the time in convos to impress people - "kyaa cinematography thaa yaar" - but I have no clue why I said it. Mariyam 1
Straight Drive Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 Just away from topic. Had gramophone discs collections of Pukar, Sholay, Shree 420, Betaab, Aasha, Jewel Thief, Kaala Patthar, Deewar, Patthar ke sanam, Guide, Disco Dancer, Ja I Dushman, Kalicharan, Julie , Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Aan milo sajna , Pakeezah, Shaan, Muqaddar ka Sikandar The Burning train and many many more collection of gramophone discs of bollywood films. Has anyone else used a gramophone. Mariyam and coffee_rules 2
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: You forgot Kabhie Kabhie and Ajooba (forgetful movie) Oh crap ... you had to bring up Ajooba? I bunked college to go watch it ... dreadful. It was not forgetful, just memorable for all the wrong reasons. Zoology lecture would've been better.
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 @zen Raj Kapoor's most entertaining ( ie an out and out masala movie w/o much of a social/socialist message) is Chori chori. Do watch if you haven't. Good songs too! coffee_rules 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Straight Drive said: Just away from topic. Had gramophone discs collections of Pukar, Sholay, Shree 420, Betaab, Aasha, Jewel Thief, Kaala Patthar, Deewar, Patthar ke sanam, Guide, Disco Dancer, Ja I Dushman, Kalicharan, Julie , Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Aan milo sajna , Pakeezah, Shaan, Muqaddar ka Sikandar The Burning train and many many more collection of gramophone discs of bollywood films. Has anyone else used a gramophone. I have a gramophone. My vinyl collection is mostly Carnatic and Hindustani classical. Straight Drive 1
zen Posted February 2, 2021 Author Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Mariyam said: @zen Raj Kapoor's most entertaining ( ie an out and out masala movie w/o much of a social/socialist message) is Chori chori. Do watch if you haven't. Good songs too! Yeah, I watched Chori Chori some time ago. Like its songs. Raj Kapoor's acting is usually very good in songs ... "It happened one night" is among my favorite so Chori Chori does not compare favorably (as one would inevitably draw a comparison)
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: Very difficult to zero-in on a favourite. Very difficult to even get a top 10. Here goes nonetheless 1) DDLJ 2) Kaun? 3) Mohabbatein 4) Karan Arjun 5) K3G Loved Kaun and Karan arjun was damn fun 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: Honourable mentions: Chak De India, Swades, Mr India, Mohra, Ek Haseena Thi, Johnny Gaddar, Trishul, Deewar, Pyaasa Loved all , trishul dont remeber much as i saw it when i was very small Mariyam 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: Just away from topic. Had gramophone discs collections of Pukar, Sholay, Shree 420, Betaab, Aasha, Jewel Thief, Kaala Patthar, Deewar, Patthar ke sanam, Guide, Disco Dancer, Ja I Dushman, Kalicharan, Julie , Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Aan milo sajna , Pakeezah, Shaan, Muqaddar ka Sikandar The Burning train and many many more collection of gramophone discs of bollywood films. Has anyone else used a gramophone. yes dad had one and a huge vinyl collection almost around 40,000 BacktoCricaddict and Mariyam 2
coffee_rules Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said: I saw it, but the problem is that I am not very analytical when it comes to movies. If I like it, I like it. And I didn't like the remake - maybe because I would be disloyal to the original? Or because the original was so impactful on my young-ish mind that nothing else compared, even if technically better? BTW, I don't even understand the meaning of words like "cinematography" - I use it all the time in convos to impress people - "kyaa cinematography thaa yaar" - but I have no clue why I said it. The art of movie making, especially with photography, lighting, filters, locales and camera angles. Satya was a great example of good cinematography. How about - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Sound, Sound Mixing, Special Effects, Sets ?
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mariyam said: @zen Raj Kapoor's most entertaining ( ie an out and out masala movie w/o much of a social/socialist message) is Chori chori. Do watch if you haven't. Good songs too! My fav raj kapoor film was Jagte raho (not directed by him)
coffee_rules Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: My fav raj kapoor film was Jagte raho (not directed by him) Mine is Teesri Kasam. (Again not directed by him)
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