Archive for the 'Classics' Category

Chashme Buddoor (1981)

Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin.

Cast: Farooque Shaikh, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi, Deepti Naval, Amitabh Bachchan & Rekha (guest)

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Pasand Apni Apni (1983)

Basu Chatterjee’s charming 1983 romantic comedy stars Rati Agnihotri as the star of a theater company, and Mithun Chakraborty as a local industrialist who runs into her by chance one day. When baseless rumors spread that the two are an item, the theater company’s director decides to use the gossip as a publicity tool, leading to a string of misunderstandings, confusion, and eventually–of course–true love.

Cast: Mithun Chakraborty,Rati Agnihotri,Utpal Dutt

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Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981)

If early 90s was influenced by Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak romance Euphoria, then early 80s was heavily dominated by Ek Duuje Ke Liye, introducing south indian stars like Kamal Hasan, Rati Aghnihotri. The movie influenced the society so much that ever loving couple who thinks there love wont materialise begin committing suicide. Listed in All time Top 10 Romantic Movies.

Cast: Kamal Hassan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi

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Saaheb(1985)

A must watch !

One of finest Anil Kapoor movie after his debut movie Woh Saat Din. A simpleton romantic and social drama which defines a meaningful cinema. Starring Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh along with Rakhi, Saaheb falls into Basu Chatterjee and Hrishikesh Mukherjee kind of movie genre. Highlighting family and social values over personal goals and achievements, Saheb is pretty good lesson to todays GenX.

Cast: Rakhee Gulzar, Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh

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Sasural (1961) *Fixed*

Sasural has all the hallmarks of a L.V. Prasad production - a powerful story with a strong emotional thread, enough twists and turns in the plot, great performances and hit music. The film marked the beginning of a long and successful career for Shobha Khote as a comedienne.

Cast: Rajendra Kumar, Saroja Devi B., Mehmood

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Kati Patang (1970) *Reloaded*

‘Yeh Shaam Mastani…’
‘Yeh Joh Mohabaat Hai … ‘
and many more melodious Kishore songs teamed along with music mystero R.D Burman proved movie to be hit even before its release.

Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Prem Chopra

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Anand (1970)

Anand was directed by legendary Hrishikesh Mukherjee and released in 1970. It starred Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. The film was both a critical and commercial success. Considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, this film beautifully captures some of the greatest philosophies of life. The dialogue of the film was written by the acclaimed poet and writer Gulzar.

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Raja Babu (1994)

A laughterthon…
One of the early blockbusters of David Dhawan, the zero logic comedy caper director. Raju Babu, Aankhen, Coolie No. 1 & Hero No. 1 are few trademark comedy movies made with Govinda & David Dhawan together. Raju Babu tells a story about illiterate, riche son whose life changes once his innocence gets thawrted.

Cast: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Kadar Khan, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover

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