Master Pieces of Bollywood -I

This is my first post in a series of posts I am planning about some hindi movies which are as they say "all the five stars" ...perfect in every way...they were the movies which swayed us beyond senses...these are the immortal classics created by our very own "Dream Merchants"..the Magnum Opuses of the Masters.....

In no particular order, irrespective of their commercial success they are movies to be watched again and again....

without any further ado.....here I go ..hope it includes some of your favourites too :-)

ANAND :
(Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bacchan .Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee)

If there could be an award for the movie which is a favorite for most number of people Hrishi Da’s Anand will have every chance of winning it. The story of a man suffering from “Lymphosacoma of Intestine” Anand was a tryly a joie de vivre- a celebration of life. Rajesh Khanna delivered in a “role of a lifetime”,never we felt so thankful to be alive as while watching Anand die onscreen. As all other Rishi da’s movies..Anand was a tale of simple people living a simple life of simple values.The surprise package of the movie being “Babu Moshai”(Amitabh Bacchan).Intense and in conflict he gave us an act so stellar we were all mesmerized, maybe he was just intending to hint at what was yet to come.

The Shakespearean conversation about Jindagi(life) being a Rangmanch(Stage) being played from a tape recorder still remain one of the most watchable scenes of Indian Cinema.
Rishikesh Da requested Salil Choudhary to compose music for Anand who at that time had gone back to Calcutta after getting disillusioned from Bollywood.He came and din’t he conquered? One has to really try hard to find a better album than Anand. Every single song went on to become an immortal classic. Manna Dey’s “Jindagi kaisi hai paheli” still haunts me even after listening to it first time around 15 years ago.

RANGEELA

(Aamir Khan,Jakie Shroff,Urmila Mantondkar. Directed by RGV)

Picture this, yellow shirt,yellow pants and shoes of unknown colour Munna wear this “Insignia” to take Mili out for a lunch to five star hotel.
Munna(to waiter):Aye Suit !! Fan on karne ka (turn on the fan)
Waiter(a little perplexed, a little haughty): AC is on Sir.(pointing his Finger towards the AC.
Munna(with the usual swagger) : To idhar ghumaane ka na !! (Turn it towards my side)

Munna the most loveable Tapori of Indian Cinema was a pathbreaking portayel of Mumbai’s Street Smart Species by Aamir Khan and what a memorable character it was.
You can watch this movie umpteen time and will never get bored of it.

Not to mention after Roja Bollywood saw a genius unraveling yet another musical masterpiece..let it be funky “Rangeela re”.or sensuous ‘Hai Rama’ or soulful pyar yeh jaane kaisa hai and the pathbreaking “mangta hai kya”…every single song was a gem and the album still remains a truly collector’s item from AR Rehman.

Urmila the “Maasoom” girl suddenly grew up and captured the imagination of ANYTHING MALE in the country. Ram Gopal Verma proved his versatility again….Aamir Khan never worked with him again.

Only God knows why.