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Praful Thakkar 04/06/2006 Yes,
there are few readers who were answered the question ‘When was SHOLAY
released? What was the name of the theater where it ran for five years?
For the name of the readers who sent correct answers, click here. Though I must congratulate Ajay Khambadkone who answered in about an hour of release of our eMagazine. The biggest ‘Na-insafi’ was – both Sholay and Deewar were released in 1975. Both
the movie had ‘BOSS’ Pancham (R D Burman) as music director but music
was not considered as a strong point of these films. Deewar
went on to win all the major Filmfare awards. Other than the best film,
Yash Chopra won the award for best director, Shashi Kapoor for best
supporting actor and Salim-Javed for best dialogue and best story. Deewar
is a story of a good against bad, evil versus good, criminal versus a
police officer. And both of them were born to one ‘Ma’! All the
ingredients for the film to be dramatic and successful at the
box-office. The performances were powerful and this was one of the
movies where mother had one of the most significant roles. Incidently,
Nirupa Roy was not the first choice for this role. It was, originally,
Waheeda Rehman. But after playing Amithabh’s wife in Kabhi Kabhie, Yash
Chopra was concerned about casting her as Amitabh’s mother in this film. Parveen
Babi had a small but an important role in this film. This was one of
the last movies for Neetu Singh who went on to be a daughter-in-law of
Kapoor khandaan and was paired against Rishi’s uncle – Shashi Kapoor. In
the end, surely the good wins but the ‘bad’ was not really bad, as
such. The circumstances made him what he was – but he always loved his
mom and whatever he did, was for his mother. Even today, you’d remember
those scenes where angry Vijay complains to God and finally, Vijay
breathe his last breath in mother’s lap. On a side note ---- Amithabh Bacchhan was in a lead role in both DEEWAR, this super hit was released in 1975 and another one, in 2004. Amithabh has used a screen name of Vijay in about 18 movies, so far. As a symbol of modern Bollywood, Parveen Babi was the first actress to make it to the cover of Time magazine. Before the Quiz Corner, here’s some Fun Corner – Do you remember Vivek Oberoi? Or should I say – ‘Kyun, Kho Gaya Na?’ For the Quiz of this issue, of course, on Deewar, click here. You may also access this article through our web-site http://www.lokvani.com/ |
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