By Indian Bollywood standards, a very great movie. I saw it when I was a kid, and have been enamored ever since.
Amitabh plays the role of his life, no doubt. The direction by Chandra Barot is stellar, and his knowledge and use of camera angles is extraordinary.
If someone had told me that Salim Javed believed it to be a "breakfast script," I would not have believed it. However, on closer look, one can see why.
There are many bloopers in the movie that go unnoticed because of the fast pace of the movie...you don't think when you are watching it.
Here are some:
1. The car that Amitabh arrives in before he is accosted by the police is not the one he drives away in. And there is no way the "Herbie" like car can be a police car that he tries to escape in.
2. The police inspector Iftikhar says the diary reveals that the leader is Vardhan, but it does not contain info on the address. However, Pran has no issues finding the address to Vardhan's place later in the movie. In fact Pran's dialog goes, "doosra bekaar sawaal."
3. The police never bother to check on Amitabh the fake Don's claim about the children in St. Teresa Bandra...if they had done so, the fake Don would not be a fugitive during the latter half of the movie.
4. When the prisoners are being transfered from one prison to another, they are not in handcuffs. Why they don't break the door and just run away is anybody's guess, but the fight between Amitabh and Shetty inside the van is well done...kudos to Chandra Barot on the camera work.
However, the above apart, a great, great movie experience. I am not sure why it called a cult movie, because it is universally liked.
The things well done:
1. Amitabh escapes in one dress from the police van and is always wearing that dress...it shows he's a fugitive.
2. The way the real "mole" is hidden is done very well and heightens the suspense.
All I can say is, enjoy the movie, not once but again, and again.
Paddy
Amitabh plays the role of his life, no doubt. The direction by Chandra Barot is stellar, and his knowledge and use of camera angles is extraordinary.
If someone had told me that Salim Javed believed it to be a "breakfast script," I would not have believed it. However, on closer look, one can see why.
There are many bloopers in the movie that go unnoticed because of the fast pace of the movie...you don't think when you are watching it.
Here are some:
1. The car that Amitabh arrives in before he is accosted by the police is not the one he drives away in. And there is no way the "Herbie" like car can be a police car that he tries to escape in.
2. The police inspector Iftikhar says the diary reveals that the leader is Vardhan, but it does not contain info on the address. However, Pran has no issues finding the address to Vardhan's place later in the movie. In fact Pran's dialog goes, "doosra bekaar sawaal."
3. The police never bother to check on Amitabh the fake Don's claim about the children in St. Teresa Bandra...if they had done so, the fake Don would not be a fugitive during the latter half of the movie.
4. When the prisoners are being transfered from one prison to another, they are not in handcuffs. Why they don't break the door and just run away is anybody's guess, but the fight between Amitabh and Shetty inside the van is well done...kudos to Chandra Barot on the camera work.
However, the above apart, a great, great movie experience. I am not sure why it called a cult movie, because it is universally liked.
The things well done:
1. Amitabh escapes in one dress from the police van and is always wearing that dress...it shows he's a fugitive.
2. The way the real "mole" is hidden is done very well and heightens the suspense.
All I can say is, enjoy the movie, not once but again, and again.
Paddy