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So Bad, It’s Bloody Brilliant
Truth be told, nothing can match the joy I get from watching bad films. No, I don’t mean the likes of One Two Three, Lovesongs and the other one dozen terrible films I have been subject to in theatres owing to my work as a film reviewer. I am talking specifically of those bad films which represent some of the few guilty, vicarious pleasures life offers us. They seduce us, they entice us, they excite us in a way boring good cinema never can, shining with that God-awful brilliance only a few filmmakers manage to bring on screen.
Just the day before yesterday, while I was busy watching the wonderful Little Miss Sunshine at night after another busy Friday of college followed by film reviewing, I couldn’t help but be tempted to catch snatches of Aap Ka Suroor: The Moviee: The Real Luv Story in between- a surreal film experience I will probably never forget (neither will those lucky friends of mine- Arvind and Devangana who I persuaded to watch the film with me, instead of Die Hard 4.0- and believe me, they relished the experience.) including an incredibly amazing performance by Mallika Sherawat who actually had us believe that Himesh could actually turn on anything, forget women.
I may sometimes be too tired to watch a nice film coming on television, but nothing can stop me from seeing these ’so bad-they’re brilliant’ films. I crave them, no matter what. Having not seen a very huge number of films yet (as compared to some of my erudite PFC comrades here), my list is not really too long, and the films therein may not be half as bad as some of you may have seen. (Do write in with your favorites.)
However, this is my fervent tribute to the harmless looking Men-in-White (who spin the murkiest, sleaziest plots imaginable from their stable): The Burmawala brothers, better known as Abbas-Mustan who have produced such a masterpiece, one that I never miss watching at any point of time, whenever I get a chance. I missed watching Race last month, and gaining some potential cheap thrills out of it- all the buzz about the variety of fruits and sugarcane showcased and the corelated dialogue really makes my mouth water- however, I am too self-respecting a guy to spend money and watch such a film in a theatre without being paid for it (though there is one rare exception). Damn.
Hence it is time for me to pay respect to Aitraaz, a sadly under-recognised classic from the Burmawala brothers, who are the Coens when it comes to juicy schlock. Here’s one film where they get it all right- deliciously bad performances (Priyanka Chopra is simply outstanding), priceless dialogue that employs super-subtle puns and metaphors, and above all, a script which masterfully plagiarizes a Hollywood film even as it turns it on its head, using it to enforce the very stereotypes it claims to flout- as its ‘bold’ tagline (gulp) menacingly declares- “In the world of women, you either play by their rules, or….(you’re screwed)”.
Plot borrowed entirely from Disclosure, Aitraaz actually subverts the entire politics of the film, adding the trademark regressive ‘Indian’ touch to it that our audiences love. So, the ‘career-woman’ (tauba-tauba) is a vamp, while the good, virtuous woman is the housewife played by Kareena Kapoor, who dutifully sacrifices her job to become a full time gharelu biwi, lovingly stitching on shirt buttons for her husband, as the dusht-naari/souten tries her best to tear them off. We are also shown through a flashback how dusht this ‘other’ woman actually is- she seduces men to gain success (”Naa jaane kitne aadmiyo ko apni seedi banaya hai”), and sleeps with her boyfriend before marriage (mind you, there is nothing wrong on the boyfriend’s part here). What’s more, when she gets pregnant (probably because the pious boyfriend considered contraception a sin), she refuses to have the child or marry the guy, insisting that she wants to concentrate on her career (and make many more eager men her seedi). Scandalous!
Now that we have introduced Dusht Naari, Gharelu Naari and Bechara Sandwiched Mard, I am sure you can guess their names- how hard is it? They are Sonia, Priya and Raj respectively- of course- after all, how can anyone who watches Hindi films not answer this no-brainer?
Now, Dusht Naari who has used a repulsive and impotent buddha (Amrish Puri- God bless his soul…no one could do this role the way he did it) as the last rung in her man-made seedi is super sexually frustrated, so much that she could get screwed by a lion. Career-wise, she is on top, so now she wants to her on top of Bechara sandwich mard.
Thus, Dusht Naari gives Raj a promotion and subtly tells him that she wants him to maintain his past performance and give her full satisfaction. Raj doesn’t get the subtle hint, and gives Sonia a confused look followed by a sheepish smile (Akshay Kumar trademark expression no. 4).
So she purrs and hisses trying to melt Raj’s pants off with her lustful, white hot stare, very well portrayed in in the metaphorical song Talladum, in which through marvellous imagery, expressionist lighting and lyrics we are warned of the approaching storm in the form of a dangerous balaa who is gonna get rock Raj and Priya’s sweet little kashti.Kya powerful symbolism hai- wah wah!
Anyway, Dusht Naari who is now frustated enough to sleep with a Tusker, realises that white hot stares are having no effect and begins making loud orgasmic noises that she practiced while watching XXX movies to satiate her sexual appetite, much to embarrassment of her co-workers in office. No response from from the Himbette yet.
Dusht Naari has had enough. She calls Mr Himbo to her house, and gives the bai holiday. Dressed to kill in a gown in a cleavage flaunting gown nearly slit from below to the waist, she sits down and asks Raj- ‘Kya loge…kuch thanda,’- at this perfect moment she assumes Sharon Stone position (censored version) and continues- ‘Or something hot?’
The slightly more apparently suggestive remark, this time does permeate through Raj’s plywood noggin, and he is uncomfortable, however in a feeble and futile attempt to remind Sonia ji that he is there for work, he calls her Maam and begins talking about some boring nonsense about some defect in the latest cellphone model maufactured by their company. Sonia is not to be distracted from her goal. She plonks herself with feline grace on the armrest of Raj’s chair and begins to stroke his hair. Raj gets up and moves away, and is making a call when….Sonia throws herself totally at Raj and they both fall to the ground.
-’Yeh galat hai, Sonia!”
-’Ab tumhe yeh galat lagne lagaa…jiske binaa tum reh nahi sakte the!’
-’Yeh galat hai…yeh galat hai!’
-’Come on Raj- SHOW ME YOU’RE A ANIMAL!’
Raj is almost turning into an animal and gets on top of Sonia- when- by a divine twist of fate- his locket drops from his chest, revealing Priya’s smiling picture. Besides, there is a mirror in front which further embarrasses him, and he gets up, and stages a dramatic walkout.
‘Nahi Raj, tum mujhe is tarah adhoora chhod ke nahi jaa sakte!’, Sonia screams, but in vain.
Well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned- pronto- Raj is accused of attempted rape, and as a reply- he files a case of sexual harassment. Some entertaining tamasha is followed by the best courtroom exchange I have ever witnessed between two laywers- Anu Kapoor defending Akshay Kumar, and Paresh Rawal on Priyanka Chopra’s side.
AK: Judge saab, chakhu tarbuje pe nahi, tarbujaa khud chaakhu pe gira hai!
PR: Par Judge saab, chakhu tarbuje pe gire, ya tarbujaa chaakhu pe, katega to tarbuja hi!
AK: (Furious and animated) BUT MILORD, point to be noted yeh hai, ki tarbuja chaakhu ko majboor kar raha tha ki ‘Aa, aur mujhe kaat!’- ‘Come and SLICE me!!”
Judge: Order! Order! Yeh court hai, koi fruit market nahi!
Well, this film doesn’t merit so much space, even in a rubbish post like this, so let me cut things a little short. Raj begins to lose case….when they catch hold of revelatory evidence….when Anu kapoor, who has gone to get the tapes verified, gets run over by a car….after which Sonia dreams up the most frighteningly picturised ’seduction’ number in the history of cinema….
…After which Priya and Sonia have a riveting, even if not physical catfight….after which Pativrata naari decides to fight the case herself….and predictably wins with astounding cattiness and ease, and then goes on to give a morality lecture on gender equality, something that the film itself doesn’t believe in. Applause from one and all, including opponent lawyer. Cut to Himesh reshammiya composed song sequence in picturesque green meadows. (Oh yes, the Dusht Naari, by the way, realizes her sins and commits suicide)
THE END. Male audience coming out of theatre is delighted, wishing for wife like Kareena Kapoor (though few still prefer the slut). MORAL OF THE STORY: Watching stupid movies leads to stupider posts. Will post something sensible soon. Thank you for bearing with me, i.e, if you did read on till here.
P.S: Another film among my favorites is Jaani Dushman- Ek Anokhi Kahaani…just oozes with bad-brilliance. Thank God for these films- do write in with your own favorites.
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jaani dushman is a cult man……..sonu nigam has brilliant…..watch him emote him in a scene when arman kohli in the get up of sunny deol tries to kll him……….
some other lost masterpieces…..
deewane hue paagal
sandwich
qayamat:
does anyone remember this line?
” jab tak mumbai mein hai haji ali tab tak kya karenge abbas aur ali”
All movies of Mithunda during the 90’s- Cult classics of the first Order.
Chura Liye Hai Tumne- Remake of Charade, with Esha Deol in Audrey Hepburn’s role. Egad.
Jaani Dushman is my guilty pleasure, i must have seen this Kalti Classsic, dozens of times.
classy jahan :-)
I might have mentioned it earlier on pfc somewhere…..the one film that “oozes with bad brilliance” is Manoj Kumar’s Clerk. Haven’t come across any film that comes even close to it….this is coming from someone who has watched a lot of such films. :d
How about the Govinda movies of the late 80’s? They were usually with Neelam. Hathya, Ilzaam, there was one with Farah. He was sometimes paired with Chunky Pandey or Sanjay Dutt. I think there was one movie with all 3 of them ! If you take out the mandatory rape scene( usually of the hero’s sister), they are quite good bad movies with left over Dharmendra/Amitabh dialogues, break dancing to bad music, fight scene on a cliff towards the end and the grand finish of the bad guy realizing his mistake - paisa vasool :-)!
Still
No one can beat Jaani Dushman and GUNDA! Gunda is all time classic! ;)
Also “HUM KAUN HAI” bhool gaye kya? amitabh,dharmendra,dimple. it was adaptation of Nicloe Kidman starrer “THE OTHERS”
It was a REAL HORROR!!!!
The 80’s had a lot such Kalti Classics, but nothing comparable to Mahaveera.
Imagine this 2 Raj Kumars, one good, one bad. Dharam Paaji and Shotgun are brothers, Dharam Paaji is a cop, Shotgun is a daaku. Raj Babbar and Dimple Kapadia are brother and sister. Raj Babbar is a cop, Dimple Kapadia is a daaku.
So its Good Raj Kumar vs Bad Raj Kumar. Dharam vs Shotgun. Raj vs Dimple. In the mean time, Shatru and Dimple have a romance going on.
I guess Raj Kumar Kohli was an expert at this kinda movies.
Another RKK Kalti Classic, i recall is Badle Ki Aag. Jeetu is a cop, he loves Reena Roy who is a dancer. Dharam meanwhile loves Reena Roy, while Smita Patil loves Dharam. Both Smita and Dharam belong to a dacoit gang. Dharam kidnaps Reena, Jeetu is after Dharam, Dharam and Jeetu are long lost brothers. And for rest of movie figure it out.
And what about Subash Ghai’s magnum opus Kisna. The dialogues made me puke, sample one of this
“Is Gaon mein Koi Bhagat Singh Hai?”
” Bhagat Singh nahin to kya hua, Shankar Singh hai”.
And we have Isha Sharvani, who mistakes acting for rope dancing.
Another Kalti Classic, i recall was Feroze Khan’s Prem Aggan( should have been called Prem Agony).
The funniest scene in the movie was when the villian’s son who looks like some 1 picked up straight from an extra’s cast, falls down while riding a horse, and we have 4 Gori Babes comming to help him up.
And then we have the heroine, who has this weird desire to jump off cliffs.
And yeah Raj Babbar telling his son
“Beta, tum apna pyaar ko Camouflage kyon karna chahte ho”.
The performances by Fardeen Khan and Meghna Kothari, are the perfect advertisement for teak wood. While Raj Babbar and Anupam Kher as Dads, generate enough Ham to feed the entire city of Sydney( yeah most of the movie is shot in Australia).
please try gems like “Watan ke Rakhwale” (a dhamendra, mithun, sridevi classic), “Elan-e-Jung”, “Do Qaidi”(govinda, chunky pandey), “Mar Mitienge”(Jeetendra, Bhanupriya), “Anubhav”(Shekar Suman, Padmini Kolhapuri),”Daulat ki Jung”…
the list is endless
Any one seen our Pony Tailed Management Guru’s Arindam Chaudhuri’s classic Rok Sako To Rok Lo. I missed it out, but considering the feedback it got, i think it deserves a list. If not for anything, at least Mr.Pony Tail’s claims of how he had researched everything to make the perfect movie.
Some of the masters of this SO BAD ITS GOOD genre are -
Harry Baweja,
Raj Kumar Kohli(Anyone’s seen INSANIYAT KE DUSHMAN or MAATI MAANGE KHOON?),
Guddu Dhanoa (his HAWAA and BIG BROTHER are sheer genius !),
KC Bokadia,
T Ramarao (Can’t forget KHATRON KE KHILADI, AAG SE KHELENGE and WATAN KE RAKHWALE!),
Shibu Mitra (Unfortunately he is missing in action these days. No more AAG HI AAG or PAAP KI DUNIYA)
Brij Sadanah (Every film of his other than VICTORIA NO 203)
Vijay Reddy (JEENA MARNA TERE SANG, MAIN TERA DUSHMAN)
Any more additions to the role of honour?
@Sanjeev
U can also add
Harmesh Malhotra( NAGINA)
Anil Sharma( HUKUMAT, TEHELKA)
Dev Anand( All movies post Hare Rama Hare Krishna)
The most brilliant of them all…JUDAAI(will not elaborate…neend aa rahi hai):d
GUNDA is pulp fiction of India. Look at its page on imdb, if you haven’t. It had an user rating of 10 few years ago!!!!!!!!
bewafa sanam, kishan kumar starrer:d
rgv ki aag=))
I think nothing beats GANGA JAMUNA SARASWATI. Bachchan giving ’shareer ki garmi’ to Meenaxi Sheshadri for saving her from ‘barfily thandi’ and eventually she comes to know that she is pregnant. Jayaprada keeping ‘karwa Chauth’ ka ‘wrat’ for dying BIG B by becoming his wife for only one night…and…Big B survives…LOL..
By the way all Sawan Kumar Tank movies adds up to the list.
After reading your last comment Satya, I can’t stop singing ‘Naachegi Saraswati, gayegi Saraswati tere liye o sun Ganga’…
These films are classic, also,cuz of their annoyingly hummable tunes, that live with you for life!
These bad films do become classics because of their music as well.
My favorite will have to be Jaani Dushman and oh oh.. Prem Aggan. My God, they deserve awards!=d>
Gunda and Loha by the gr8 Kanti Shah!!!!!!!!!
Two recent films I’d say would be Partner and Heyyyyyyyyyy Babyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Partner - no more needs to be said. And Heyy Babyy was like Sajid Khan’s jokes, so bad they compel you to laugh out loud. Like the time they were crying after they almost killed the baby, Fardeen turning to god, other emotional scenes, etc, etc., or the slow moving car, and the other stooooooooooooooooooopid gags.
BTW, nice post.
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hilarious jahaan .. great read. …
by the way … the seduction song is one take… meaning there is no ‘cut’…. did u notice that ??? the entire song was worth watching for this reason only ….
how can u forget Harry baweja’s cult classic TEESRI AANKH
Jaani dushman is my all time favourtie.
Also Govinda starrer Ankhiyon Se Goli maare- the bobdiya bhai(Govinda) and Bhangari dada (Kadar khan). i have seen above films many times and getting guilty pleasure and laugh every time.
Prem Aggan- the scene where fardeen and meghan are smooching in a half nacked condition and then fardeen says “yeh to galat hai” and meghna says “main to tumhara imtehaan le rahi thi” and anupam khere arrives.
what a classic scene and dialogues!=))=))=))
Let us not forget Boom and Bombay Boys by that overrated dude.
Theres a 90’s Akshay Kumar movie called “Saugandh”.
i havnt seen whole but theres one of my favtest scene in the movie.
Herione (some 1 movie wet saari gal) is comepletely soaked n shivering in a jungle. Akki n Peston (cant rmmbr this famous comedian’s name) come there.
Akki: “yeh thand se mar jayegi. isse garmi ki jarurat hai.” (removes his clothes and goes in. Peston keeps watching his frend “saving” a gals life)
In next scene she, who hated akki to guts, has now fallen in love and doing kathhak as an act of rebellion in her home.
I vote for Hum Log for being a ham and cheese pizza yet being so popular.
I simply loved the “jism ki garmi” scene in Ganga Jamuna Saraswati.I even prescribed it to some of my friends specially in Delhi to try it with their girlfriends during the winters.Its another thing they stopped talking to me for sometime after I gave them the suggestion.
Mohabattein. Me loves the scene when Kim Sharma, who walks around all through the movie wearing practically nothing, is dunked into the pool by her boyfriend. And all of a sudden, she becomes sharmi and starts to cover herself. Enter her childhood friend-cum-silent lover Jugal Hansraj, and he covers her with his jacket. And presto they fall in love.
Of course any scene with Uday Chopra in it, assumes automatic cult status.
Mohabattein seemed to be a two part movie, the scenes between Amitabh and Shahrukuh were pretty good, but the love stories were of cult status.
All the Jeetu-Sridevi-Jayaprada masterpieces of the early 80’s directed by K.Raghavendra Rao/Dasari Narayan Rao/T.Rama Rao/K.Bapaiah.
Pots and Pans, flowers and fruits, outlandish sets, costumes that seemed like a high school kid’s project work, lyrics which went Tha Thaiyya, Uyamma Uyamma, Taka Dina, a milieu which was neither north nor south. Unforgetable masterpieces those.
Rajkumar kholi- the greatest director of this genre . who made Virodhi, bees saal baad, aulad ke dushman, kehar (classic song-dil junglee kabootar) and many more. where is he? why is he not making sequel of classic- Jaani dushman- ek anokhi kahani? i am waiting…
My list of so bad hence so good,
Sapne saajan ke,
Teri meherbaniyan,
Beenam Badshah,
Vishvatma,
Aaj ka gundaraj
Tum mere ho
I fell sick after watching Guddu.
I think Jaani Dushman is in league of its own and then there is populous rest of the list
There was this Supred Duper AB phase with GJS , Toofan , Ajooba , Jaadugar and finally capping a tall order Mrityudata all testimoy for Crap supercedes even AB class
I had nightmares for two weeks after Mrityudata and had to be taken to a exorcist
We have forgotten to mention the mahaan director in this genre shri shri K.C. BOKADIA- THE MAKER OF INSANIYAT KE DEVTAA, LAL BADSHAH,
other classics by bokadiyaji- dil hai betaab, phool bane angaray, maidan-e-jung, kudrat ka kanoon….
What about the B Subhash series,Disco Dancer,Kasam paida karne waale ki,dance dance and commando :))
Even the gunmaster g-9 series :D
Pahlaj Nihalani- Maker of such classics like Ilzaam, Paap Ki Duniya.
Vikram Bhatt’s recent crop of movies like Red, Speed.
My list of maha-chutiya directors
Anil sharma
Rajkumar kohli
Harry Baweja
K C Bokadia
Guddu Dhanoa
Raj Kawar
Mehul kumar
Abbas-Mustan
Dasari Narayan Rao
Vikram Bhatt
Ashok Gaikwad
Farogh Siddique
Kookoo Kohli
Iqbal durrani
Sanjay Khanna
Ashwin: yeah remember that line….also the priceless scene in which the pakistani general or terrorist or whatever cuts out kashmir from an india shped cake:d/
Kisna and Heyy Babyy DEFINITELY don’t qualify- they made me :(( and that woman who kept laughing loudly beside me in the theatre….I could have pulled her hair out %-(
Jaani Dushman seems the hands-down favorite here… maybe a post on that later, but only nafter it comes again on TV….ned to refresh memory…..haven’t seen Prem Aggan but by chance caught a fight sequence…was really hilarious….. :d/
Great to see that ppl have actually enjoyed reading the post and relived their own guilty pleasures…I guess one bad post once in a while doesn’t really hurt!
No Kartik, didn’t notice that…. the song was so terrifying and scary, I almost passed out with fear:) Baap re…kya agression tha yaar…
Add to this list a sanjay dutt,aishwarya rai and jayed khan starer movie called “SHABD”. this is the only movie which compelled us (a friend and me - a devoted regular movie goer in college days)to leave this movie just one hour after it started.
Although we had a unblemish track record of watching all movies till end however bad it may be and we had digested many “clasically-brillaint movie-because-of-their-extreme-foolihness” like janni dushman, tussar kapoor’s all movie , kyon ho gaya na etc, but bearing this movie was getting heavier after each passing scene and dialogs.so we finally left and believe me we were last to leave the theater, all other 11-12 people have already left even before completion of one hour.
Is any one share same view about this movie ?
Main Hoon Na was one really good bad movie…
FaltuTimepass,
I watched Shabd fully and I thought it deserved more sympathy. An overcomplicated screenplay was it’s downfall…
It was beautifully shot though. Every scene was a picture. And decent music…
@Dazed&Confused
sorry boss, no offense;
i just narrated what i went through.
next time it comes on any movie channel, i will try to understand it with more sympathy.:)
KAFILA of Sunny Deol beats all.
Oh yeah,I remember somebody referring to Kaafila as Coffee-La :))
However it’s a collector’s item just to watch Sunny Deol cheer for Pakistan :D
no one mentioned the movies of dharmesh darshan and his brother sunil darshan……..
raja hindustani - aamir and karishma
lootere - juhi, chnkey and sunny
mela - khan bros and twinkle
dhadkan - akshay,sunil and shilpa
jaanwar - akshay, karishma
aap ke khatir - akshaye khanna, mahima, priyanka
bewafaa - anil, manoj bajpai, akshay, kareena, sush
haan…maine bhi pyar kiya hai - small b, karishma
ek rishtaa … bond of love - big b, akshay, karishma
mere jeevan saathi - amisha, akshay, karishma
shakalaka boom boom - bobby, celina
talaash - akshay, kareena
ajay - sunny deol, juhi
dosti….friends forever - bobby, akshay
barsaat - bobby, bipasha, priyanka
all these movies had superb starcast and some really hummable numbers, but terribly unwatchable movies. a few of them did well @ BO and won awards as well.
lol, Jahan that was hilarious =))
man! I’ve got so much to catch up on…bad movies, good movies!!!
@ crazyrals -
Please submit an iView on the darshan brothers, and their movies. i had no idea they had gone on to make so many.indulge away.
for all u ganga jamuna sarasvati fans….i hope u remember AB’s ultimate dance performance as micheal jackson…simply howlarious=))
ahh yes, the disco bhangra rage…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOJqZTIFwZo
Anybody remember Lal dupatta mal mak ka ?
Shot on VHS / Umatic no less if I remember correctly
@53 Mithun, I remember Lal Dupatta….. I think it was Gulshan Kumar’s production with some unknown names and more than a dozen of songs..some vague memory…I was 4th or 5th std. Wait a sec, did the Late Gulshan Kumar act in it? Damn it, I have so much of junk information buried deep in my head..
I guess you guys do know that there are more than 1 billion people in India. The films in India are not made only for you guys who can watch all the foreign movies and start comparing Indian movies with them. There are people who genuinely enjoy this type of movies and you should respect them as well. I have not seen a single film maker in PFC who has given a block buster. Passion for Cinema is becoming more of a movie review site rather than developing a better cinema with no other thing to do. everything I read on PFC is about criticizing how bad the commercial movies in bollywood are.
Strange no body has mentioned about
FANAA(2006)
for 3 hours film was moving with a snail’s pace
:((
@ Vishal
Dude this is a fun post, what is the harm in taking pot shots. There is somthing called freedom of speech. Chill Maadi.:d
then there was sequel of Lal dupatta
“Phir lehraya lal dupatta malmal ka”
then there was another gulshan kumar production
Jeena teri gali mein starring kavita (meera of yes boss on SAB tv). directed by Tinu Ananad. songs were quite popular at that time.
you can’t ignore tinu verma’s directorial debut
“maa tujhe salaam” starring sunny paaji with tinu verma as villain. producer mahendra dharival invited Prime minister Vajpayeeji for screening. i think after that he never saw any hindi movie.
Movies so bad, it’s good! Definitely all movies with the Darshan brand. Has anyone seen Bewafaa? Please do if you haven’t. That’s a classic. I saw someone say Guddu - totally agree.
Another movie worth a mention was Sangdil Sanam. I have never seen a movie which even comes close to the absurdity in this movie. What was shocking was that I saw a DVD of this movie at our local Blockbuster under the ‘World Cinema’ section!!! It was titled ‘Heartless Lover’. See below for synopsis:
‘Sangdil Sanam’ is a story based on pride, greed & betrayal. Kishan’s father (Aloknath) is a Bank officer and his best friend Sanam’s father (Kiran Kumar) is a peon in that office. They both decide to get their kids engaged i.e. Kishan (Salman Khan)and Sanam (Manisha Koirala). During the engagement Kiran Kumar robs the bank money and the blame comes on Aloknath for which he is imprisoned. Salman and his mother leave the city and settle down at their uncle’s place in the village. Salman’s mother reminds him of his engagement with Manisha and and he comes to town, but finds his love totally changed, she is now a rich man’s daughter full of pride, anger and hate. He wants to remind her of the love but in vain. So he wants to return but his friends challenge him to make her his wife and he accepts the challenge. When Aloknath comes out of jail he comes to know that the robbery was done by his own friend Kiran Kumar and he set out to find his friend to take revenge. So the fight begins between Salman, Manisha, Aloknath and Kiran Kumar. Manisha comes to know about her father’s deeds and she marries Salman and the law puts Kiran Kumar behind bars. So the ultimate victory is of LOVE.’
So the ultimate victory is of LOVE…. Oh my… sigh! Do watch this one. Especially for Manisha Koirala who is dressed in leather with a whip doing a Desi-dominatrix!!! Howwwwwwwwwllll!!!
Rajkumar, the desi version of Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves. Anil Kapoor doing a Kevin Costner and Danny in Morgan Freeman’s role. Naseer hamming it up big time in a dual role of a wicked minister and his imbecile brother. Two kings go to war over Reena Roy. And yeah not to speak of Aruna Irani hamming it up as a witch. Grrr. Gimme good ole Manmohan Desai and Dharam Veer anyday.
Vikram Bhatt’s Red, as if watching a desi version of 21 Grams was not bad enough, had to undergo the double mortification of watching Aftab Shivadasani in Sean Penn’s role and Celina Jaitley in Naomi Watts role.
A-M’s 36 China Town,one of the worst who dunits i have seen. The climax was so lame, and so stupid, it makes you say, what the fuck?
Am not sure if regional movies can be included here, but most of Balakrishna movies in Telugu would come into the category.
But this scene in Palnati Brahmanaidu takes the cake. Enjoy Maadi :d
http://youtube.com/watch?v=m_tpbN4GgWY&feature=related
Gunda ke hote hua is jagah pe aur kisi movie ka naam kabhi nahi aa sakta….
Tiranga and jaani dushman r a distand second and third
“Munni meri bahen munni,
to tu marr gayi !
lambu aata ne tujhe lamba kar diya,
machis ki teeli ko khambha kar diya!”
@crazyrals
Of all the movies made by DARSHAN brothers, SAKALA BOOM BOOM was a classic, million light years ahead of all other classics by same directors.In second half of movie everybody present in theater was laughing on every dialog because of stupid delivery and bad acting.
BTW
Last year Bobby gave three classics back to back
shakalaka fuss fuss
Naquab
Jhoom barabar Jhoom
raham mai baap raham……
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@ Shailesh Limbachiya (59)
//..i think after that he never saw any hindi movie..//
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Few GEMS on top of listed by others are
-Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (Amitabh, SD, Aishwarya and Ajay Bhagwan_ki_Banduk aka Ajay Devgun)
-Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (SD and Govinda)
-Nehlle Pe Dehlla (SD and SAK)
Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon, Sooraj Barjatya’s attempt to go hip and Gen X. Animated parrots, Kareena Kapoor and Himani Shivpuri mistaking screaming for acting, Hrithik hamming it to hilt, fictional town called Sundar Nagar that seems to exist in Never Never Land. Only redeeming aspects are Abhishek Bachan and Pankaj Kapoor.
Ram Jaane- SRK’s version of Angels with Dirty Faces. SRK Hams to the hilt, Juhi Chawla walks around like a Christmas tree fully decorated and Vivek Mushran is as expressive as a wooden board. And we have some hamming from Puneet Issar, Gulshan Grover and even Pankaj Kapoor( should rank as one of his most forgettable movies).
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Ram Jaane hhaahhahahahahaha,i love that scene where SRK is being led to the gallows hehehe =))
jaani dushman and main prem ki diwani hoon are definitely the so bad it’s brilliant movies of this decade.
there were other ones like out of control and hawa, where a bhoot does ‘mean’ things to tabu looks starved from those things anyway.
although the ’shareer ki garmi’ dialogue takes the cake for the most brilliant cinematoc moment in movie history. that and srk saying to arjun rampal, “frankly my dear, i don’t give a damn” in oso. imagine the most memorable line in istory of of hollywood becomes the gayest dialogue in the history of bollywood. only karan johar could have mouthed it better!
sorry, forgot to add neil and nikki to the list too. i think nikki slept with neil to take revenge against him, or maybe it was her (or his) boyfriend.
doesn’t matter. i guess getting to enact such scenes was the only reason why uday chopra thought of becoming an actor.
@Crazyrals- Yeah Darshans are kings of this genre. You should check out baradwaj rangan’s reviews of their films…Sunilji seems to be his favorite whipping boy- to hilarious effect.
FROM BR’s SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM review:
“Darshan is one of those directors whose work you have to be very careful about panning
@TK- So-bad-they’re-brilliant movies are supposed to give you pleasure :d, not pain :(( . Hence Fanaa doesn’t belong here.
@FaltuTimePass- I agree with Dazed, Shabd wasn’t really bad, it was just too convoluted and bizzare in the end. Was well shot, and Ash Rai looked droolworthy:x! Even JBJ is not really a bad film- also deserves more sympathy…people just went overboard with criticism and took it more seriously than the film did itself! Besides, it was a genuine musical, and quite an experiment in a way by our film standards. And ‘Bol Na Halke Halke’ was one of the most beautiful things in the Hindi movies of 2007…
Check out this lovely song sequence here-
http://jahansinghbakshi.blogspot.com/
@Jahan
thanks for baradwaj rangan
You should check out his Mere Jeevan Saathi and other Darshan reviews….they are masterpieces of the highest order^:)^^:)^:)):))=))
Besides a lot of his other reviews contain digs at the brilliant filmmaker…:)
What, not even one person mentioned an Arnold’s film! I only have seen “The Running Man”, but my friends tell me that, ‘Commando’ beats all of the above mentioned bad movies.
@ HG
No in fact Commando is one of his better movies, his worst would have to be Jingle All the Way, such a pathetic excuse for a comedy.
Well if Arnie is there, can Sly Stallone be left behind. Over The Top certainly one of the worst, i guess it was remade into some Anil Kapoor starrer.
Another such Hollywood gem had to be Fair Game, God, Cindy Crawford should have stuck to modelling, she is horrible as an actress.
And yes Pearl Harbor, positively one of the worst WW2 movies i had seen. The only redeeming feature was the Pearl Harbor attack. The love triangle part was such a yawn, and Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale dont make it much better.
Another dud i remember seeing is Lake House, such a soporific love story. I wish Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock had stuck to defusing bombs in speeding buses.
@Ratnakar
the love triangle in pearl harbour was lifted from ’sangam’…….or at least it bore resemblance to tat :)
Does anyone remember the Rahul Roy craze in the 90s. After Aashiqui he was supposed to be the next big thing. One of his more memorable roles was that of a sher.
Dude fizzled out after Pyaar Ka Saaya, which was a copy of Ghost. If I remember correctly, the pottery/clay love making scene was recreated as a ’steamy’ rain song.
@ Abhijit
Yeah i am one of those unfortunate souls. I was in college when Aashiqui released, and all the girls were so over him. That sher wala role was Junoon, a remake of Cat People.
Pyar Ka Saaya– I was bowled over by Demi when i saw Ghost, and then in this Bollywood version i see Sheeba, grrrr. I guess only the songs were good.
pyaar ka saaya- there was amrita singh also. she played role of tantrik. i think b. subhahsh was director. music was good. another film on same story line was MAA- jitendra and jaya prada. it was better than pyaar ka saaya. i can remember the song “aayne ke sau tukde karke humne dekhe hain”.
Giraftaar — the mother of all ‘bloody brilliant’ movies with ‘baaps’ of acting…Amitabh, Kamal Hassan and Rajani. here u get to see Rajani lighting his cigarette with a gun shot, Kadar khan’s ’shaitaan ki khopadi’ wale dialogues and a song in Bappida’s inimitable style,”aana jaana laga rahega…sukh(I)ayEEgaa…dukh(I) jayEEga. Awsome…unforgettable!!!!
=))=))=))=)) Oh what a wonderful post! I had no idea all this went on in Aitraaz. Didn’t Priyanka chopra even win some ‘award’ for ‘negative performance’?
And I’ve been looking for gunda for a long time now. One of my buddies is part of a Fans of Gunda community on orkut
please tell me the name of that movie in which this song ” Aayne ke sau tukde karke humne dekhe hai” ….
Acter-”Jitender”
Actress-”jaya Prada”..
@85 - its Maaaaa! by Anu mullyck