The film also displays Ramesh Sippy’s deft touch with direction-it’s nicely paced and scripted (by Salim and Javed, among others). The last time I saw this I didn’t even know who any of these people were! I am glad I do now.
I had completely forgotten the other threads in the plot, so was thrilled to see Roopesh Kumar as a creepy and irresponsible stoner (complete with John Lennon dark glasses) and Randhawa as Shammi’s mute servant Gangu whose love for tribal girl Mahua (Aruna Irani) is unrequited because she has a thing for Shammi too. Baby Gauri-Shammi’s daughter Munni-is a hilarious little monkey, if a little *too* spoiled rotten at times. The kids are not as annoying as they might be either, especially Master Alankar as Hema’s really cute son Deepu. And although Hema is obviously much younger (she is so gorgeous in this), her character has a gravity that makes it work.
And I love Shammi in this film he shows a subdued maturity that is really appealing without losing the Melt Factor that I so adore in him.
This is one I haven’t watched in a very long time despite remembering it as a wonderfully romantic story which I enjoyed very much. It’s time to return to beloved Shammi: my eyes have been roving of late (Chandramohan, Shyam, the Shash)-but they will always come back to my favorite! One of my goals for this blog is to write about all his movies that I can find and comprehend (i.e.
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