Yesterday night we were watching an old Bollywood movie- "Toofan"(storm). Directed by Ketan Desai and produced by Manmohan Desai, the movie's main cast included Amitabh Bachchan in a double role. My husband saw Amitabh Bachchan in action, so he did not change the channel. The movie began at 9:00 pm on Zee cinema and we started watching at 10:30 pm, thinking almost half of it would be over. But, it went on and on.
The movie's storyline was simple. Twin brothers (one is a magician called Shyam and another superhero called Toofan) get separated after birth. By chance, they get interchanged and find they have a twin brother. Finally, they unite.
In this simple storyline, there are number of twists and turns. One village is shown to be tortured by the film's villain. Toofan is the rescuer of those villagers. This villain is also the killer of Toofan's and Shyam's father who is a police inspector. Shyam stays in the city who has a very close friend who also belongs to the same village. There are two heroines to add to the melodrama.
The scenes in the movie changed abruptly and fast, as if there was a need to finish the movie with unnecessary twists within the time frame. There were many characters in the movie who did not have a significant role to play but they were focused on. Probably the movie could have been made without the heroines also. The story was not moving, it was running like the scenes themselves.
We were not sure of what was going on. But we still watched. After all, it was Amitabh Bachchan. And most importantly, we enjoyed!
It was fun to watch something that did not require application of brains. After a hectic day, we found ourselves smiling and laughing at every other scene. The dialogues of the movie were incredibly typical. Especially Toofan's dialogue before attacking the villains-"Answer my two questions first". It's the way in which this dialogue is delivered in his narrative, manly voice with his hands folded by his waist. Toofan's costume adds more melodrama to the whole scene. The movie was full of such striking dialogues about mothers, sons, right, wrong etc. that struck harder than the characters themselves.
It was nice to watch Amitabh Bachchan in an absolute different avatar. Though, the superhero "Toofan" role did not suit him much as the matured roles of Abhimaan, Zanjeer and Silsila.
After a series of scenes which were accidentally placed after each other, the movie finally got over at around 12:40 am. In those two hours we had found our catharsis. And we slept remembering the lyrics of Toofan's hit song, Don't worry, be happy!
The movie's storyline was simple. Twin brothers (one is a magician called Shyam and another superhero called Toofan) get separated after birth. By chance, they get interchanged and find they have a twin brother. Finally, they unite.
In this simple storyline, there are number of twists and turns. One village is shown to be tortured by the film's villain. Toofan is the rescuer of those villagers. This villain is also the killer of Toofan's and Shyam's father who is a police inspector. Shyam stays in the city who has a very close friend who also belongs to the same village. There are two heroines to add to the melodrama.
The scenes in the movie changed abruptly and fast, as if there was a need to finish the movie with unnecessary twists within the time frame. There were many characters in the movie who did not have a significant role to play but they were focused on. Probably the movie could have been made without the heroines also. The story was not moving, it was running like the scenes themselves.
We were not sure of what was going on. But we still watched. After all, it was Amitabh Bachchan. And most importantly, we enjoyed!
It was fun to watch something that did not require application of brains. After a hectic day, we found ourselves smiling and laughing at every other scene. The dialogues of the movie were incredibly typical. Especially Toofan's dialogue before attacking the villains-"Answer my two questions first". It's the way in which this dialogue is delivered in his narrative, manly voice with his hands folded by his waist. Toofan's costume adds more melodrama to the whole scene. The movie was full of such striking dialogues about mothers, sons, right, wrong etc. that struck harder than the characters themselves.
It was nice to watch Amitabh Bachchan in an absolute different avatar. Though, the superhero "Toofan" role did not suit him much as the matured roles of Abhimaan, Zanjeer and Silsila.
After a series of scenes which were accidentally placed after each other, the movie finally got over at around 12:40 am. In those two hours we had found our catharsis. And we slept remembering the lyrics of Toofan's hit song, Don't worry, be happy!
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