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Friday, April 23rd, 2010 by
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Teesri Manzil (1966)

Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Premnath, Helen Director: Vijay Anand Music: R.D. Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Capsule Review: Blending producer Nasir  Husain’s trademark formula of frolic and romancewith director Vijay Anand’s penchant for using song, dance and drama as extensions of the characters’ inner world, Teesri Manzil created a storm …

. . . . Crime . Mystery

Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by
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Ganga Jamna (1961)

Ganga Jamna is one of the finest examples of a popular theme of Indian cinema, namely that of the good and bad brother. Gunga (Dilip Kumar), framed for a crime by a landowner, becomes an outlaw, while his younger brother, Jamna (Nasir Khan, Dilip Kumar’s real-life brother), whom he has …

. . . Crime

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by
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Shakti (1982)

This film is always remembered as the one time that Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan played father and son. While both stars had played the role of the person who becomes a criminal but remains honest and decent, here the father is the police officer while the son is the …

. . . . Crime

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 by
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Taxi Driver (1954)

Synopsis Dev Anand’s best-known ‘proletarian’ performance as a taxi driver in a story inspired by film noir. Mangal (DevAnand) rescues Mala (Kalpana Kartik) from some hoodlums. This act of chivalry leads to a series of encounters with a violent criminal gang who, later in the film, steal Mangal’s cab to …

. . . . Crime

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