I always prefer old movies to new. Routine to new. Same old to something different. Only two things are exempt from it, one is food in which I am actually a daring vegetarian, ready to try new, unknown veggies, exotic cheeses, different desserts which don't have any mixes of chick, moo, fishy and if they have baby of chick then I don't know of it. The other adventure is music. I tend to like music of any origin, language provided it has good music. I had never heard Luke Bryan but now he is one of my favourites ( and no..his handsomeness has nothing to do with it..his grainy voice does)
Digress..digress..I pref b/w movies if they are nicely made ( mostly they are). I prefer old comedies..as they were truly best. Which had good plot, classy and timely dialogues and a sense of clean innocence in acting.
Now a days I am preferring suspense also the old style. One such movie is gumnaam which even if I have seen say 10 times in past two weeks, I still have an urge to see it.
Of course I won't say the story. It's easily found on YouTube. The movie I mean if you have not seen it and story on wiki.
There are absolutely so many things things that I have liked in the movie that I see the movie for those aspects. The first is the plot. If you see the movie for the first time, you absolutely have no clue who the killer is. The plot flows seamlessly and very fast. Songs are rightly placed and don't look out of place. There are romantic songs, peppy numbers, jazz number which have been given music by THE Shankar jaikishan duo. And though I am partial to kiss ore kumar, I have started to like mohd Rafi and for right reasons. I couldn't imagine he could actually sing Ajax tune with so much ease as a sexy rainy romantic song. Wow...
Then there are villains. A multitude of them. Who have acted in such a way that they have individually shone but didn't overshadow others.. There is Dhumal, a simpleton villain, absolutely human ( who can forget his small but significant role in wo kaun thi). Then there is my dada'sfavourite real rogue Manmohan, an absolutely villain's right hand. There is to put in dada's words 'Mutton' aka Madan puri, who took Villainousless to a classy level by playing mind games and making good parties feud. There is Tarun Bose. A wonderful actor in his own right. And lastly there is Pran. My favourite. Devil incarnate.if eyes could kill..his would take you to hell and back. Pure chameleonsque,mocking the overactor Manoj kumar ( who somehow looks good and controlled in this movie). Then there is mehmood and his antics. Pretty and demure Nanda and the femme fatale Helen. I never knew that Helen could act so well without going overboard. She has played her butterfly role so well with carefree abandon. Of staying happy even in grim scenarios. When the villains get killed one by one on a lonely but pretty island..the characters can trust no one. U never know whose turn is next. What becomes spooky besides the ruins of ancient church, pristine beach and rocky landscape with no human contact except the characters themselves is the song which they hear suddenly out of no where..gumnaam hai koi..it startles you surely..
I liked that as compared to modern movies which are full of blood and gore..here except the bodies and coldness shown in the eyes of the dead ( especially Manmohan as Kishan and Magan puri as dr. acharya) is more chilling than absolutely revoulting blood,gore and innards out type. I especially liked the extended scene when Helen's character Kitty is killed. U just say "shit..shit..help her someone".this is the only murder scenes guess that is shown, rest all are just bodies discovered.
Then the is absolutely laugh a riot but a it sinister as well butler aka Mehmood, who has some secrets to hide.
Lastly, the lead couple of pretty Nanda ( who I really liked as one of real pretty actresses) and surprisingly Manoj kumar who looks so cute and lovable at one time and serious and thoughtful at the next instance...the way he puts 2 and 2 together slowly uncovering the mysterious murders...
For me this movie has become like a key to search more such movies...and if not anything..watch this movie a few more times...I don't think so I will be getting tired of this that easily.
Digress..digress..I pref b/w movies if they are nicely made ( mostly they are). I prefer old comedies..as they were truly best. Which had good plot, classy and timely dialogues and a sense of clean innocence in acting.
Now a days I am preferring suspense also the old style. One such movie is gumnaam which even if I have seen say 10 times in past two weeks, I still have an urge to see it.
Of course I won't say the story. It's easily found on YouTube. The movie I mean if you have not seen it and story on wiki.
There are absolutely so many things things that I have liked in the movie that I see the movie for those aspects. The first is the plot. If you see the movie for the first time, you absolutely have no clue who the killer is. The plot flows seamlessly and very fast. Songs are rightly placed and don't look out of place. There are romantic songs, peppy numbers, jazz number which have been given music by THE Shankar jaikishan duo. And though I am partial to kiss ore kumar, I have started to like mohd Rafi and for right reasons. I couldn't imagine he could actually sing Ajax tune with so much ease as a sexy rainy romantic song. Wow...
Then there are villains. A multitude of them. Who have acted in such a way that they have individually shone but didn't overshadow others.. There is Dhumal, a simpleton villain, absolutely human ( who can forget his small but significant role in wo kaun thi). Then there is my dada'sfavourite real rogue Manmohan, an absolutely villain's right hand. There is to put in dada's words 'Mutton' aka Madan puri, who took Villainousless to a classy level by playing mind games and making good parties feud. There is Tarun Bose. A wonderful actor in his own right. And lastly there is Pran. My favourite. Devil incarnate.if eyes could kill..his would take you to hell and back. Pure chameleonsque,mocking the overactor Manoj kumar ( who somehow looks good and controlled in this movie). Then there is mehmood and his antics. Pretty and demure Nanda and the femme fatale Helen. I never knew that Helen could act so well without going overboard. She has played her butterfly role so well with carefree abandon. Of staying happy even in grim scenarios. When the villains get killed one by one on a lonely but pretty island..the characters can trust no one. U never know whose turn is next. What becomes spooky besides the ruins of ancient church, pristine beach and rocky landscape with no human contact except the characters themselves is the song which they hear suddenly out of no where..gumnaam hai koi..it startles you surely..
I liked that as compared to modern movies which are full of blood and gore..here except the bodies and coldness shown in the eyes of the dead ( especially Manmohan as Kishan and Magan puri as dr. acharya) is more chilling than absolutely revoulting blood,gore and innards out type. I especially liked the extended scene when Helen's character Kitty is killed. U just say "shit..shit..help her someone".this is the only murder scenes guess that is shown, rest all are just bodies discovered.
Then the is absolutely laugh a riot but a it sinister as well butler aka Mehmood, who has some secrets to hide.
Lastly, the lead couple of pretty Nanda ( who I really liked as one of real pretty actresses) and surprisingly Manoj kumar who looks so cute and lovable at one time and serious and thoughtful at the next instance...the way he puts 2 and 2 together slowly uncovering the mysterious murders...
For me this movie has become like a key to search more such movies...and if not anything..watch this movie a few more times...I don't think so I will be getting tired of this that easily.
