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by Ramesh Sippy by G JP. Sippy
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His art has a. pictorial quality .and Sholay is tfie costliest movie & visual charm highlighting the made so far beauty and ruggedness of the three crore$
landscape, The train scene ^nd . reportedly be<kn spent on it. But
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! I'hese fwp films share mafcy �.;�;,;.'jpjoi^ts of similarity.. Both are big
'.�) bjudjj�et �'big-cast mpvfes, haying a .common thejmeVendetta for| , murjder is murder. And both afe \ written to the formula-lot of
the" hors,e rider's chase are ! as. to what purpo expertly, photographed as in with cliches,
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western movies.
suous dance
Almost all the characters let themselves * go without much restraint. Dharmendra t�e
jptiiMi, more 'action, violence and f^nten jail-bird comes up withj a viUaany that have made dozens of J�vlal performance, spraewh^t
dacotts* kidna He ma to danc
n India-more than of rupees have
;e? Is-it to continue like Helen's sen* number and the
pping and forcing for them to save
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the life of her lover? Or. is it merely to indulge in catchy shows-like taking the law into one's hand, personal vengeance and tracing a murderer by setting
somewhat similar to that in
.And vet, theme-wise oie' pratiggya. Amitabh Bachchan is another afterj him? For that do not'convince and ate Dharme-ntjra's comrade repeats reason Raj Kl^osla's Mera Gaon
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aesthetically poor,
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�| his angry youngman's role he ) became known for in Zanzeer and
Dewar, Hema Maltni's chatterbox tongawali.is nothing new on thev
is1 too glossy to tije insipid, too commercial to be di^H
�a^id too traditional to be,original ...
' M"c)h is lifted'from foreign filnjs 'Hindi scre.cn. Before her retire-
Jific The Magnificent SeveiL nicnt Munita^ did a-similar rolje
^ven Sumurai, Professional*, �rtth_ all the frolic, dancing and Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassid^, - singing Hcma now relies on to
Sundance Kid, the Secret Af VV!n applause. Jaya Bhaduri
Santu Bktoria imd Shane, to name m.akes a bnef appearance but
; al fqw-howcver. one 'caiinot but ^ltjl her ^iet djg��y she brings
VMdnijirc' Salim^^ved*s crafts^mai)* out the P^th�s and hopes of the
1 "rslKipiln fitting Sequences borro^- y�ung widpw. Surpassing all the
^ ^roni foreign films into trie o^ers is'Sanjeev Kumar, the
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Mera Desh, made at one-sixth of Sholav 's cost.jrad at least a social point to it-t^ rid the dacoit menace. thc{ villager^ fought unitedlv.
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ha$ an overdoze airhoist'everything. Even when
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retired police < officer, * pining inwardly for revenge fpr the murder of his family and seeking
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sqenr cries toit an end, jt linger^ Sanjeev knpws the art of on tci a dead-end. The film is ^s translating, nuances and inflec-sliiggi$h an anV commercial Hindi tions in cinematic terms and production, but for its technic^ ^e'" h�'Amec?ti** .I^e^/iev?lr first-rate photography] �?fore' A^ lven Amjad' Khan ^ Divecha sUccessfullV 51S s<?reen 1ebut as t!?e ferPcio"s scenes in 70 mm with dacolt makes an trnPressive �a� its -attendant panoram^, appearancf and;that.too without 1 ' ~ * * the usual villaimsh rranriensm.
�e^papsweness; depth *nd sweepi.
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Hon. Shri Y- B. Chavan, External Affairs Minister, answering questions after his speech at the meeting held IB October organized by the Joint Committee of Indian Organizations, at New India House. New York, From left to right are: P.rakash Vyas, Ex-ecutive Secretary of the Joint Committee, Hon. Ambassador Shri T^ N. Kaul, Hon. Shri Y. B. Chavan, External Affairs Minister of India and Hon. Shri A. G. Asrani, Consul General of India.
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