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Waqt (1965)
A Golden Oldie
I just watched this film and I highly recommend it to anyone who feels like making a trip into the Hindi cinema of yesteryear. While by no means original, the story has the perfect combination of drama, fun, romance, hardship and lucky coincidence. The court scenes at the end are wonderful, with Sunil Dutt in full 'Perry Mason' mode, and the finally comes with all the tears and high emotion that I've come to know and love from 'Bollywood' films. The songs are nice (a personal fav is 'O Meri Zohra Jabeen'), the ladies stunning, the gentlemen charming, and the young Shashi Kapoor divine! It took quite some searching to find a copy of this film on DVD but it was well worth the hunt.
Mr Ya Miss (2005)
So much potential, so little success
The story line isn't a new one, but it does have the potential for lots of fun and laughter. Sanjay (Aftab), is womanizing ad executive who dies but is then sent back to earth in female form, so he can experience what life is like for a woman and thereby learn the error of his evil ways. The comedic possibilities are endless, but the success most of these jokes rests on the shoulders of the gender-bending actor.
Aftab and Ritesh (as best friend Ravi) are both wonderful in their respective roles, but nothing can save the film from Antara's dismal portrayal of the female Sanjay. What happened to the beautiful subtle acting we saw in "Company" and "Naach"? Antara's concept of male physicality appears to be sneering constantly and swaying from side to side like an elephant.
And exactly how long does it take to learn to walk in a pair of high heels!?! The story spans almost a year and yet Antara flops and stumbles through the entire film, launching herself from doorway to chair like some sort of misguided torpedo! (She miraculously recovers her balance in order to kick butt in a bar room brawl, but has a relapse as soon as the scene is over).
If you want to see this film done properly, then do yourself a favor and hunt up a copy of "Switch", the 1991 Hollywood original staring Ellen Barkin