Versatile, reliable, ubiquitous and pleasant that's Jeetendra an actor who can do everything quite well but seldom seems to exude enough charisma to avoid the "lightweight" leading man tag. To be fair, he was an energetic dancer in his younger days but he has little opportunity to show it in Ek Hi Bhool ("Only One Mistake").
Here he plays George Brent to Rekha's Bette Davis. They both get top billing but there's never any doubt upon whom our eyes will alight. This is a Rekha star vehicle. A thin plot has the star suffering in saris of every conceivable colour (over 40 costume changes in all ) as we follow her from cheeky young thing to betrayed wife to determined single mother and eventual reconciliation. If the audience is supposed to ask itself whether a wife should forgive her husband's adultery, it is definitely not invited to wonder how a single mother, working as an invoice clerk, could afford such a fabulous wardrobe.
Lots of close-ups allow us to admire and empathise with a sad Rekha, a wistful Rekha, an angry Rekha, a pensive Rekha, a soulful Rekha, a smiling Rekha and so on, whilst not allowing the actress to display her formidable talents to their fullest extent. But when she looks this good who cares ?
Here he plays George Brent to Rekha's Bette Davis. They both get top billing but there's never any doubt upon whom our eyes will alight. This is a Rekha star vehicle. A thin plot has the star suffering in saris of every conceivable colour (over 40 costume changes in all ) as we follow her from cheeky young thing to betrayed wife to determined single mother and eventual reconciliation. If the audience is supposed to ask itself whether a wife should forgive her husband's adultery, it is definitely not invited to wonder how a single mother, working as an invoice clerk, could afford such a fabulous wardrobe.
Lots of close-ups allow us to admire and empathise with a sad Rekha, a wistful Rekha, an angry Rekha, a pensive Rekha, a soulful Rekha, a smiling Rekha and so on, whilst not allowing the actress to display her formidable talents to their fullest extent. But when she looks this good who cares ?