Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) :
Brief Review -
Rajendra Kumar as a good hero and Dharmendra's rare grey character in a typical box office super hit. Ayee Milan Ki Bela is very formulaic about its narrative, as it blends a couple of "gift and return" formulas along with a jealousy term. However, it doesn't bore you with its pacy narrative (Goldmines has a 129-minute version available on YouTube). The film begins with the typical formula of a poor woman giving away one of her own children to her boss's wife, who has lost her son during delivery. Of course, the only condition is that she cannot tell the secret to anyone. Years later, her boy has become quite a gentleman, a hard-working man, and a very kind-hearted fella. He takes care of everyone in the village and soon becomes a favourite of his boss. The daughter of his boss falls in love with him, and there comes a twist in this happy tale. The boy, who was taken by the rich family, arrives in the same village, and the mother is happy that two brothers are finally together-but as friends. Apparently, this boy also falls in love with the same girl and turns evil to win her at any cost-even if he has to betray and defame the kind-hearted friend. Rajendra Kumar plays the gentleman, and Dharmendra portrays the rich man who happens to be his brother. Saira Banu looks beautiful in her role and gets some bona fide scenes that include romance, dance, and singing. Dharmendra arrives late to the party, so it's obvious that Rajendra Kumar takes away the limelight. It's still a shocking thing to see Dharmendra's character turning grey from green and then yellow in the ending. Shankar-Jaikishan's pair has given a decent album, but the expectations from this legendary duo were higher. Mohan Kumar has directed Sachin Bhowmik's ordinary story very well, which makes for an instant good one-time watch rather than a great film.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.
