1970 TO1995 Bollywood Moveis

 Abhimaan

India,1973

In some ways an Indian version of A star is Born(1954), Abhiman is the story of the famous singer subir (Amitabh Bachan), who is publicly acclaimed but has a fragile ego and is lonely apart from his one friend chandru (Asrani) and his girlfriend (or not-it is never quite clear) chitra(Bindu) He receives late night phone calls from his Mausi (’Aunt’, played by Durga  khote) who has been taught to sing by her father (A.k. Hangal) She is a classically trained singer who even teases Subir about his Popular style. He invites her to sing a duet at their wedding reception where one of his friends (David) noties that she is the better singer. Uma begins her career as recording artist by singing with him but soon producers want her to give solo performances at a higher fee than her husband, and fans mob her rather than him. This tension over work leads to tension at home, and he abuses her and drinks heavily even though she offers to stop singing. She returns to her father, while he picks up his relationship with chitra. Only when shw loses their unborn baby does he ask for forgiveness. However, her despression is so severe that she can no longer respond to him let alone sing. subir sings their famous duet ‘Tere mere milan ki ye rainta’ and finally persuades her to sing it with him on stage.
A film about singers needs a special score, which this film  certainly has. composes by the elderly. S.d Burman, it cotains some hugely popular songs, with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Amond the hits Favourites Include the song  Kishore sings for Amitabh and songs like ‘Meet na mila re man ka’ which although sung in a happy mode. suggests he conceals an inner loneliness. Two of the duets are particularly outstanding :their first,’Teri bindiya re’ in which Mohammed Rafi sings for Amitabh, and their ‘theme song’. Tere mere’
However the story is also sustained throughout the film. with memorable dialogues by the Hindi Writer Rajinder Singh Bedi which along with the songs, help maintain a steady pace in the realistic portrayal of the pain and suffering the couple go through despitr their great love for each other
.This is one of several films by Hrishikesh Mukherjee that paires Amitabh Bachan and Jaya Bhauri, who acted together in other major hit films including Zanjeer (1973) solary (1975) silsila (1981) and kabhi kushi kabhi gham(2001) They were one of the most popular screen couples and although he us undoubtadely the greatest star in Indian film History she was intially the bigger attraction and it was often said that she had to stand down because she would have outshone him, though of course, that is entirely speculative. However for this film, it was (shared with Dimpe kapadia for Bobby) None the less it was also a great performance from Amitabh, WHO BROUGHT HIS PAIN AND ANGER TO THE ROLE AS HE DID TO ALL HIS ROLES, WHETHER IN MIDDLE CLASS CINEMA OR IN THE aNGRY YOUNG mAN fIGHTING fILMS. tHERE WAS sTRONG SUPPORT FROM veterans such as Durga Khote, who made her name in the early prabhat films,and a A.k Hangal whose latest appearance was in Laggaan, having acted in films over many decades
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