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Originally posted by chameli:
IK....i cannot get that song outa me head...i play it morn n nite...gotto get a CD with it...and i want the lyrics...it could very well be the first song i learn to sing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ext_from=PL&index=68

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Bhaiya asj, if u ever make a CD with this song..kindly send me a copy

Check your gni email:

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The Great Gambler (1979)

With its exotic locales, scheming baddies, long-lost brothers, nonsensical plot, and smitten heroines, there is little to set this film apart from dozens of other masala movies of its era. Yet the charisma of its stars - Amitabh Bachchan in a dashing double role, and Zeenat Aman as smoking hot as ever - is enough to seat The Great Gambler solidly in the category of light, fun timepass.

Jai (Amitabh) is a gambler, a man with the power to make the cards dance for him, hired by casino owner Ratan Das (Madan Puri) to separate rich businessmen from their money. Ratan Das hatches a scheme to marry Jai to Mala (Neetu Singh), the daughter of another wealthy businessman (Iftekhar), and sends Jai to Lisbon to meet her. Jai doesn't know that Ratan Das is engineering a scheme to steal the plans for the government's powerful new defense technology and sell it to the highest bidder. His contacts in this scheme include a gang boss named Saxena (Utpal Dutt), whose henchmen Ramesh (Prem Chopra) and Marconi (Sujit Kumar) carry out his dirty work.

Meanwhile, a police officer named Vijay (also Amitabh) is hot on the trail of Saxena's gang and eager to recover the stolen secrets. Vijay is a dead ringer for Jai, of course, and when Saxena's gang realizes this they - with the help of their moll, Shabnam (Zeenat Aman) strongarm Jai into taking over Vijay's identity and helping them complete their transaction. While Jai is diverted from his journey to meet his betrothed Mala, she finds Vijay instead and - once she's mistaken him for Jai - sparks fly.

The story is much less coherent than that description, with numerous details, twists, and complexities that don't fit together and make little sense. But the plot is not where The Great Gambler's entertainment lies. It lies rather in odd scenes and fun moments, driven by Amitabh and Zeenat looking their best. The henchman Marconi, who lives in Rome, speaks Hindi with a lilting Italian accent. Jai and Vijay, once united, pull of a hysterical bamboozle in the guise of an impulsive emir and his bumbling secretary. There is a stomach-churning fight scene that takes place in a meat locker. Zeenat melts the screen with a hotter than hot belly dance in "O Rukasa mera naam". Asha Bhosle sings the plaintive "Do lafzon ki hai," gorgeously picturized on a Venetian gondola. Moments like these are the glue that holds The Great Gambler together when the plot gets too nonsensical or the chase scenes and fight scenes too repetitive.

Amitabh did not do enough with his double role - it was too difficult to tell his characters apart, unless there were some linguistic cues that escaped my rudimentary Hindi comprehension. But that didn't detract too much from the fun of watching Amitabh just do his thing. If you're a fan of his, or of Zeenat's, there are worse ways to spend a rainy afternoon than watching The Great Gambler.

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DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

THE VIDEO: DO LAFZON KI HAIN: AMORE MIO: THE GREAT GAMBLER

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DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

THE VIDEO: RAQQASA MERA NAAM-THE GREAT GAMBLER:

Not so much for the song, but the dance???? a sight for sore eyes

Got to be that she was trained by Helen for this one.

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One year after the popular reception of “Don”, The Great Gambler attempts to emulate that success by bringing back many of the same actors and by again giving Amitabh Bachchan a dual role in this action film. Though it never quite reaches the deliriously enjoyable highs of the “Don” experience, it certainly manages to pack an enormous amount of fun into its running time. From nearly the opening scene it grabs you by the ear and leads you on a chase from India to Egypt and through the streets of Rome, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Venice. And unlike many Bollywood films, in which only the musical fantasy pieces occur in these settings, this actually has the story unfolding in these locations and at times it feels like a travel tour – the pyramids on your right, the coliseum on your left.

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Originally posted by asj:
DON: 1978:

THE VIDEO: JISKA MUJHE THA INTEZAAR: DON 1978:

THERE IS AN ITEM NUMBER DONE BY HELEN WAS VERY POPULAR AND THAT ONE WAS TITLED "YEH MERA DIL PYAR KA DIWANA"

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lovely song...beautiful Zeenie in an awesome dress n i so love the earrings...enjoyed this song..actually played it a few times.

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Originally posted by asj:

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THERE IS AN ITEM NUMBER DONE BY HELEN WAS VERY POPULAR AND THAT ONE WAS TITLED "YEH MERA DIL PYAR KA DIWANA"

CANNOT RESIST NOT TO BRING THIS ONE:

THE VIDEO: YEH MERA DIL PYAR KA DIWANA: DON 1978:

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n played this one a few times too...man oh man Helen was excellent in this..enjoyed it too

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Originally posted by asj:
THE MOVIE DON: WATCH FOR FREE:

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tnks..will watch it later on

quote:

Originally posted by chameli:
IK....i cannot get that song outa me head...i play it morn n nite...gotto get a CD with it...and i want the lyrics...it could very well be the first song i learn to sing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ext_from=PL&index=68

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Bhaiya asj, if u ever make a CD with this song..kindly send me a copy

Chameli..what can i say...it's a haunting song..since i have been playing it too..it's been in my head too..love it love it love it

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Originally posted by asj:
DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

THE VIDEO: DO LAFZON KI HAIN: AMORE MIO: THE GREAT GAMBLER

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what a seductive song..love the hair n the dress...actually when i had seen this movie back then i had loved the scenes especially this one of Venice..it was so beautiful...loved the movie also..

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Originally posted by asj:
DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

THE VIDEO: RAQQASA MERA NAAM-THE GREAT GAMBLER:

Not so much for the song, but the dance???? a sight for sore eyes

Got to be that she was trained by Helen for this one.

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really sexy dance/song

DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

Qurbani:


If Zeenie was good in the seventy's then came 1980 and Feroze Khan's Qurbani, propels Zeeine to greater heights:

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QURBANI:


Qurbani is considered one of the classic Bollywood action films from its period and it lives up to its reputation from beginning to end in a big sprawling messy tale of shoot outs, brawls, car chases, double-crosses, nasty villains, nastier vamps and a heroine (Zeenie Aman) with enough exposed cleavage to make any man forget his problems. It also has two heroes who are both on the wrong side of the law but on the right side of honor and both of them have a mean upper cut to go along with their chiselled jaws.

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QURABNI:


Our first sighting of Zeenat (Sheela) has her singing in a nightclub barely wearing a slinky red number that has more loopholes than a Congressional tax bill – her skin seems to shimmer as she dances across the floor to the disco beat of the legendary song Aap Jaisa Koi – she is like creamy cheesecake in need of a spoon. Later when a letch with mutton chops approaches her, Rajesh gives him a thrashing, though whether it is for being a nuisance or for his facial faux pas isn’t clear but you are glad to see it happen. They have been dating for over a year, but Zeenat still doesn’t yet know what Rajesh does for a living

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QURBANI:


The film has a solid collection of songs – other than the bouncy Aap Jaisa Koi that Zeenat sings twice – both in dresses that could cause riots in some countries – there are four other songs – Laila o Laila is another cabaret song from Zeenat all glammed up in white and the ballad Kaya Deka The Lo which has the sultry beauty making polka dots look like a fashion statement. A note of interest that I came across was that the song Aap Jaisa Koi was sung by a fifteen year old girl who was discovered in the U.K. by Feroz Khan and this song made Nazia Hasan into a star. She was also the main female playback singer in Star and sings the infectious “Bhoom Bhoom”. Sadly, she died in 2000 of cancer.

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I watched Don last night on MaxAsia on TV, (saw the movie back in Guyana in 79 I think), anyways, she was not all that great in it. Her hairstyle was diff.
In Hera Panna, yes she was smashing with Dev Anand.

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Originally posted by amral:
I watched Don last night on MaxAsia on TV, (saw the movie back in Guyana in 79 I think), anyways, she was not all that great in it. Her hairstyle was diff.
In Hera Panna, yes she was smashing with Dev Anand.

She had a very good role in Qurbani, and the two songs that she had, were very popular, will present then later

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QURBANI:

THE VIDEO: AAP JAISA KOI HAIN: QURBANI:

Was very popular in its days of discos

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