Amar Prem review :
After Aradhana (1969), this was another hit from Shakti Samanta who completed a successful hattrick with Rajesh Khanna (Kati Patang came in between) and second straight hit with Sharmila Tagore. She was truly mesmerizing as the unfortunate Pushpa who is forced to sell her body but still doesn't lose her good soul. Her regular customer Rajesh Khanna is also kind hearted human and loves Pushpa for her personal goodness.
The unique mother-son like bonding that Pushpa shares with her neighborhood child Nandu forms the crux of the plot and makes way for many emotional scenes between the two - like the one when the young Nandu defies his evil stepmom (Bindu) to tend to the wound on Pushpa's foot. He grows up to be a well educated engineer (Vinod Mehra in a cameo) and searches for his long lost maa Pushpa only to find her in a pitiable condition..
R. D. Burman's music score was extraordinary and every song was a blockbuster. Kishore Kumar literally breathed life in to those compositions and his voice suited Khanna perfectly. "Pushpa, I hate tears" catchphrase is still famous just like "Kitne Aadmi the.." from Sholay (1975).
Amar Prem was actually a Hindi remake of a Bengali hit where Uttam Kumar had played Rajesh Khanna's role but Kaka did lend his own touch to the character in the remake. He is outstanding, no less. But the film belongs to Sharmila Tagore and she looks absolutely gorgeous in those puff sleeve blouses. This is one of the finest performances of her career. Probably next to Mausam (1975) - another intense movie where she played a prostitute!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
After Aradhana (1969), this was another hit from Shakti Samanta who completed a successful hattrick with Rajesh Khanna (Kati Patang came in between) and second straight hit with Sharmila Tagore. She was truly mesmerizing as the unfortunate Pushpa who is forced to sell her body but still doesn't lose her good soul. Her regular customer Rajesh Khanna is also kind hearted human and loves Pushpa for her personal goodness.
The unique mother-son like bonding that Pushpa shares with her neighborhood child Nandu forms the crux of the plot and makes way for many emotional scenes between the two - like the one when the young Nandu defies his evil stepmom (Bindu) to tend to the wound on Pushpa's foot. He grows up to be a well educated engineer (Vinod Mehra in a cameo) and searches for his long lost maa Pushpa only to find her in a pitiable condition..
R. D. Burman's music score was extraordinary and every song was a blockbuster. Kishore Kumar literally breathed life in to those compositions and his voice suited Khanna perfectly. "Pushpa, I hate tears" catchphrase is still famous just like "Kitne Aadmi the.." from Sholay (1975).
Amar Prem was actually a Hindi remake of a Bengali hit where Uttam Kumar had played Rajesh Khanna's role but Kaka did lend his own touch to the character in the remake. He is outstanding, no less. But the film belongs to Sharmila Tagore and she looks absolutely gorgeous in those puff sleeve blouses. This is one of the finest performances of her career. Probably next to Mausam (1975) - another intense movie where she played a prostitute!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.