The other kind of classics - 7 - Tiranga

The other kind of classics proudly and patriotically presents - "Tiranga"!

If you are a patriot, you have to love this movie! Else go to...

A competition in obnoxiousness between the great Nana Patekar and the greater Raj Kumar!
Since Raj Kumar is senior, Nana decided to play second fiddle here and be a little less obnoxious (respect, you see).
The film is replete with "main kitna mahaan actor hoon" scenes by both of them. Very enjoyable.

Oh yes, the story. Not much to tell.
3 nuclear scientists are kidnapped by Pralayanath Gendaswami - no shame in body shaming here! The plan is to make his own missiles and destroy India.
Gendaswami is actually Marathi Manoos Deepak Shirke! What a performance, sir!
Brigadier Suryadev Singh (Raj Kumar) allies with Marathi sher Police Inspector Shivajirao Waghle (Nana Patekar).
Lots of twists and turns later, they save India from certain nuclear disaster on 15 Aug 1993 (mind it!)

Boring! It is Nana and Raj Kumar that are the hearts of the film! Do not miss the song "Peele peele o more Raja"...
Mamta Kulkarni is there for a break in the bromance between the two.

Trivia: Nawazuddin Siddiqui refers to this movie in the movie Black Friday while discussing the planting of explosives.


And finally -  those of you poor people who think missile technology is, well, rocket science, that is for mere mortals!
Raj Kumar foils Gendaswami's missiles by removing their *fuse conductors*. That's right, you didn't know that
missiles had fuse conductors, did you? Well they do. It is a critical part, without which the missiles blow only smoke.
See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_I5EJqQOY

The Other Kind Of Classics - 6 - Sheshnaag

"The Other Kind Of Classics" presents one of the all time classics! If you ever want to see just one of these movies, this is it!!
 
The name: Sheshnaag
Actors: Jeetendra, Rishi Kapoor, Rekha, Danny, Madhavi and Mandakini.

Story: Aghoori (Danny) wants the ichchadhari Naag-Nagin pair of Pritam (Jeetendra) and Banu (Madhavi) desperately.
Bcoz every lunar eclipse they reveal a trove of immense wealth and power - more powerful than the Gods!
 
Meanwhile, in a small village far, far away, we have Rekha whose father dies. She is left with a foul hubby (Anupam Kher) and
innocent brother (Rishi Kapoor). Bhola loves animals. He can charm any animal with his flute. He saves the nagin (Banu) and hence
is hated by Aghoori and his henchmen.
Meanwhile Rekha suffers a Draupadi fate. Anupam loses her in a wager, and she is surrounded by men wanting to sexually assault her.
So she jumps off a cliff. Banu takes her form and comes back to take care of Bhola. They move into a palatial mansion.
Pritam joins as a servant so he can be close to his wife and help look after Bhola.

Now Bhola falls in love with Kamini (Mandakini) and undergoes training to make a strong man of himself. This training is classic in itself!
But how will these guys stop Aghoori?

Fantastic dialogue of all time:
Aghoori on the origins/chemical composition of his power:
"Aghoori ki srushti Shaitan ne ki hai!
1000 Shaitanon ko mar kar, shamshan ghat mein jalakar, ek raakh tayyar kiya gaya.
Us raakh ko 1000 chipkaliyon ke khoon mein gholkar, ek putala tayyar kiya gaya.
Aur uss putle ko magarmach ke khaal se dhak diya gaya.
Aur uske haathon aur paaon ke jagah bichoon ke dankh laga diye gaye.
Aur uske baad Aghori paida hua!"


The entire movie is available on YouTube.

Finally, we leave you with proof that Alpenliebe stole their "Kaisi jeebh laplapayee" ad concept from Sheshnaag.
Enjoy this song - I am not responsible if your stomach pains with laughter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAR7ZdIaN4

The Other Kind Of Classics - 5 - Mr. Prime Minister

"The Other Kind of Classics" presents "Mr. Prime Minister"!

Dev Anand made many wonderful, memorable movies. But then he kept on making a ton of trash ones. Even Jewel Thief was not spared with a hideous sequel called "The return of Jewel Thief". Blow by blow, Dev saab painstakingly dismantled the temple he had created.

But I digress. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So it is with this "movie" called "Mr Prime Minister". Enjoy it!

The story - cough, cough! is as follows:

Kutch earthquake survivor Johnny Master (Dev saab) sells newspapers for a living in a small village in Gujarat. Residents of the village form a new political party and make Johnny their candidate. He wins, his opponents kidnap him. After being tortured, Johnny regains his memory to discover that he is Prem Batra, the third richest Indian in the UK! On the day of his arrival in Kutch, he had become a victim of the earthquake.  Johnny busts corrupt politicians and becomes India's prime minister.

The scene below shows Johnny watching 9/11 disaster happening from some unknown hotel window.

Points to be noted in just this one scene:

1. Ranchi waala aircrash bhi 9/11 ko hua tha.

2. As many extras as possible were crammed into the room.
3.  There is a naked guy among the shocked onlookers.

4. A plane crashing into a building must create a mushroom cloud, because it looks exactly like an atom bomb.

5. Dev Saab and Ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani were buddies.
6. Rudy got a check for $1 million from Dev saab. He never quite recovered from this shock and became the raving lunatic Trump supporter that he is today.

7. The lady casually donated blood for *all* the ghayal log in the WTC towers. Manmohan Desai had nothing on her!

https://youtu.be/hkSU-YSYeZI

The Other Kind Of Classics - 4 - Zehreela

"The Other Kind of Classics" is back!

When is a remake not a remake?

When it has been remade in such a way that it takes a life of its own or  irreparably mangles the original!

We proudly present the latter - "Zehreela" starring the one and only Prabhuji urf Mithun da!

Mithun is one actor on whom an entire series of Classics can be written! Throughout his career he has acted in funtastic, crazy films. Classic satisfaction guaranteed in each and every one of them.

In Zehreela, which is an unimaginable remake of "Cape Fear", Mithun has done numerous action scenes, each worth its weight in gold. One of them is a "non-veg" action scene where chicken is literally the bone of contention. Watch, ye mere mortals, as Mithun da pulverizes the goons and turns them into kadhai chicken!

https://youtu.be/R7sGEAC_1Fc

The Other Kind Of Classics - 3 - Andaz (Anil Juhi)

Teachers' Day Special!
The Other Kind Of Classics  presents - "Andaz"!
Teacher: Anil Kapoor
Student: Karishma Kapoor
Wife: Juhi Chawla

A 2nd level remake of a South Indian movie (Tamil remade into Telugu remade into Hindi), the plot is simple. A student (Karishma) falls in love with her teacher (Anil). The teacher rebuffs her and she vows to marry him. Scared, he marries an illiterate (Juhi).

Karishma is mortified by what she has put Anil through. So she tries to improve Juhi - education, manners, etc. wise. Matters get complicated when Karishma moves in with them after her father dies.

But the real reason why this is a classic because this is a combined skeleton in both Anil and Juhi's closets!
Both of them have not done anything cheap in their careers. Except here.
Since it is a David Dhawan film, cheapness is guaranteed. So also here there are 2 songs with double meaning.
"Khada hai khada hai .... Dar pe tere Aashiq khada hai"
And
"Mein maal gaadi tu dhakka laga". What poetry!

Presenting one of the daags on the chaands (Juhi and Anil).
Please see when alone.

https://youtu.be/9pDOSg2IBGs

The Other Kind Of Classics - 2 - Jiyaala

The Other Kind Of Classics proudly presents - "Jiyaala"!
This hidden classic has remained hidden for a reason. Actually 2 reasons. The hero and the heroine.

Hero: Siraj Khan. Such powerful expression - one. Used throughout the movie for all scenes.

Heroine: Poonam Jhawer: Such a wasted talent. Just look at her eyes! Kya nahin that uske paas? Naysayers say kuch nahin tha. But we ignore such ignoramuses.

Bonus: This song, blasted out by Kumar Sanu. If you can tolerate it, see from 4:07 to 4:18. Such expressions have never been seen on the silver screen. And God willing, will never be seen again.

https://youtu.be/6a6eC-9BDZQ

The Other Kind of Classics - 1 - Meri Awaaz Suno

This is a series of post which lists films that are "the other kind of classics". These are basically films that are so bad that you like them! Sounds contradictory, but that's the way it is.

First example is the great Jeetendra doing a fantastic double role in "Meri Awaaz Suno".
One good cop, and the other an apparently bad one called Kanwarlal.

Admire the genius of Jeetendra as he tries to play the 2 characters as differently as possible...

https://youtu.be/l1CMo_qvu8c?t=2m25s