This was
one of the first movies I crossed off my “watch every Bachchan movie list”. I
watched it long before I started this system to keep track of the movies. When I
revisited this movie last night, I remembered why I had fallen in love with this
movie the first time around! It’s a perfect movie! Wonderful acting by the
entire cast (even Prem Chopra), great music, a wonderful plot that weaves in
morals and lessons throughout and, the greatest contribution to this movie’s
title as perfect, two child actors who are actually really good!
I tried
to describe the plot to my friend and came up with the description of Alexander
Duma’s Count of Monte Cristo with
amnesia instead of jail. You have the elements of a noble, hardworking member
of the middle class, a wife after fortune and fame, and a traitorous best
friend, and a little child that is the ruler of your heart. The story flows
perfectly the lessons about life, fame, fortune and family are not lost
throughout the length of the film, and everything comes together at the end in
a perfect crescendo.
It’s
really not that hard to fall in love with this movie. Rekha and Amitji (who
play Rekha and Amit on screen!) intertwine together like music, they’re ability
to create chemistry on screen is undoubtedly one of the more attractive parts
of this movie. Rekha’s Rekha in the film is “what kind of a wife NOT to be” and
Amitji’s Amit is a prince among men, a hardworking man with a high maintenance
wife that does not deserve him.
But oh,
revenge is sweet!
As
amazing as Rekha and Mr. Bachchan are together, the two child actors that are
in this movie, who play his son pre and post amnesia are simply amazing, and adorable.
The younger child is so cute! The older version of Mithun is one of the only
child actors I’ve seen who can convincingly portray emotion, as seen in the
reunion of Amit Roy with his son after he returns to Calcutta, after regaining
his memory.
There is
also Uttpal Dutt’s character in the movie (I believe) keeps mixing up Bengali
and Punjabi/Hindi words and expressions together, and a young Mithun
Chakraborty who pops up as Amit and Rekha’s neighbor.
This
movie is truly a gem in cinematic history. I know the amnesia story has been
done countless times before but never with such style, such grace, peppered
with Mr. Bachchan’s legendary drunk scenes. I rate Do Anjaane as one of the must see movies of all times, and
definitely in the most highly rated categories of Mr. Bachchan’s movies.
Ek
Ajnabee,
IS
PS: there was a strange lack of pictures or stills from this movie, apologies!
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