Be-Sharam
If you wanted to, it seems like you could draw up a sort of family tree of the films Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan made during his late seventies to mid eighties prime, tracing each of those movies’ origins along three very distinct lines, each leading back to a particular career-defining blockbuster that provided the template for much of what was to come. Of course, while Bachchan would star in films that were virtual remakes of Deewaar, Sholay and Don over the course of his career, the lines leading back to those three classics would not always be perfectly straight. For one would also have to consider films like 1978’s Be-Sharam, which draw upon elements of all three.
#1 by El Santo on April 30, 2008 - 7:55 pm
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Re: White-trimmed polka-dotted suits.
Man, what the hell is wrong with people from India?
#2 by lyzard on April 30, 2008 - 10:02 pm
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Nothing, as far as I can see. Although….
Would those really be the best character traits for a successful international drug smuggler?
By the way:
Is that meant to be a cobra hugging that guy to death?
#3 by Todd on April 30, 2008 - 10:39 pm
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I don’t know what’s wrong with them, but when whatever it is collides with everything that was wrong with the 70s, it somehow equals awesome.
“Is that meant to be a cobra hugging that guy to death?”
I guess sweaty, leering, giggly guy kept some pythons on hand. Probably because cobras aren’t all that into hugging.
#4 by Nathan Shumate on April 30, 2008 - 11:33 pm
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That’s just because they weren’t shown love in their childhoods.
#5 by KeithA on May 1, 2008 - 9:38 am
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El Santo: In my fantasy dream world, late-era 1970s Amitabh teamed up with early-era 1970s Jason King, and together they ruled the fashion and espionage world. The ascots…THE ASCOTS!!!