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AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY


(1977) English and Arabic subtitles on print, 172 minutes, Full Screen. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Helen. Dialogue by Kader Khan. Music is by Laaxmikant Pyarelal. Playback singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, and others. Picture Quality: Good. Audio: Good 2 channel mono. Released by Baba Traders of Queens, NY.

The print used has seen better days, yet overall has very good definition and color retention. Scratches and blemishes are present, however, especially during reel changes of the film.

AAA is a wild, action-packed, and relentlessly illogical story of three brothers who are separated from their parents at a young age through some unfortunate and unbelievable circumstances: the mother becomes blind from a falling branch and the father exchanges places with his tormentors after crashing down a steep hill in their car filled with gold and escaping without a scratch with the booty. It would take forever to relate the twists and turns and U-turns in the script. One wild scene has the 3 grown-up brothers giving blood to an unknown sick woman - their mother! The script, with plots and subplots galore, has more holes than swiss cheese. Yet, if you're willing to suspend disbelief, just sit back and enjoy the star power of the 3 stars, the memorable award-winning songs and picturizations of them. Especially Amitabh's latin excursion- the wild and campy "My Name is Anthony Gonzalves."..

••UPDATE•• AAA HAS RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED BY DEI IN A MUCH HIGHER QUALITY DVD. UNFORTUNATELY, UNLIKE BABA TRADERS'S DVD, IT DOES NOT CONTAIN SONG SUBTITLING.

MR. NATWARLAL


(1979)- EROS/DEI-155 minutes-English subtitles. Amitabh Bachchan, Rehka, Amjad Khqan, Kader Khan. Video- excellent for a 20 year old film. Most likely was transferred from the original film negative. Audio- acceptable, considering the limitations of a mono soundtrack.

Perhaps the best-looking dvd of Bachchan made by EROS/DEI. Unfortunately, it is also by far the weakest movie of the previous Bachchan releases. "Mr. Natwarlal" is a very slow paced, poorly written and directed film . A very overweight and bloated Amjad Khan fails to project any menace as the villain (Vicky). And despite the best efforts of Amitabh and Rekha, the film lacks the energy or excitement of most of Mr. Bachchan's films made during this period. Amitabh makes his movie playback singing debut with the rather ordinary- "Mere Pass Aao, Mere Dosto." There is one excellent song- "Pardesia," which is very nicely choreographed. For Amitabh fans only..

MUQADDAR KA SIKANDER


(1978) Released by EROS/DEI. Subtitled. With great Urdu dialogue. Especially the graveyard scene, where a young Sikander is given some wise advice by a sage.

Time hasn't diminished the enjoyment of this Amitabh hit. Sure it's a bit dated. Still, you have Amitabh giving a great restrained perfomance (some of the overacting stars of today should take heed) as the orphan Sikander.

The DVD uses a colorful though soft print, which has some speckles, especially early in the film. The mono audio is fine, although slightly muddled. Still it's alot of fun to see Amitabh, especially in the great nightclub scene near the end. A classic.






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