I had heard/read somewhere long back that the movie was very sentimental and all the female audience carried multiple handkerchiefs to the theatre. But alas, I would say the movie was anything but 'senti'-mental. There's nothing about the movie that I could even write - script, songs, direction, etc. - all a big disappointment. Though, the actors did put in a decent performance.
If the UI of a product sucks with no value to add, no one pays attention to the fact that the buttons/controls in UI worked wonderfully. Similarly, the performance of the various actors involved go in vain.
As mentioned in one of my earlier blogs, looks like AB talking to God asking him for answers and all (Mr. Natwarlal, Deewar, etc.), has been copied from this 1966 release.
If you are still interested, here is the story...
Story: Shankar (Dilip Kumar), grandson of some king, grows up as an orphan as his parents die on a stormy night in some water body. Shankar is adopted by a rich seth, who dies of a heart-attack, leaving behind his children - Ramesh (Pran) and Roopa (Waheeda Rehman). Ramesh is a wicked personality since childhood who abhors Shankar and starts treating Shankar as a servant of their house. Roopa and Shankar are in love, as expected. Another set of childhood friends - Rehman and his sister - ask Ramesh for Roopa's hand in marriage for the former.
Shankar is thrown out of the house wherein, he finds his long last heritage and turns into a prince overnight. He returns to find Roopa engaged to Rehman. He turns evil - tortures Ramesh, who dies eventually. He seeks emotional vendetta from Roopa too but after all it's a hindi movie - all ends well. There are turns and twists where Shankar fakes love to Rehman's sister as a part of his revenge.
As I said, too complex and not digestable plot makes me rate this movie very poorly. Not that I am not a Dilip Kumar fan, but you can choose to read a totally different perspective.
Rating: 1.5/5.0
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