This 1987 release impressed kids and elders alike - a movie with its share of errors but credits, more or less, to every department.
Laxmikanth Pyarelal did a job par excellence in this audio collection - All songs are melodious. I would say Javed Akhtar's best in the album is "Zindagi ki yehi reet hai". Alisha Chinoy got her first break with the national rage of those times - "Kaate nahi kat te" with the ultimate, Kishore da abridging this duet song.
Salim-Javed penned the dialogues for this movie. Not only are the characters well-thought and sketched out: Mogambo, Hawa-hawai, Calendar, etc., everyone has their share of entertaining dialogues.
If you are waiting for the story, then we are going to do this a bit different this time :). We will know about various people in this movie and their lives.
Late Ashok Kumar as Prof. Sinha
Assistant & friend to a great scientist, Prof. Verma (the latter had devised a gadget (looks like a fancy watch with 3 dials) which when turned on, on someone's hand, makes that person invisible but red color/glass reveals everything). Sinha also witnesses latter's murder and keeps running away from goons and the last time he runs, he decides to share the location of this gadget with Prof. Verma's only son - Arun.
Anu Kapoor as Gaitonde
Editor of 'Crimes of India' with Seema Soni as his fav. crime reporter, a person always fed up with his 2 phones - as they never dial the number you want, but get cross-connected and worst, it gets wrong calls - from people asking for a veterinary doctor, and even Amitabh Bachchan! Mr. India (the invisible person) changed his outlook in life. :)
Satish Kaushik as Calendar
A gem of a personality, assisting his friend Arun for no money in running an orphanage and all other aspects of latter's life.
Late Ajit Vachani as Daaga
The 'betaaj badshah' of all grocery scams and prime minister of Mr. Mogambo's to-be dynasty.
Sharat Saxena as Teja
Another of Mr. Mogambo's to-be dynasty's prime minister, 'betaaj badshah' of drugs, guns, etc.
Late Amrish Puri as Mogambo
"Mogambo Khush Hua", a dialogue which became one of the coolest and most happening villains' dialogue. One of those few villain roles that gained so much popularity after Sholay's Gabbar Singh. Mr. Mogambo's aim in life is to rule India after getting the gadget which Prof. Verma devised. He makes 3 dangerous missiles on some unknown island to destroy India. Does he succeed in launching them?
Sridevi as Seema Soni/Hawa-hawai/Charlie-Chaplin
A crime reporter, working for Mr. Gaitonde, hates kids and so decides to change her lease. She finds Arun and pays advance - only to find the latter cheated her - as the former runs an orphanage (and there are kids and kids and kids all over the place). Her 1st day is no fun - esp. with kids and cockroach around. She loves Mr. India because of his good deeds. He's the one who saved her when she plays Hawa-hawai at Daaga/Teja's den to find out their secrets. But when truth is revealed, will she stand by her love?
Anil Kapoor as Arun Verma/Mr. India
Arun, an orphan, perhaps the reason as to why he loves kids. Makes sure he gets orphans to his house... he's a music teacher and has hard time managing finances for running the house with so many kids (10-12) and Calendar. They have spent hungry nights too when Teja starts troubling him to vacate his house (rental though) for Mr. Mogambo to send weapons to Mumbai at his will and wish. Life takes an interesting turn when he finds his father's gadget. Now, the villains be better ready for our Mr. India, but the smart villains pose him with a difficult question - who does he loves the most - his kids and Seema or his country?
Shekhar Kapoor and Satish Kaushik, director and associate director of the movie, respectively deserve kudos. I hope Mr. Boney Kapoor does enough justice to its sequel.
If only I had not defined the ratings such that no one gets a 5.0, ...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
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