Shalimar (1978)
4/10
Indo-Hollywood film
17 August 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This was the first joint production of Hollywood and Bollywood with mix of both actors and the film flopped badly when released. The movie however is remembered today for it's 2 superhit songs Hum Bewafa and One 2 Cha Cha Cha. The film is also considered ahead of it's times. The film has a decent plot and is well handled and very stylish however maybe our audiences didn't take to the film and felt it lacked soul. The film is decent though it has Dharmendra play A CBI Inspector who acts like a thief to catch a diamond Shalimar which is owned by Rex Harrison who calls 4 criminals to his island and gives them a bet to rob the diamond. It makes for some interesting moments, but the story does stretch and some scenes are too implausible. Yet several scenes are fabolously executed.

Direction is decent Music by RD Burman is superb,Hum Bewafa is still remembered, the song was perfectly rendered by Kishore Kumar, while One 2 Cha Cha Cha is superb too, rest are okay

Dharmendra is good in his role and plays it with ease,Zeenat Aman is alright, Shammi Kapoor gets a miniscule role and he is okay, Rex Harisson(voice dubbed by Kader Khan) is okay,Aruna Irani has one scene, rest are okay
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