The first half is essentially a remake of Close Encounters and, when the spaceship departs, it leaves behind a little alien and we get a completely blatant remake of ET. Here it is at last, folks! An actual, genuine Bollywood sci-fi movie! There have been a very few Indian SF flicks in the past - there’s a tantalising still in the index of The BFI Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema from a 1967 film called Waham Ke Log - but I’m confident in saying that this is the first modern, effects-filled SF blockbuster from India.Īs is traditional in Bollywood (though not obligatory, as Bhoot showed) it’s three hours long and stops fairly frequently for a song and dance number. Producers: Lester John Watkins, Shammi SainiĬast: Hrithit Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rajat Bedi The movie, based on a memoir ‘The Story of The Trapp Family Singers’ by Maria Von Trapp revolves around Maria, a young nun who while acting as a governess to the Von Trapps, a wealthy aristocratic Austrian family, gets more emotionally involved than she initially intended to.Writers: Sachin Bhowmick, Honey Irani, Robin Bhatt, Rakesh Roshan, Javed Siddiqui
While the mannerisms and the garb have changed with time, kids from any generation can still identify and empathise with Friedrich’s attempts to be an ‘adult’ (despite being a slip of a boy), Louisa’s rebellious attitude, Liesl’s obsession over new dresses and cute boys in uniforms, and Brigitta’s high airs for being a well-read intellectual. Whether one was an idealistic pre-teen during the 1960s or an angst-ridden adolescent of the ‘90s, pretty much most kids identified with the Von Trapp children.
This Robert Wise directorial was a hit with youngsters across several generations. Even after four decades, this 1965 musical drama remains an all-time favourite movies to watch with your kids or on a family get-together.
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