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Superstar Rajesh Khanna teams with two titans Smita Patel and Sridevi Mistress-Servant is probably not the best way to portray Smita Patel and Sridevi but works out well

Priti Sapru deserves special mention for the way she acts as a vamp, separates Rajat and Mukta and how she hilariously shouts at Sridevi

Rajesh Khanna and Smita Patel show a good relationship as Rajat and Mukta and beautifully portray it on screen

The lead pair perform well Sridevi is laughable of how the way she beats the goons Shafi Inamdar is funny Dalip Tahil is average Iftekhar is passable Om Shivpuri is a little impressive Pinchoo Kapoor is OK

Nazrana 1987: Remembered for Kishore Kumar the Great

The discussion on the Rajesh Khanna, Smita Patil and Sridevi Starer Movie Nazrana 1987 is nothing but remembering the Song "Isse Pahle Ki Yaad Tu Aayee" by none but One and Only Kishore Kumar the Great. The Film has nothing Impressive in today's Context. No doubt, Rajesh Khanna, Smita Patil and Sridevi- all were Great acting Genius. But the Film is identified with the Singing Voice of Melody King Kishore Kumar.

Kishore kumar needs no introduction. But the way Maestro Kishore Kumar sang "Isse Pahle ki Yaad Tu Aayee" is just matchless. But the Film sends certain message to today's Playback Singers. As a Playback Singer Kishore is Second to None. His extraordinary Singing Calibre makes a Film successful both from Commercial and Artistic point of View. There are many films in Bollywood that became all time Hits only because of Kishore Kumar's Songs. The Great Kishore Kumar had the ability to make Film successful singlehandedly. His Singing Voice had been behind the Stardom of Many in Bollywood. So long, Kishore Kumar was alive, Bollywood depended more on Kishore Kumar's Songs and his Magical and Intoxicated Voice than any Actor. Kishore kumar established Playback Singing as a Different Gharana of Music that makes all spellbound even after more than 37 Years since the Artiste having Greatest Singing Voice bade adieu from this Mortal World. In fact, Kishore Kumar expired in the same year 1987 when the Film Nazrana was released.

But alas! Bollywood Playback Singing has declined to unprecedented low in the Given Time. The Playback Singers of this era have miserably failed to take forward the Legacy of Kishore Kumar. Today's Playback Singers should stand before the Mirror to find how much and why they have become Irrelevant in Bollywood Films. Playback Singing is virtually a non-entity in today's Bollywood. This proves the relevance of an Artiste like Kishore Kumar the Great who has already ensured his Immortality through his Unforgettable Songs which are popular among today's youngsters. Really, Artiste like Kishore Kumar comes only Once. No one was before him and Nobody can ever be after.

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Nazrana review :

In the film, Rajesh Khanna playing a music composer, is some sort of Greek God cum Kaamdev mix who attracts every women he is even remotely associated with - first, Smita Patil who elopes to marry him, next Preeti Sapru who is his phoren returned colleague and dreams to become his wife no 2 and finally, Sridevi who is his housemaid but ends up in bed with her maalik in a particular weak moment. Ahem!!

Nazrana is filled with implausible situations, highly melodramatic scenes and heavy dialogues and Khanna, playing the irresistible hero, looks tired and dazed here. The film is only memorable for being Smita Patil's first posthumous release after her untimely death in December 1986.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Nazrana is a film wihch will be remembered for a powerhouse cast - Kaka, smita & sridevi.

Smita Patill has given a very matured performance as always. Sridevi also acts well but her action scenes are funny & totally unnecessary.

Rajesh khanna is probably the only star who has done many heroine oriented movies & yet manages to hold his own.

Music is passable & direction is ok.

Worth watching.

It is quite rare when two powerhouse performers, like Sridevi and Smita Patil who have such a different approach to acting, share screen in one film. However, it is a pity that this is wasted in a bad movie. If only there was a good director and writer who had cast them together. There is nothing wrong with the way the two perform. Actually, what 'Nazrana' really has going for it is Smita Patil and Sridevi. Ravi Tandon's direction is quite poor but this may be due to the terrible script he has got to work with.

Sridevi's character has to tan her skin in order to appear dark to protect herself from goons that are raping the young light-skinned women of the neighbourhood. It is understandable that such low-class goons won't even bother noticing a dark skinned woman (considering the cultural history where people are taught that light skin equals beauty and dark skin equals ugly).

But, what is most frustrating is when Rajesh Khanna's character, who is supposed to be this well educated agent, all of a sudden can't keep it in his pants when he discovers that Tulsi is actually light skinned. Watch his reaction in the scene where he watches Tulsi dance in the rain and the tan colour pour down her body revealing the real skin colour. Such retarded mentality is expected of lower class citizens but when an educated, well-cultured and sophisticated member of society acts like a humping dog, based on skin colour, that's going a little too far especially when this is presented as something normal and okay. Despite the poor characterization, Rajesh Khanna is terrible. There's a sequence where Sheetal points a gun towards him and his laughably bad response is proof enough. Oh and the songs are downright forgettable.

The best moments are the scenes between Sridevi, Smita Patil and Priti Sapru. It is a delight to watch Patil and Sridevi interact. Their on screen relationship is that of mistress and servant but not the conventional kind. There is a camaraderie between them that is disrupted when Rajat could no longer keep it in his pants. Both actresses are terrific and Smita proves yet again (against popular belief) that she can pull off a glamorous role. Priti Sapru deserves special mention as she effectively pulls off the role of a calculating and manipulative vamp.

I would recommend this movie only for the performances of the two lead actresses. Not very often does one get to see two such megatalents in the same screen space throughout most of the film and this is one of those movies, albeit a bad one, where the viewer at least has the joy of watching them perform together.