Jurmana

Two people (one an honest minded simpleton played by Vinod Mehra and one a rich playboy played by Amitabh Bachchan) place a bet on wooing a girl. This forms somewhat a romantic and funny first half of the film. However, things take a serious nosedive during the middle when it quickly turns towards melodrama.

The film hinges on the female lead (Rakhee) who wasn't a good actor, in my opinion. She had a very limited range and couldn't play characters very well. This shows in this as well where she plays the same melodramatic stricken character over and over again. The backstories of our two male protagonists are hardly fleshed out. In fact, it disappointed me quite much that Vinod Mehra wasn't given significant screen space to expound his character.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee made a much better film called 'Bemisaal' (1982) with the same core cast. This film doesn't rank with the best of the director's works. Music wise, it's very average and not even a one time listen.