Chor Machaye Shor (1974) :
Brief Review -
A typical 70s social action flick with the same old brunch. I might remember Chor Machaye Shor for the iconic "Le Jayenge Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge," but will I remember this for anything else? I guess, no. It started as a revenge film, and from the title, I reckoned that it might be about robbery or conning. All the speculation went terrible wrong when I saw the film turning into a social drama. The film is about an engineer, Vijay, who falls in love with a rich girl, Rekha. Rekha's father frames Vijay in a rape case, and he is sentenced to jail. Vijay meets three cons there, and together they make a smart escape from the prison. Burning in the fire of revenge, Vijay realizes that Rekha was innocent, and they decide to live together someplace far from their city. They arrive at a village and are mistaken for social workers. However, they actually reform themselves into social workers and bring development to the village. Vijay then gets a chance to seek his revenge in a sophisticated manner. Predictably, there is a dacoit gang who loots villagers, and the hero's gang fights them and also trains villagers to fight the goons. Shashi Kapoor as Vijay was decent in the role, but there was a lot of action for his character, which was supposed to be an engineer. Mumtaz doesn't look promising in the beginning but then gets very mature in the second half. Danny Dengzongpa has a fantastic role and does very well there. Asrani was fine, and so was Madan Puri. Kamal Kapoor's character is one of the weakest parts of the film. As a whole, Ashok Roy's social action drama is full of old templates and is very predictable, but does feel entertaining for two hours. The songs aren't that kind of big hits, but the iconic number I mentioned in the beginning stands tall amongst all. The films lacked thrills and excitement due to an old plot but had enough contemporary masala.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.
