Everyone knows the song
Baat Ban Jaaye .. immortalised by Nazia Hassan and filmed on Zeenat Aman.
I am not sure if Many know about a film called
Baat Ban Jaaye with Zeenat Aman in the lead in a very different role.
The film completes 37 years today.
Directed by Bharat Rangachary first Assistant of Hrishikesh Mukherjee and the first production of Nitin Manmohan and one of the last films of Sanjeev Kumar ( released after he passed ).
The star of the movie is without doubt Utpal Dutt who carried his role from Hrishi Da's Gol Maal, Kisi Se Na Kehna , Naram Garam etc ahead.
I personally really enjoy this comedy and try not to miss it when it is telecast on Zee Classic Cinema.
Nisha Singh ( Zeenat Aman) is a single rich businesswoman running a family business. She detests or as is said Hates rich / wealthy men ( as they apparently love their success and wealth more than their family !?) and wants to marry a pauper or common man. Her uncle Mr Singh Chachaji (Utpal Dutt) plays match-maker, trying to find the perfect groom for his one and only niece.
He sees a prospective groom in every common man he meets.
One of the first match is a TV Mechanic Yashwant Bhonsle (Amol Palekar ar what he does best), to arrange meetings with Nisha he breaks the TV , and calls Yashwant for repairs. Yashwant is also a budding scientist and as providence would have it one of his inventions makes him a millionaire and so he is now ruled out for Nisha.
Second in line is a Hyderabad Tourist Guide Viju ( Raj Babbar)
During a historical visit he finds buried treasure and he too becomes rich..it's as if Nisha has the Midas touch.. everything she associates with turns gold.
Meanwhile Nisha is facing
a strong competition from Khanna Group of Industries being run by a Ravi Khanna who also wants to marry her. Now Nisha has a friend cum secretary Aruna who is engaged to Advocate Bharat Sinha ( Jalal Agha ) who is the legal advisor to the Khanna's . They too are silently trying to help Chachaji.
After Viju Guide Chachaji finds a motor mechanic, Prakash, who, in turn, ends up being the only son of wealthy builder, Jayant Amar Nath ( Imtiaz Khan),and gets married to his sweetheart and neighbor, Rosy( Nisha Singh). Finally Nisha meets her ideal match in Rukhtapur-based Suraj Singh ( Sanjeev Kumar), a wedding singer/dancer, and gets married to him being Impressed by his down to earth attitude and simplicity. she shifts with him to his village (?) but..
Who is Suraj ? Will Nisha find her match ? The end is obviously alls well but not before making things more hilarious.
Don't hunt for logic.. just enjoy the madness.
No spoilers even for this 😀
The film has the HrishiDa touch and one can see that Bharat Rangachary was a good and loyal student.
I personally love the film.
All actors have performed to perfection. Yes Mithun Chakraborty gets the biggest sub plot and story but he was the star then.
Amil Palekar is his vintage self .
Raj Babbar is apt.
Aruna Irani and Jalal Agha are like the levers of the film.
Sanjeev Kumar shows why he would be missed so much.
But the film belongs to Zeenat Aman and Utpal Dutt.
Music is however nothing exceptional by Kalyanji Anandji.
See it if you haven't and if you have it's worth another view anytime.
On YouTube, Jio Cinema., Zee 5 and Amazon.
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