Today is 40 years of a Colorful Classic Comedy
Rang Birangi
Released in 1983 this was the third in the series of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt movies
Gol Maal (1979)and Naram Garam (1981) being the other two ( although Utpal Dutt had just a friendly appearance in Rang Birangi.)
It was a trilogy of sorts and the fourth angle (Quartet) was completed 15 years later in 1998 without the key players replaced by Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri walking into Utpal Dutt's shoes.
Gol Maal was a huge success and now a cult film.
Naram Garam though a well scripted comedy didn't do as the predecessor
Coming to Rang Birangi
A Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend (Deven Verma) whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend’s Ajay( Amol Palekar..again at his best) relationship with his wife Nirmala ( Parveen Babi.. elegant as ever ) of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary Anita ( Deepti Naval) and her boyfriend Jeet ( Farooq Sheikh) he has not ‘scripted’ …where Jeet has to impersonate as a detective Dhurandhar Bhatavdekar ( A powerful name which turns out to be a real Cop who is Nirmala's uncle ).. resulting in an utterly comical climax.
Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, Cameos by Om Prakash and Utpal Dutt stand out.
Music is by R.D.Burman (for the complete Trilogy). Kabhi Kuch Pal Jeevan Ke is a sheer melody.
A perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a aptly placed film reference to Pati patni Aur Woh
make this a film one can watch over and over again.
It's available on Amazon Prime , MX Player and YouTube.
Image & Ref : Bollymints, Wikipedia
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