Saturday, December 30, 2006

Manzil!

Strap yourself in for the latest Retro Bollywood mindblower - from the film Teesri Manzil (1966); this is very Powell/Pressburger.

3 comments:

Poptique said...

You have to see the rest of the film! Helen is gorgeous throughout, plus Shammi Kapoor does his best Bollywood Elvis in a number sort of similar to that overly familiar opener from Gunaam. It's beautifully shot and cut with a bunch of fantastic Hitchcockian moments.

If pressed I'd say it's amoung my most favourite films from anywhere - it's a beaut!!

(PS - Happy New Year!)

Anonymous said...

I have to agree - Teesri Manzil is a fantastic film and has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard.
I'm completely in love with the film.
Besides it has Helen in a sparkly pink dress dancing inside a giant eye:
http://www.missionbas.de/Sabberfilme/teesrimanzil/teesrimanzil4.jpg

Here's a great review of the film:
http://dangermuff.com/bollybob/rteesri.html

Jesse said...

All right - you've both convinced me.