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:

  1. 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!)

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  2. Anonymous8:37 PM

    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

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  3. All right - you've both convinced me.

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