Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Joanna Mccarty
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Clarissa Mora
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
silvan-desouza
Shakti Samanta who made films like An Evening In Paris and China Town in 60s took a break from those kind films and made emotional films like Aradhana, Amar Prem with Rajesh Khanna, After the debacle of Mehbooba he came back with TGG starring arch rival of Khanna, Amitabh. The film released 1 year after DON where too Amitabh had a double role and starred with Zeenat. The Great Gambler however didn't work because it was considered too ahead of it's times and the pace was too fast difficult to comprehend for our audiences. The film is handled well, the plot is very complicated and at times makes no sense yet it's interesting. The twists and turns are well handled,The way in which both Amitabhs get mixed up are well handled. The climax shot in goa is superb too Direction is good though the film was not too easy for our audiences to follow Music is a big hit, Do Lafzon by Asha Bhosle is still remembered, Mera Kya Naam Hai sung by Kishore and Asha is good song too, Rakkasa Mera Naam is well choreographed, the rest are 2 item songs which are okay.Amitabh Bachchan as always excels in double roles, however here there is hardly variation in both in terms of looks, voice which does get confusing however he plays Jai Vijay superbly. Zeenat Aman is good in her role, Neetu Singh is good too Amongst rest, Prem Chopra is as usual, Utpal Dutt who in the same year did Golmaal, gives a superb performance in an unusual role where he hums music during serious scenes,Madan Puri, Jagdish Raj, Sujit Kumar are all good, Roopesh Kumar, Iftekar, Om Shivpuri are also good.
adam-straw99
Best amitabh film....surely way ahead of its time. someone mentioned Salim-javed above but fact is this film has nothing to do with salim- javed. For this film Amitabh was teamed up with a totally different and new team. Location showing pyramids and roman COLOSSEUM were mind blowing. a great visual experience full marks to Shakti Samanta. The dance with codes is terrific.This film was a thriller and its story is based on international gangsters, Spies and secret agents of different countries' intelligence agencies and their undercover operations. This film had high production values and major portion of this film was shot in international locations including Cairo,Lisbon,Venice,Rome and Goa.
jerrel
I can only admit what previous reviewers have cited: this movie is also my all time favorite Indian film! The cocktail of the mind-blowing chemistry between Zeenat and Amitabh, some beautiful songs, especially the fun, the rich background music score, the smart one-liners and a bunch of the 70's great stars, is pure magic and a mix for a high repetitive value.Zeenat is painting the screen with her presence and performance. She enlightens the story and is really a jewel to watch at, while Amitabh is acting pretty natural. Zeenat's performance as the exotic Arabic belly danseuse keeps the highest x-factor of all time. And the action scene with Jaggu as a butcher trying to hit Amitabh is awesome. I've seen this movie as a 12 years old kid in the Christmas holiday of 1979 and I was impressed by the scene where Zeenat is singing the song 'Do lafzon ki'. Currently, still I am when viewing this again. Modern film has all the special effects to impress. Instead, this one has soul! I've been extremely exposed to Western influences and have seen many Western & Asian movies from my childhood till today. However, the magic of this movie is never surpassed by any other. The story is simple, nice fast paced with lots of fun. That's why it doesn't feel like a 2.5 hours sit. Very exciting! Shakti Samanta and R.D Burman delivered a real present to the Indian Cinema.Although this movie is just 30 years old, the current DVD release is a restored old Esquire video print with green shades overall, accompanied by very poor sound quality. And also the English subtitle is very poor. It would be great if DVD releasers do justice to this movie and release the restored original widescreen masterreel of it with re-engineered dolby digital soundtrack.
kirknowin
This is my most favourite Bollywood film of all time. This may not be on many peoples top list or an obvious Amitabh Bachchan classic but I absolutely love it. There are many reasons why it's my favourite. It is a great adventure story which you don't really get nowadays. It has two of my all time favourite stars Amitabh Bachchan and the gorgeous Zeenat Aman. It has everything from comedy, action to drama. The music is superb. Especially the song 'Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahani' which takes you to a different place. So many great scenes such as when Amitabh finds out that Zeenat is a bit of a villain. The scenery when they go to exotic locations is another favourite scene of mine. I would love to see a sequel with both Amitabh Bachchan and Zeenat Aman.
