Interview with Prakash Mehra
Champak Bhumiya
http://ww3.mid-day.com/hitlist/2006/september/143766.htm
He seems to be bitter with Amitabh
Champak
Don
I didn't read the interview but am not surprised. The AB of today is
much different from the AB of yore that people loved. All you see
today is a greedy old man hung up on his french beard, appearing
in all ads and that mental retard called Ram Gopal Varma.
Don
Anand Tiwari
Thanks for the article.
Quite sad, especially the bit about his wife. I am sure he now regrets
having a long affair with Padmini Kapila while his wife was OK. Whether
Mr. Bachchan wants to admit it or not, Prakash Mehra had a pivotal role
to play in his success as an actor. Currently the only thing that
matters to Amitabh is cementing 'good for nothing' Abhishek's success.
The only other entities that matter to him are his new found political
friends. Among their agenda is to project Harivansh Rai as the greatest
ever Hindi poet (Prasad, Nirala, Mahadevi Verma, Maithili sharan Gupta,
Dinkar and others be damned). Given the current state of awareness in
India, it is very likely that they have succeeded or will succeed soon.
One note about 'Toofan' and 'Jaadugar': It is immaterial that Amitabh
was playing the role of a magician in 'Toofan' and 'Jaadugar' at the
same time. Both Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai blamed each other for
the failure of 'Jaadugar' and 'Toofan' (directed by Ketan Desai)
respectively when the movies released (within 2 weeks of each other).
Bottomline is that both movies were horrible and deserved to flop. I
guess audiences then were more discerning than they are now.
anand
yeskay
Tambi Dude wrote:
> Anand Tiwari wrote:
> > One note about 'Toofan' and 'Jaadugar': It is immaterial that Amitabh
> > was playing the role of a magician in 'Toofan' and 'Jaadugar' at the
> > same time. Both Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai blamed each other for
> > the failure of 'Jaadugar' and 'Toofan' (directed by Ketan Desai)
> > respectively when the movies released (within 2 weeks of each other).
> > Bottomline is that both movies were horrible and deserved to flop. I
> > guess audiences then were more discerning than they are now.
>
> better than Manmohan Desai). He was lucky to have made movies
> with AB. Only AB could have made a movie like Laawaris or Sharaabi
> a hit.
>
> It was a comic relief those days to see MDesai and PMehra throw barbs
> at each other. For eg when Coolie was released in Jan 1983, PM told
> only a coolie will make a movie on coolies. There was similar remark
> by MD when next year Sharaabi was released.
>
> In 1989 when AB started giving flops after flops, non filmi magazines
> like Illustrated Weekly of India or Sunday started commenting on
> end of Bachchan era. I think one of them advised AB to not touch
> PM and MD with the barge pole. I still remember the comment
> "these two made you superstar. They will make you superflop too".
>
> rk-[ who still remembers last week of Dec 1989 issue of IWI with
> AB on cover - FINISHED - END OF BACHACHAN era.
> Ganga Jamuna Saraswti crashed on the second day at BO ]
I agree too. The stuff they made was good for audience of the
70s and 80s. I think the audience matured in the 90s, could not take
the
same old formula. Thats why films like GJS, Toofan, Jaadugar,
Mritydaata,
Lal Badshah flopped big time. Ramesh Sippy directed Akayla had a good
first half and then it went down the drain.
Anand Tiwari
Tambi Dude wrote:
> Anand Tiwari wrote:
>
> PM can go and f**k himself. A third rate movie maker (though he was
> better than Manmohan Desai). He was lucky to have made movies
> with AB. Only AB could have made a movie like Laawaris or Sharaabi
> a hit.
RK,
Of all PM movies, I liked "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar" and to a much lesser
extent "Sharaabi". "Zanjeer" has some historical value but the film
looks quite dated today. PM's other movies were nothing much to write
about. Agreed, Amitabh's performance was the highlight of all Prakash
Mehra movies (esp MKS and Sharaabi) and it probably made the
difference. However, the director gets some credit for extracting the
performance out of any actor. There was a paradigm shift in the late
eighties with QSQT and MPK succeeding. Prakash Mehra & Manmohan Desai
(thru his son) never recovered from the change (not that it was much of
a loss to the film going audience) . Prakash Mehra's later movies esp
"Zindagi Ek Juaa" also suffer from a heavy hangover from his Amitabh
days.
anand
Don
yeskay wrote:
> I agree too. The stuff they made was good for audience of the
> 70s and 80s. I think the audience matured in the 90s, could not take
> the
> same old formula. Thats why films like GJS, Toofan, Jaadugar,
> Mritydaata,
> Lal Badshah flopped big time.
And movies like Baazigar, Darr, DDLJ etc succeeded. Admit it :)
Don
Anand Tiwari
movies that i like. Good comedy with excellent performances by the
cast, especially Amitabh.
anand
V
He seems biitter about everything, not just Amitabh. Seems to pretty
much think he is God but is being neglected.