Dodgy fashions, wacky sets and simply one of the greatest Hindi film soundtracks ever. The film is an acquired taste for some. This isn't your average happy family love flick with everyone dancing around huge larger than life sets. This is more of a gritty dark painful film full of anger and betrayal. This original lost and found formula features some of RD burmans finest work ever as a music director. from the title track to "churalia hai tumnein" and the fiery "lekhar hum diwana dil". all the tracks work brilliantly with the story. The villain in story is just the biggest baddest larger than life villain you just can wait get. Dharmedra plays the role of vengeful man brilliantly. the other two lesser know hero's do a rather fantastic job. Vijay Aurora the dashing young man after sizzling Zeenat Amaan's heart and Tariq the bad ass nightclub singer with the massive 70's shades and shiny flares. Neetu Singh though brilliant in the song "lekhar hum diwana dil" does not have much of a role in the film. the heroines in this film are just the hero's love interests and don't do much else. All in all this film is very entertaining and the scene where the brothers re-unite at the night club is enough to bring anyone to tears. The dialogues are fantastic and witty something which is quite lacking in todays films. A fantastic entertainer for everyone to watch.
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jagdevs-126 August 2005
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Let us start, in accordance with Indian priorities, with the music. RD Burman's soundtrack is terribly good, not only in itself but also because it seems to interact wonderfully with the script and the general ambiance intended by the director: psychedelic rock'n'roll coupled with lovely ballads set the tone to a movie which is, first of all, about society, education and their influence on the individual (a very common theme in Indian cinema). The music is also, in a very literal sense, the driving force of the movie. The first scene presents us with an idyllic family reunion in which all members sing a delightful song (Yaadon Ki Bharat) which is but a prelude to the massacre that follows. The three brothers see their parents being killed, run away and part; they grow up in very distinct social contexts and will be reunited only at the end of the movie, in a very emotional scene, when one of them sings the tune and thus discloses his origin. In the meantime, the fact that this same character sings and plays at a fancy hotel allows for the introduction of some of the best guitar-driven and experimental music Bollywood has ever heard. The movie focuses on the two other brothers. One of them is a thief and a bitter drunkard (with a good heart, of course, and a heroic nature), while the other one is some sort of a happy-go-lucky boy who just wants to get the best out of life. He falls in love with a beautiful, high-class Bombay girl, in a relationship that unsurprisingly raises some issues on class difference. Everything ends up in a happy tone, of course, leaving you with the desire to listen to those songs over and over again.
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sunildaswaney-6364211 February 2021"Yaadon ki Barrat is an evergreen movie that even after nearly 50 years after its release,it has withstood the passage of time,especially where its music is concerned and still very much enjoyable as it once was.Considering that the movie was released 48 years ago the direction and acting was quite good for that period in time. One of my all time favorites 8/10
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deepa-thejendra27 April 2011It's a Typical Bollywood movie with a Beautiful Storyline and The BEST Soundtrack Ever! RD Burman is at his Musical Best with songs such as "Chura Liya Hai Tumne" and "Yaadon Ki Baaraat". Nasir Hussain's Films are known for their Beautiful Storyline and music. This is also Aamir Khan's Debut Film where he plays the young Ratan. - Fun fact
The Story is about a typical Indian Family with a tragic twist. The three brothers whose parents get killed in their childhood grow up separately in different circumstances without knowing anything about each others whereabouts. Shankar turns into a thief and sets out to find who his parents' killer was. Vijay was adopted by a rich man's care-keeper and Ratan starts a band and becomes a singer in a hotel. Much of the film revolves around Shankar's quest to find the guy who killed his parents and get revenge and Vijay trying to woo Sunita, played by the Beautiful Zeenat Aman. Zeenat Aman (My Favorite Actress) plays the daughter of the rich man, who is being wooed by Vijay, the middle brother and later eventually falls for him. Vijay (a total happy-go-lucky boy) at his Handsome best is a total prankster, trying to get the sympathy of Sunita by making her believe he has cancer :D, puncturing tires, and stealing food of two fat men. Vijay's Flirting with Sunita is to be mentioned.
The music is the main driving force of the movie. The first scene is family reunion in which all members sing a family song - Yaadon Ki Baarat which is kept close to the brothers' hearts but all this is just a prelude to the real element of the story, the murder of the parents.
Shakaal, The Parents' murderer is at his villainous best. He's very haughty and stylish and cares a lot about being fashionable, as he does about stealing and selling the stolen goods to foreigners. He later appoints Shankar as a thief for various petty thefts; later on both of them recognize the other.
Well, after all this, it would be really bad not to describe the dashing and groovy song "Chura Liya". The song picturised on Zeenat Aman(Sunita) and Vijay Arora(Vijay) won the hearts of millions, it is beautifully picturised on her strumming a guitar trying to woo Vijay. The other Song "Meri Soni Meri Tamanna" is a song in which Vijay Apologizes to Sunita for all the petty pranks.
In all, Yaadon Ki Baaraat is a fun-filled film. It has all the things you'd expect from a Typical 70s film. OUTSTANDING music, Romance, Action, comedy, Crazy and Wacky dance moves and especially its funky costumes. It really lives up to mark of a cult-classic film, and has a little something for everyone. The dialogues are impressive and witty. A fantastic entertainer for everyone to watch. For Everything else, you Guys have to Watch the movie! -
shahkaal21 July 2005Yaadon ki Baraat is one of the best formula Hindi films of the 1970s in which director Nasir Hussain perfected his formula - Lost brothers meet up and destroy the smuggler who killed their father - a formula that was copied by many imitators thru the 70s and 80s. It is graced by some great acting, dialog and killer soundtrack by RD Burman inspired by Santana and Afro-pop. Additionally, it has a swimsuit clad young Zeenat Aman featured in the film and on the album cover which is also a major plus.
The film has many memorable scenes - the juxtaposition of running train jump by Dharam cut to from the separation of the brothers by another running train - an elaborate and innocent mise en scene. Tariq (a young Aamir Khan look alike), Vijay Arora, chubby Neetu Singh, smashing Zeenat Aman all dance and romance to RD's spectacular music. Dharam flares his nostrils at the wicked and dominant Ajit - who steals the show as the wicked villain - Shahkaal.
This is Ajit at his thespian peak - the handsome hero of the 50's, the wicked dacoit of the 60's, the massage-acquiring smuggler of the 70's, the lost memory of the 80's, the caricature of the perverse 90's - save for his stunning turn as the geriatric rapist beholden to Man-Friday Joginder - in Dev Anand's 90's shocker "Gangster" - but that is another review.
All this is hunky dory but where does this leave Shahkaal? The people want the truth - how does the Shahkaal of this film fit in with the one in Shaan? At long last, the truth can now be told...
So who really was Shahkaal - 70's gold smuggler or 80's super villain bent on world domination, shoe size issue or nervous tics, woolen suit or white tights with epaulets, Octon style antiseptic island citadel or smoky smuggler's den, train track victim or island explosion victim - will the real Shahkaal please stand up? Maybe it is time to confess that the suave and scheming, bewigged Shahkaal and the bald and sniveling Shahkaal of Shaan are one and the same - fictionalized depictions of the exploits of the real Shahkaal.
As the lost sequel to Shaan - "Shahkaal vs Gabbar" explains - Shahkaal escaped the oncoming goods train with some judicious and last minute use of a handy shoe horn in YKB and lived to pursue world domination in Shaan. He merely dropped the blond wig and went in for the trendy bald look - very 80's. Shahkaal is now in retirement in Navi Mumbai with Mona and her sisters - just another harmless pensioner... or so he would like you to believe. There's more about him in his review of Shaan. Until next time, don't be silly. This is not a "dhamki", just a "waarning" .... -
Cristi_Ciopron3 October 2011I have seen twice this movie: when I was perhaps 10, and then when I was 26, and I enjoyed it very much both times, and would see it again. It ranks as the best Bollywood melodrama that I know of, and it is, on a par with 'Ashoka' (I believe it was 'Ashoka'; a fairly musical epic about a legendary Indian warrior and king, or prince), my favorite Indian outing. The best thing is has is, of course, that song, heartwarming and heartrending. It is a family tale, about three brothers, separated then reunited. It has sweep.
There are other Indias in cinema: that of Ray, that of Renoir, etc..
Don't judge people as people by the things they enjoy as entertainment, especially if they're not critics or connoisseurs, but living people who happen to really enjoy something. Good taste tends to be merciless, ruthless and contemptuous, dismissive. Kindness in people has absolutely no relation with artistic taste and knowledge—none at all. -
This is a film you see for the soundtrack. I know I did. Okay, I also like Dharmendra a lot but this is not his best role ever so don't expect any miracles.
The story is that of three brothers whose parents get killed in their childhood. The brothers then part ways due to circumstances and grow up separately without knowing anything about each other's whereabouts.
You know the story and its ending after watching the film for 20 minutes so I suppose it's useless to mention what happens later. The good things about this film is of course the amazing R. Burman soundtrack, an appearance by Aamir Khan as a child artiste and its funky 70's fashion in clothes and overall style. The romantic subplot is quite silly and unnecessary, though it gives the unforgettable song Chura Liya.
With a worse soundtrack I'd give it 6/10, now it's a 7/10. General advice: buy the soundtrack, not the DVD! -
This is Ajit at his thespian peak - the handsome hero of the 50's, the wicked thief of the 60's, the massage-acquiring smuggler of the 70's, the lost memory of the 80's, the caricature of the perverse 90's - save for his stunning turn as the geriatric rapist beholden to Man-Friday Joginder - in Dev Anand's 90's shocker "Gangster" - but that is another review.
All this is hunky dory but where does this leave Shahkaal? The people want the truth - how does the Shahkaal of this film fit in with the one in Shaan? At long last, the truth can now be told...
So who really was Shahkaal - 70's gold smuggler or 80's super villain bent on world domination, shoe size issue or nervous tics, woolen suit or white tights with epaulets, Octon style antiseptic island citadel or smoky smuggler's den, train track victim or island explosion victim - will the real Shahkaal please stand up? Maybe it is time to confess that the suave and scheming, bewigged Shahkaal and the bald and sniveling Shahkaal of Shaan are one and the same - fictionalized depictions of the exploits of the real Shahkaal.
As the lost sequel to Shaan - "Shahkaal vs Gabbar" explains - Shahkaal escaped the oncoming goods train with some judicious and last minute use of a handy shoe horn in YKB and lived to pursue world domination in Shaan. He merely dropped the blond wig and went in for the trendy bald look - very 80's. Shahkaal is now in retirement in Navi Mumbai with Mona and her sisters - just another harmless pensioner... or so he would like you to believe. There's more about him in his review of Shaan. Until next time, don't be silly. This is not a "dhamki", just a "waarning"
Direction is good Music by RD Burman is nice Aap Ki Kamre by Kishore, Asha, Rafi is nice there is an interlude of Dumb Maaro Dumb too featured on Zeenat), Lekar Hum Deewana Dil sung by Kishore,Asha pictured on Tariq and Neetu Singh is good too, Meri Soni and Chura Liya are good songs while the title song both versions are Fabulous.
Ajit one of the great stylish villain in the 70's. He was a real king of villain.what an actor Ajit specialty as a villain in 70's. Really a Mega star villain in Bollywood.Missing him..
Great Blockbuster film "1973" very very Nice Movie :) -
silvan-desouza28 February 2014Nasir Hussain was no great filmmaker but made entertaining films with hit music. Yaadon Ki Baraat released in 1973 and was a big blockbuster, it's soundtrack is still popular especially Chura Liya, Meri Soni The film has the old lost and found theme, it starts off with murder of the parents and separation of all 3. Young Aamir too makes an appearance playing child artist to his oen cousin Tariq. This part is quite similar to Zanjeer which released in the same year. Many years later Dharmendra(one of the kids) becomes a thief, while VIjay Arora and Tariq are oblivious that there are brothers, the first half focuses more on the romance of Vijay and Zeenat, while the main story does take a backseat, however Dharmendra- Ajit scenes are good, The pre-climax when all brothers meet through the title song is fab while the end is clichéd yet good for it's time
Direction is good Music by RD Burman is fab, Aap ki Kamre by Kishore, Asha, Rafi is fab(there is an interlude of Dumb Maaro Dumb too featured on Zeenat), Lekar Hum Deewana Dil sung by Kishore,Asha picturised on Tariq and Neetu Singh(guest)is good too, Meri Soni and Chura Liya are fab songs while the title song both versions are fab
Dharmendra with a horrendous wig does however a good job though looking overweight, Vijay Arora is charming(he was famous those days) while Tariq is decent Zeenat Aman is quite good, Ajit plays his part with style only he can, Satyen Kapoo is decent, rest are okay. -
IPyaarCinema24 April 2021Review By Kamal K
Yaadon Ki Baarat is a head-to-toe Bollywood package that entertains the audience to the core. The powerpacked actions, the flowery costumes and the hard hitting dialogues directly impact the viewers.
Dharmendra as the vengeful elder brother delivers one of his best performances in the movie. He aptly fits into the character of the street guy. Vinay as the simple and the romantic hero to Zeenat Aman steals the heart of a million. His flirtatious eyes and naughty dialogues are delivered convincingly. Tariq as the pop star gets the least screen timing, but he delivers it beautifully. Neethu Singh is the glamour element in the movie.
The aspect of the movie that cannot be failed to mention or even forget is the melodious music by R D Burman. Songs like Chura Liya Hain Tumne and Lekar Hum Deewana Dil are still hot favourites of people. The voices of Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi and Asha Bhosle perfectky fit into the songs of the movie.
For any person who loves the melodramatic and power packed action sequences with melodious music, Yaadon Ki Baaraat is not to be missed. -
virkkps3 September 2021Iconic movie for all times. Watch it for Zeenat Aman and caberet by Neetu Singh 'lekar hum deewana dil.... '.
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bal_singh26 November 1999All I can say is that I recommend everyone buys the soundtrack. It's a 70's classic.
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AMOGHREVIEWS31 March 2024Nasir Hussain's Masala Blockbuster Of 1970s With A Huge Repeat Value & An Impeccable Soundtrack Having Superhit Songs Composed By R. D. Burman, Such As "Chura Liya Hai Tumne", "Lekar Hum Deewana Dil", "O Meri Soni Meri Tamanna" & The Title Song... "Yaadon Ki Baaraat" Offers Entertainment, Entertainment & Entertainment In Large Doses And It Does That In Style... The Performances Of Dharmendra & Ajit + Salim-Javed's Writing Are Two Of The Biggest Strengths Of This Film... It Saddens Me That Today's Writers In Bollywood Have Completely Forgotten Their Roots And As A Result, They Churn Out Craps One After The Other Which No One Watches Even On Television.