bcgarrett

I loved this movie. It creates great empathy for the adolescent characters, who are for the most part insecure and confused and very appealing. It reminds me of some of the early Italian neo-realism movies (Umberto D, for example) because it just tells the characters' story simply and without embellishment.

I saw this movie many years ago with English subtitles. It's a humorous, colorful movie with a great soundtrack. Scenes are shot in many different locations, so it also functions as a travelogue of the diversity of India. It is formulaic, as all Indian movies at that time were, with chase scenes inexplicably stopping for a several-minute-long dancing and singing sequence. It has a wonderful 60's escapist feeling, with the required happy ending. Highly recommended. I have tried to track this movie down, and have seen it advertised on DVD, but none of the Indian suppliers on the web seem to have a copy in stock.