Hare Rama Hare Krishna
A daringly different treatment of the relationship between a brother and sister in Hindi films, the story deals with the strong bonds of love that exist between the subdued brother and the unconventional, bold, and strong willed sister. Separated in childhood, the parents being too self centered to care for their children, the brother returns to India with the mother, and the sister remaining with the father in Montreal. Years later when the brother tracks down his sister in Nepal he finds her with a band of hippies. The attempts of the brother to reclaim his sister from the grip of drugs form the gist of the story.
TRIVIA
This was Zeenat Aman's debut film, and she picked up the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Initially Dev Anand had asked Zaheeda, his co-star in Prem Pujari to do the role. But she wanted nothing less than the heroine's role. But the role of the heroine went to Mumtaz. The song "Dum maro dum" by the sultry voiced Asha Bhosle, became the anthem song of the age.
PLAYBACK
R. D. Burman came up an absolute winner with this film. The following songs were super hits : "Phoolon ka taaron ka" - Lata Mangeshkar & R. D. Burman, and the soulful repeat of the song by Kishore Kumar; "Dum maro dum" - Asha Bhosle ; "Kanchi re kanchi re" - Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar; "Dekho o deewanon tum ye kam na karo" - Kishore Kumar.
