Wah kya scene hai. Review on Ten Best Scenes / Moments of Bollywood films

Indian Cinema has always portrayed wide spectrum of moods in variety of sequences, some of which have carved a niche for themselves, so that people like us can muse over them at some point of time and say “Wah kya scene hai”

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Humor at its best was in ”Jaane bhi do yaaron”. Its climax scene was an all time favorite for our college gang. It was a fine cocktail of Mahabharata and Mughal-e-Azam. Few notable dialogues from the scene are:

~:o:~Bheem would occasionally wake up from his slumber and shout “Bhaiya, Kaho to kheench doon jubaan paapi ki”.

~:o:~“Oye, Draupdi tere akele ki nahi hai. Hum sab baraabar ke share holder hai”

~:o:~The dialogue”Shaant gadadhaari bheem shaant” has become a commonly used jestful term now to pacify an angry person.

~:o:~Only person who was dedicated to his acting, was Dhritrashtra. Till end he maintained his blind drama and kept on chanting ”Ye kya ho raha hai.”. He gave up eventually when the Mughal drama started. ”This is too much yaar. Ye Mahabharat mein Akbar kahan se aa gaya”

Another memorable comedy scene is from the movie ”Chupke Chupke”, where poor Amitabh Bachchan is trying to convey his anguish because he could not propose to Jaya Bhaduri(Vasudha), because she thought that he was Parimal(Dharmendra), which of course he was not. Here is a tongue twister from that scene:

”Wo jo wo samajhti hai ki mai hoon, wo mai nahi hoon. Par wo jo ki mai hoon, wo nahi samajhti na. Ab agar mai, yaani ki wo jo samajhti hai, agar us se kuchh kehta hai, to wo samajhti hai ki wo mai nahi parimal kah raha hai, jo ki mai nahi hoon. “

”Andaz Apna Apna” was full of some funny sequences- some good, some average. The scene, where Amar-Prem go to Teja’s den to free uncle-ji in lieu of diamonds, is hilarious. A pack of idiots and bunch of stupids get together to render a rib tickling comedy. Paresh Rawal has excelled as usual. Aamir Khan has done well in his over-smart act. Salman Khan was good in his dumb role. And Crime Master Gogo is the only role in which I liked Shakti Kapoor.

Actions packed sequences in Bollywood movies are a norm. In 50’s and 60’s when the sound effects were not that good, you could hear a distinct sound of “Bhishum”, “Dhishum”, “Dhoom”, “Dhadaak”. I haven’t seen many movies of that time, but I used to find fight sequences very funny. Along came “Sholay” in 1975, and the whole idea of action changed. The train sequence in the beginning of the movie can keep anyone glued to the seat. Background score by RD Burman added great value to the whole scene.

The climax scene of ”Kala Patthar” is one of my favorites. It’s the scene where the coal mine is flooded with water from nearby water body and Amitabh, Shashi Kapoor, and Shatrughan Sinha try to save the miners. It was picturised very well for that time. The movie was released in 70’s when Bollywood didn’t have state-of-art equipments and digital photography. Yet, this scene leaves an impact with crisp and near reality presentation.

When it comes to melodrama and serious scenes, Bollywood has some great moments. I can never forget last scene from ”Anand”. I was a kid when I saw this movie, and the scene where Rajesh Khanna dies reduced me to tears. This was probably the only movie in which I liked Rajesh Khanna.

The famous scene from ”Mashaal” also figures in my list of favorites. The scene was set on streets of Mumbai where Dilip “Tragedy King” Kumar was trying to take his seriously ill wife Waheeda Rehman to hospital. No taxi driver is ready to take her because of “Bandh” and violence because of that “Bandh”. His anguish, his helplessness, his cries of despair, his emotions have made this scene very memorable.

How can I forget to mention some follies of Bollywood, after all they also resulted in some grrrrrrreat stupidscenes. And top one in this category is the last scene from “Kuch Kuch hota hai”. Over-hyped, hyper Saaarrrrukh bhaiya goes to attend (or break) Kajol’s wedding. His daughter goes and silently begs her father’s happiness from the groom (Salman Khan), who eventually gives away his bride to Sarrrukh bhaiya, who never cared for Kajol’s emotions in his college days and since he had a void in his life because of his wife’s premature death, finally decided that Kajol will be a good replacement.

Then the whole movie “MPKDH” was an array of stupidities. I will run out of space if I start counting the scenes. Another notable contribution Mr. Sooraj Baraat-La oops Barjatya was in the movie “Hum aapke hai Kaun”. I wonder if he is an animal activist, coz the twists in his movies are very animal oriented. For example, the wedding scene of Madhuri & Mohnish Behl. Mads baby had to write a letter at her wedding day. Wow! Wasn’t it a good time to tell her Boy friend about her feelings, as if she didn’t have time or occasion to do so before? Then our dear old Tuffy decided to play God and facilitated the marriage between the poor lovers. Pathetic.

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There are many more scenes that can find place in our top 10 lists, but then its difficult to compile all of them and put under one head. So I conclude by mentioning only few of them. :-)