"RANGEELA" - Classic Hindi Movie Review By "Your Prabhu"

"RAM GOPAL VERMA" Presents "RANGEELA". URMILA, AMIR KHAN, JACKIE Stars in a two and half hour entertainment movie. Music by A.R. REHMAN. A movie that broke all Block Buster records and was listed in Top 10 Movies for more than Six months, A movie that boosted Hindi movie Culture in South, A movie that Entertained every one from Six to Sixty with its not stop action. Enjoy my movie review on "Block Buster hit of Last Decade" URMILA in "RANGEELA".

OVERVIEW:

I think i watched this movie in "DEVI theatre" in Madras with my friends after seeing "YAYE RE YAYE RE" song. The theatre was full of action and each and every single person in the theatre really enjoyed the movie. Only after this movie the "HINDI MOVIE
CULTURE" started in Madras. Before this movie people who know HINDI or People who are from North used to watch Hindi movies going to theatre. But after RANGEELA all these Rickshaw Guys, Auto Guys, PERAMBUR LE "PAL ATHRAVAN" and even the guys who used to sell SUNDAL in Marina Beach started watching HINDI Movies. If you dont know "RANGEELA URMILA" there is no point being in MADRAS and people will stare at you from top to bottom.

STORY:


The story starts with a dream song by a sweet girl whose dream and aim is to become a super heroine one day and who is doing Extra characters in Mumbai movie industry. URMILA comes with a Rose short gown and A.R. REHMAN starts his action with his Life time hit song "YAYE RE YAYE RE Song" and URMILA dancing with few extras. That's it the theatre was full of Sound and Papers flying here and there and Madras Whistle... I think this one song is enough for the money you paid for the ticket. AMIR KHAN gets introduced as a Person who sells movie tickets and who is friend of URMILA. The movie runs for another half hour projecting the dream of a sad girl and the relation between "AMIR & URMILA". A touch of class by "RAM GOPAL VERMA" who Projects the relation in a friendly way but both falling in Love with each other. JACKIE gets introduced as a "Super Hero" in the movie industry and who acts as a hero in a movie in which URMILA
is acting as an extra artist.

JACKIE happens to meet URMILA when she was practicing her dance in a sea shore and he recommends her to be the heroine of the movie. URMILA runs to AMIR to say that she got a chance to act as an heroine .. and AMIR who shows his disinterest as he starts to feel that she is going away from her. The Scenes were made in a real way that anyone who watch the movie will just get involved in it. Slowly JACKIE starts to move closely with URMILA and AMIR feeling odd about it. And a life time "MAST" song for our Jollus and Lollus comes as a dream song as URMILA runs in her famous beach wear with Jackie driving a sports bike in my life time favorite song with Asha's sweet voice "THAN HA THAN HA YAHAN KO BE HE KOYE BATH HAIN....." What else can you expect in a movie with AR REHMAN, ASHA and a Dance by URMILA in a Sea Shore.

URMILA becomes a big artist with JACKIE supporting her in each and every way. But URMILA still had that Soft corner on AMIR her old friend and She even does'nt know that she is in Love with him. AMIR feeling odd for what ever URMILA says as he thinks that he was more happy with her when she was a small artist and he thinks that JACKIE is taking over....

At last the movie gets over and Urmila gets a letter from Amir saying that he is leaving the city when Jackie was about to Propose Urmila. Then the same usual search and Urmila and Amir pairs giving a big Thirunelveli halwa to Jackie.

URMILA:

A mind blowing female of Last decade who captured hearts of millions of Young Indian Movie fans although she is not up to the
mark of big artist like Sree devi or Maduri and who was still able to compete with them. I think RAM GOPAL VERMA and URMILA combination worked out pretty good and they gave lots and lots of hits like RANGEELA, MAST, DAUD and lot other Telugu movies. After this movie if you walk in Madras without knowing "RANGEELA URMILA" people will stare at you and you will be listed as " VICE PRESIDENT OF ALL INDIA FROOT ASSN" and you will be stamped as NCFFM PRESIDENT. For those who doesnt know what is NCFFM Its a Kind of Fruit Category and it is called as "NO CHANCE FOR FIGURE MADUCIFY" that is those guys who come under NCFFM has no change of getting hold of a female in their life.

In this movie in most of the scenes she comes with a two piece made of two hand Kerchief One at the top and another one at the bottom and dances like "LORD MURUGA dances with his KOMANAM In PALANI" when he came in a Peacock to PALANI fighting with his brother "LORD GANESA". But that Saree song "PAYR YE JANA KAISA HAIN KYA KARE KYA KUCH HAISA HAIN".. She was excellent with her Plain Green, White Sarees dancing on a rock. Man it was really cool for our Jollus. Vazga Urmila !!!

Here is one "C" IF LOOP I wrote few months before ! .... Enjoy


IF LOOP FOR HEROINS IN INDIA !!!IF LOOP FOR HEROINS IN INDIA !!!

IF ( ARTIST = ' SIMRAN') THEN
SHOW_HIPS ;
ELSIF (ARTIST = 'RAMBHA') THEN
SHOW_THIGHS;
ELSIF (ARTIST = 'NAGMA') THEN
SHOW_FRONT_END;
ELSIF (ARTIST = ' MADURI DIXIT') THEN
SHOW_BACK_END;
ELSIF (ARTIST = 'URMILA') THEN
SHOW_EVERY_THING;
ELSE
THE MOVIE IS FLOP. LOOK FOR NEW HEROIN's FROM MUMBAI....
END IF;

AMIR KHAN & JACKIE:


Amir who came big after his first movie "Qwyamat Se Qwyamat Thak" is still an accepted hero with his good acting and not much
of over action. I think he is one of the best looking heros in the industry. In this movie he comes as a sad lover of URMILA and has done a great job. JACKIE who started with his hit movie HERO in 1984 is another good hero compared to any other Heros in Mumbai. But i still hate that flute song in HERO in which Jackie will be holding a Flute and singing a sad song. He exactly looked like a snake catcher in that movie."MYLAPORE LE MAGUDI ODARAVAN MADIRI IRUNDAN". He looked like a person who plays MAGUDI to catch snake in Mylapore. But he really improved a lot after his first movie and he is one of the ARNOLD of MUMBAI.

LOLLU COMMENTS:

A very simple story made into a big hit. Its possible only by big directors like RAM GOPAL VERMA or SUBASH GHAI or MANIRATHNAM. They know what people like and they exactly deliver in the way people want. Regarding RAM GOPAL VERMA he gave lots and lots of hits with SREE DEVI in telugu and then he found URMILA and this combination really works good although we don't know what's happening in the back gound. AR REHMAN came out big in this movie and i think it was his first step in Hindi movie industry. All songs were simply superb especially that "THAN HA THAN HA" and "PYAR HEY JANE KAISA HAIN SONG"...

I still remember a PERISU which was sitting right next to me in the theatre was laughing and singing and dancing. I think that PERISU was 60 years old and he hardly had two teeth to bite that POP CORN which he got for 1 RS 50 Paise in the interval and was saying "SUPER BA.... RANGEELA BA...... URMILA BA....". He was wearing a Vesti and a white shirt and it seems that he got his ticket in block... Magane ... I think we need to shoot these kinds of Perisu's who are roaming in Madras. "Savara Kalathile Perisu ku RANGEELA thevaya'

At the same time one must appreciate the wave this Movie created. URMILA posters were hanging around everywhere in Auto, Bus, Cycle etc etc. Enjoy the Rangeela wave if you find time. Its worth watching again in a video cassette and you will have real fun. I grade this movie to be a superb movie with lots of fun and entertaining stuff and Its worth to give 80/100 for this movie.

WITH LOVE,
PRABHU,
AUTHOR LOLLU EXPRESS,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA
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