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      Yaarana

      1981 1h 40m Drama Musical List
      Reviews 62% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Wealthy Kishan (Amitabh Bachchan) and servant Bishan (Amjad Khan) are friends who grew up together in their small Indian village. Kishan goes off to the city to explore the wider world, but returns after several years to renew their friendship. Discovering that Bishan has become an accomplished singer, Kishan whisks him away to Bombay to apprentice with an established star. But just as Bishan is gaining fame, Kishan loses his fortune and so must resort to desperate measures to stay afloat. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member can't stop laughing...sooo funny...:D Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Produced by F.A. Nadiadwala, music by Rajesh Roshan and directed by Rakesh Kumar, this movie is supposed to be about the strength and edurance of friendship. The plot starts off with a the story of two little boys who are great friends, maybe too much so, which is a little concerning. In the process of their childhood, they create the main villain of the movie (Ranjeet) by constant bullying, such as having off his head. The main movie storyline in not bad, but the script suffers from too many subplots, seems like the director wanted to create drama for drama's sake, and in the process, the 2 main characters' family and their friends are put in all sorts of perilous situations, needlessly so. Amitabh Bachchan was known for sitting down with directors to change scenes for dramatic effect and it seems to have been done with class in this movie, resulting in several memorable scenes. The metal asylum scene was classic, especially the one with Bachchan playing fantasy cricket with a bunch of other patients. Sadly this does not prevent the movie from going off on tangets. The songs are good, but their placement throughout the movie is horrendous. For example, the "Sara Zamana" as the chart-busting single presented by an awkward dancing, singing Bachchan was painful to watch. All in all, an ok movie to watch but will not be classed in Bachchan's best works. The direction and story line are the 2 major victims of this movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Holly Moses there were a lot of LOL moments in this Movie. Like the Scene with lift. lol A young guy steps in lift it cloes about a 1 minute later an Old man comes out from the lift. It was very funny what next happpened. I miss you so much Amjad Uncle! R.I.P Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoy it every time I watch it !! Great comedy !! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Nice to see kader khan in positive roles. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Ridiculous film, although used to love it when we were kids. Now it's just stupid, silly plot. Worth watching just to see Amjad Khan playing a good guy, even doing a song! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Wealthy Kishan (Amitabh Bachchan) and servant Bishan (Amjad Khan) are friends who grew up together in their small Indian village. Kishan goes off to the city to explore the wider world, but returns after several years to renew their friendship. Discovering that Bishan has become an accomplished singer, Kishan whisks him away to Bombay to apprentice with an established star. But just as Bishan is gaining fame, Kishan loses his fortune and so must resort to desperate measures to stay afloat.
      Director
      Rakesh Kumar
      Production Co
      RKO Pictures
      Genre
      Drama, Musical
      Original Language
      Hindi
      Runtime
      1h 40m