Tale of Two Thriller

Last week I saw two movies. Two thrillers to be precise. There was hardly anything common between the 2. The movies I'm talking about are Teesri Manzil (*ing Shammi Kapoor & Asha Parekh) and Johnny Gaddar. Teesri Manzil was a Murder Mystery, with a very good story line and gripping suspense.

What can I say about the songs...mindblowing stuff. It was after a long time I was watching a movie on CD and didn't fast forward the songs. It was a treat to listen to these songs (Originals for a change not some cheap remix)...just look at the line up of songs : Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera, Deewana Mujhsa Nahin, O Haseena, O Mere Sona, Tumne Mujhe Dekha...and cherry on the top is the "dance" of Shammi Kapoor, you never feel for a moment that any of it is choreographed (I don't think it really can be choreographed anyway).

Now if you look at Johnny Gaddar, Its not a Mystery/Suspense movie 'coz we know from the very beginning whats going on and who's the bad guy. But still the way this movie progresses, there is not a single dull moment. There are no songs, but in terms of music it has one of the finest soundtrack come out in recent times. Music has that "retro" touch in it which is very refreshing. Another movie with a so called "retro" soundtrack is Om Shanti Om, but I'll touch that in some other post.

Moving back to our Johnny Gaddar....after his first movie, Ek Hasina Thi, Sriram Raghavan proves again that to make a gripping thriller, Story should be first and foremost priority. He has reinstated my faith in Bollywood movies (which was shaken badly after Aag)...and interestingly he is RVGs find. I think the time has come for the Master to learn something from his student.