| ChaalBaaz | |
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| Directed by | Pankaj Parashar |
| Produced by | Poornachandra Rao Atluri |
| Written by | Rajesh Mazumdar Kamlesh Pandey Pankaj Parashar |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Sridevi Rajnikanth |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh |
| Editing by | Afaque Husain |
| Distributed by | Lakshmi Productions |
| Release date(s) | 8 December 1989 |
| Running time | 155 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
ChaalBaaz (Devnagari: चाल बाज़ English: Cunning) is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar, starring Sridevi, Sunny Deol, Rajnikanth and Anupam Kher. The music was given by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and was a huge success specially the song "Kisi Ke Haath Na Aayegi Yeh ladki".
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Synopsis
Anju and Manju are twins separated when babies thanks to their mentally retarded nanny. An evil uncle Tribhuvan gets their parents killed in a car accident. He brings up Anju as coy and easily frightened girl. Manju grows up in a basti as a happy-go-lucky stage dancer. After a lot of terrifying days in Anju's life, one day she runs away from home. On that very day, Manju has a fight with her childhood companion and neighbor Jaggu, a friendly beer drinking taxi driver. With twist of fate, their paths cross but they never meet. They somehow end up at each others place. Sooraj is in love with Manju(who is living in the house as Anju).
Diferences between the original film and the remake
- It was only the Aunt who was evil in the original film, while the uncle was meek he still supported her passively, but in the remake there uncle is the main antagonist and the aunty also is equally abusive and evil.
- While in the original the tortures were mainly confined to doing household works and occasional slapping, in the remake the tortures included drugging the girl and whipping her with a proper Cat o'nine.
- The role of the servant in the remake(played by Annu Kapoor) is more detailed as compared to the original film.
- The street smart sibling lived with her mother in the original film while in the remake the mother of the street smart sibling was admitted to a mental assylum.
- The profession of the happy-go-lucky in the was of a street performer, where she used to walk on ropes, (who becomes the love interest of the sibling who was tormented after switching places) was her partner in , in the remake she is a stage dancer and the love interest was her neighbour who was a Taxi Driver.
- After switching places when the street smart sister reaches the evil uncle's house she is emotionally moved by the tears of her grandmother, while in the remake she decides to stay because of the uncle's son, there is no grandmother in the remake.
- in the original film the fashionable daughter of the evil aunt also was involved in suppressing the girl, in the remake there is no daughter, but the aunt who also is highly fashionable is the partner in crime along with the evil uncle.
- During the scene when the hero who comes to see her for an arrange marriage with his parents the suppressed sister was dressed up in extremly short western clothes by the evil aunt and her daughter causes her to tremble and fall which spills tea over the clothes of the boy's father, while in the remake the suppressed sister was drugged that causes her to freak out.
Cast
- Sridevi .... Anju and Manju
- Sunny Deol .... Suraj
- Rajnikanth .... Jaggu
- Anupam Kher .... Tribhuvan/Chachaji
- Rohini Hattangadi .... Amba (Tribhuvan's wife)
- Annu Kapoor .... Daya (Tribhuvan's servant)
- Saeed Jaffrey .... Vishwannath (Suraj's dad)
- Shakti Kapoor .... Batuknath Lalanprasad Maalpani/Balma
- Aruna Irani .... Anju & Manju's nanny
- Kader Khan .... Blind Beggar
- Aftab Shivdasani .... Raju (as Master Aftab)
- Johnny Lever .... Tantrik Johnny Baba (special appearance)
Sridevi proved that an actress can hold a whole movie on her shoulders so that no one even asks who's the hero ,and that a true artist can make a remake look better than the original .
Awards
1990 Filmfare Awards
- Best Actress - Sridevi for her breathtaking performance as the twin sisters .
- Best Choreographer - Saroj Khan for song - Kisi Ke Haath Na Aayegi Yeh ladki / Tera Beemar Mera Dil
- Best Playback Singer (Female) -Nomination Kavita Krishnamurthy - Kisi Ke Haath Na Aayegi Yeh ladki
The movie had good direction and excellent music as well and was super hit on Box Office.
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External links
- ChaalBaaz at the Internet Movie Database
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