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Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)
All time super classic hilarious movie which does not go out of style
I need not repeat what very aptly the 3 above reviewers: Birdoberoi,Manoj Agrawal & Headley Lamar wrote, great reviews. I will write something to add a zing to it. The movie is funny and added a lot by super acting of Madhubala. The dialogues by G. Moonis and Ramesh Pant create excellent situation. S. D. Burman arranged the music very beautifully to the lyrics of Majrooh Sultanpuri. All 3 brothers were good in their roles but the movie would not have been the biggest box office hit of 1958 without Madhubala. If you remove 5 following references the movie would have been outright failure, just as Kishore wanted it to be, a FLOP (so he could take losses and reduce the taxes he owed to Govt., but Fate had other plans!): 1. Rain soaked Madhubala's visit to Mohan Garage at midnight, a 10 or more minutes of her being drenched in wet clothes. 2. Kishore's dream while asleep in Madhubala's car and singing "5 Rupaiya" 3. Kishore wakes up and finds way in to Madhubala's bedroom, she is asleep in night suit then the funny scuffle that follows, excellent natural acting by Madhubala. 4.Madhubala taking Kishore out for picnic and they sing "Haal kaisa hai janab" 5. Madhubala stalling the villain and singing "Ruk jao na ji". Point in case.It is quintessentially her performance that brought such monumental success to the movie. Just a note if you don't know it contrary to the movie story where Madhubala likes Mannu(Kishore)in reality during the shooting our Kishore da fell head over heels for Madhubala and it is said he even threatened to commit suicide if she won't marry him (even though he was already married, so eccentric was our Kishore da). The chemistry between the two in the movie is incredible where he plays naive yet likes her company. It is a classic movie and even though in Black & white but will never get old. A very clean movie a delight for next 10 generations to come.
Nirala (1950)
Superb acting by Madhubala
I have watched this movie over and over again many a times. The movie is real sad and I hate to see my favorite actress end her life. When she changes her wet dress to Dr. Anand's pants & shirt she is awesome, she even adapts a dialect and talks in firangi Hindi, she looked gorgeous like her contemporary Ms. Marilyn Monroe. This scene is enjoyable. The music is very good Madhubala looked stunningly beautiful in the song "Mahfil mein jal uthi" also "Aisi mohabbat se hum baaz aye". The essence of the movie is the outstanding performance of Madhubala. No matter what role she plays she pours her all into it and you get carried away by her spontaneity. From a care free village girl when she is forced to marry Raja sa'b she instantly acts as a "Rani/princess" and behaves as one hundred percent Royal, she is poised she is very convincing. There is one thing about her that people may not have noticed that all the different roles she played she observed the customs of that genres, and is very righteous, sticking to right and wrongs, she never disobeys. Like when her brother, Yakub wants to take her back home she refuses to go and says, "Bhaiyya when have I listened to you, so why would I listen to you now? For the honor of Raja sa'b I would not leave mahal, now only my dead body will go from here". Even though she is madly in love with Dr. Anand,but she knows she is also a wife and Rani of that maharaja, she shouldn't cross lines, and she did not. Personally, I don't want to see Madhubala die, but this is a movie and she is only playing a character, a part. The movie is sad but I love to watch Madhubala. Her acting is perfect to a tee. Nice movie.
Naata (1955)
Chanchal's name in movie is Beena, Vijaylakshmi's name is Seeta.
It's a sad but very interesting movie. Madhubala wanted to play all different kinds of role therefore in her own production she played the character of a simple village girl and she played it to the perfection. Music is quite befitting. Madhubla is enchanting without make up and in simple dresses she out shined as always. The dance number at Janam ashtami in the temple has a canny resemblance to her dance in Magnum Opus movie Mughale Azam "Mohe panghat pe". I admire her for embracing Hindu culture in the movies but then most Indian movies are about Hindus. Chanchal gave a remarkable performance complimenting Madhubala every step of the way and kept some humor in the movie.Its a lovely story of two sisters so much in love with each other, the end of the movie was a tearjerker for me and I cried. I have seen this movie at least 10 times and will keep repeating because Madhubala is not among us anymore to make such movies. It's a treasure.