Review By Kamal K
Aap Ki Kasam is a very emotional story which alternately enraged me and then made me cheer, and it isn't one of those "happily ever after" films you sort of expect from 70s Bollywood. It highlights several of Rajesh Khanna's finer qualities: he picked unusual films and scripts-with unusual roles for a "hero"-and he didn't mind sharing screen space with equally adept actors like Sanjeev Kumar.
RD Burman's music is fabulous as well. I especially love the exuberant song "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar.
Sanjeev Kumar in this itsy bitsy role is absolutely wasted. They should have opted for someone else. Sanjeev Kumar is too good an actor for this small supporting role. The comic interludes starring Kesto Mukherjee should have been cut out. They eat into the narrative.
Rajesh Khanna exercises restraint as the jealous husband. Mumtaz is very good as Sunita. She looks a bit old in those westerns but in her performance she is top-notch. Especially when she lands a proverbial slap on Kamal's face by walking out on him, I feel like running and hugging her. Yes, her actions and expressions deserve an applause there...
Aap Ki Kasam is a very emotional story which alternately enraged me and then made me cheer, and it isn't one of those "happily ever after" films you sort of expect from 70s Bollywood. It highlights several of Rajesh Khanna's finer qualities: he picked unusual films and scripts-with unusual roles for a "hero"-and he didn't mind sharing screen space with equally adept actors like Sanjeev Kumar.
RD Burman's music is fabulous as well. I especially love the exuberant song "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar.
Sanjeev Kumar in this itsy bitsy role is absolutely wasted. They should have opted for someone else. Sanjeev Kumar is too good an actor for this small supporting role. The comic interludes starring Kesto Mukherjee should have been cut out. They eat into the narrative.
Rajesh Khanna exercises restraint as the jealous husband. Mumtaz is very good as Sunita. She looks a bit old in those westerns but in her performance she is top-notch. Especially when she lands a proverbial slap on Kamal's face by walking out on him, I feel like running and hugging her. Yes, her actions and expressions deserve an applause there...