Yeh Nazdeekiyan

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Yeh Nazdeekiyan
Directed by Vinod Pande
Starring Marc Zuber, Shabana Azmi, Parveen Babi, Mala Jaggi, Bharati Achrekar, Neena Gupta, Sudhir Pandey & Vinod Pande
CinematographyNadeem Khan
Music by Raghunath Seth
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Country India
Language Hindi

Yeh Nazdeekiyan is a 1982 Bollywood movie. [1]

The film exploring extra-marital relationship was directed by Vinod Pande. The film got an 'A' (for adults only) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification in India. The film starred Marc Zuber, Shabana Azmi and Parveen Babi besides Mala Jaggi, Bharati Achrekar, Neena Gupta, Sudhir Pandey and Vinod Pande himself.

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Plot

Sunil Verma, head of an advertising agency, Shobhna, his wife and their daughter, studying in a boarding school, lead a happy, upper middle-class life. Though Shobhna is aware of her husband's flirty behavior, she is not worried about it because she feels their bond is strong enough and they belong to each other. Sunil meets Kiran for the first time, during an audition for models for his new advertisement campaign. Despite Kiran being too attractive, Sunil dismisses a chance of being intimate with her stating he finds model one-dimensional, they have only beauty. Kiran also hears this from her fellow models that, Sunil doesn't care for models. Fellow models challenge Kiran to try to seduce Sunil and she tries to do that. However Sunil ignores Kiran.

However, during the outdoor shooting session for a commercial, Sunil falls for the charms of a beautiful model, Kiran. Kiran confronts Sunil for ignoring her and they end up having sex .The extramarital affair disrupts the family life of Sunil and Shobna. In an attempt to revive her marriage Shobhna takes a holiday when Kiran barges in to disrupt things. Sunil confesses to her affair and Shobhna walks out of the home. She successfully revives her career as a radio singer, while Kiran moves in to take her place. But soon Sunil begins to miss and long for his estranged wife. Now Kiran decides to move out bringing the family together once again. [2]

Cast

Music

All songs were written by Vinod Pande.

  1. "Kitni Haseen Hai Ye Nashili" - Asha Bhosle
  2. "Aavaaragi Hamaari Pyaari Si" - Talat Aziz
  3. "Dil Dil Dil" - Asha Bhosle
  4. "Maine Ik Git Likha Hai" - Anuradha Paudwal
  5. "Do Ghadi Behla Gayi Parchaiya" - Bhupinder Singh
  6. "Ek Daur Vo Bhi Thaa" - Anuradha Paudwal

Reception

Reviewing it for India Today, Aroon Purie called the film a "cliche trapped within a cliché" with a hackneyed theme. He went on to term the film a "cheap imitation of an 'art' film which is as subtle as a sledge-hammer with the emotional depth of a soft drink commercial." [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Yeh Nazdeekiyan". IMDb . Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Purie, Aroon (28 February 1982). "Banal Affair". India Today . Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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