7cb1d79195 Bombay-based bachelor Jai Shankar Rai lets his superiors, as well as his boss, Ranjeet Choudhary, use his flat at night so that they can have their flings with women. He meets and fall in love with lovely but homeless Neeta Sinha, and even gets her a job at his firm. Hoping to propose to her after his promotion, he instead gets a shock when he finds out that she is soon to be his boss' wife. The year was 1972, Amitabh was not yet a star, he was struggling as an actor alongwith Shatrughan Sinha. They both unite in this film The film is similar to THE APARTMENT(1960), in Life in a Metro(2007) Sharman's story was quite similar to this film. The film is quite different fro it's times, here we are shown day to day life, how people have to obey their bosses and support their not so good intentions just for their better career prospects. The film has Shatru play a honest poet while Amitabh plays a guy who gives in to his manager's demands, they use his house to have sex. Quite unique thought in 1970s The film is well handled, with moments of comedy and emotion You relate to the characters, perhaps that time when characters had to be heroic people didn't hence it flopped. The film also drags at times yet it does have several good scenes<br/><br/>Direction is good Music is okay Mukesh and Rafi sing for Bachchan here<br/><br/>Amitabh Bachchan was growing as an actor, though he had rough edges he does a superb job in the role, showing good comic timing, his emotional scenes too are good his screen presence was a bit weak those days though Shatrughan Sinha has a short role and is good Laxmi Chaya is okay Satyen Kapoo, Prem Chopra and all are good in their roles rest are okay This is one of Amitabh's very early films, released when he was not even a familiar star, let alone a superstar that he is today. It did not exactly fit in with the 'masala' films of 70s Bollywood and flopped at the box-office. Yet, despite being an almost unknown piece, the film has a strong central storyline and features by far the best acting performance form Amitabh Bachchan to date. In fact, I doubt very much if he will ever be able to match his role as Jaishankar Rai in this film.<br/><br/>Basically, it is based on the Shirley MacLaine-Jack Lemmon masterpiece, "The Apartment". While "Raaste ka Patthar" does not match its Hollywood inspiration, it is a very good movie in its own right. Amitabh's atypical role as a shy and timid clerk regularly manipulated and exploited by everyone around him is heartrendingly brilliant, as is his fantasy 'revenge' against his tormentors as the gun-slinging cowboy in his dreams. His co-stars also give better-than-average performances, notably Prem Chopra as Amitabh's manipulative boss and the almost unknown Nita Kahani as the heroine. I hope that I can get a DVD of this film someday.
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