Humjoli (1970) Online

Story: The overall theme is nothing new, but could have been written into a good story. However as it turns out the story is completely idiotic and many details are painfully illogical.

Dances: Physical Training (PT) scenes are portrayed in an amusing manner. For a few minutes you can enjoy them as 'what are they doing?' In any classical sense bad.

Songs: A couple of songs were above average.

Acting: Overall below average. Jetendra was fine, but Leena Chandavarkar was not so good. I have seen some good acting from her in other movies. Here, she looks as if she just cannot act. Just as an example, in at least one scene she glances directly into camera while delivering a dialog. An actor cannot do that, unless they are addressing the audience.

Action sequence: Fight scenes were pathetic. Would have been fine for a kid's movie.

Comedy: Excruciatingly painful and misplaced intermittently throughout the film. Apparently the producer/directors must have been taught that comedy scenes are (were in 60s) compulsory in any good Hindi flick. So they forcefully added comedy scenes that had no relevance to the main story. Mehmood, for instance, was an outstanding comedian in his time. Unfortunately, he was used in extremely ludicrous ways in many Hindi films and 'Humjoli' is no exception. Just like the fight scenes, the comedy is suitable for kids under age of 8.

Overall Rating: 5. This includes 2 points purely for the nostalgic value you get from watching a 1970s movie. So, if you are a younger generation, you might consider this film as a '3' or lower. Even though I rated it so low, I did not think I made a mistake in watching it. I still wish to continue watching more 1950-1979 movies - again, for the nostalgic attribute.

Pran is good since he is playing the central character whereas others are just associating him with lack luster characterization & performances. Mehmood provides some solace in his triple role blunder. Blunder is because his scenes are not part of the story. Music by LP is good with some fine songs like; 1) Haye Re Haye, Neend Nahin Aaye, 2) Dhal Gaya Din Ho Gayi Raat and 3) Tik Tik Tik Mera Dil Dhadke.

This film is good for his excellent song picturisations and Mehmood's comedy

Jeetu and Aruna Irani are brother and sister kicked out of their house for telling their 76 year old father not to marry a 16 year old girl Jeetu meets Mehmood who gives him a house After this he meets Leena Chandarvakar and they fall in love which is when they meet Manmohan who blackmails Leena's father Pran for killing Leena;s mother

Mehmood has a hilarious triple role His normal self, a RajKapoor father and a PrithvirajKapoor grandfather His comedy with Aruna Irani is awesome

Jeetu, Leena, Pran and Manmohan are all good but the best are Mehmood and Aruna Irani