Director: Yash Chopra; Writer: Unmesh Kalba, Arun Kashyap; Producer: Yash Chopra; Cinematographer: Manmohan Singh; Editor: Keshav Naidu; Cast: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi, Waheeda Rehman, Anupam Kher, Mita Vasisht
Summary: Yash Chopra returns to his familiar brand of
romances (cf. Silsila, 1981) in exotic locations
with this tale of Chandni (Sridevi). She is seen -
and for a large part of the film, also imagined -
only through the eyes of her lover Rohit
(Kapoor), who decorates the walls of his room
with the countless snapshots he takes of her.
Later, while showering his beloved with
flowers from a helicopter, he falls and is
partially paralysed, prompting him to break off
the relationship. However, his sexually charged
fantasies of Chandni eventually rekindle his
desire to live. After an expensive operation in a
hospital abroad, he is cured and re-enters
Chandni’s life just when she is about to marry
her boss, Lalit (Khanna). The film and its
marketing campaign revolve entirely around
Sridevi, confirming her as India’s top female
star. Arguably, the whole film can be seen as an
extended advertisement promoting Sridevi as
the Indian film consumers’ ideal fantasy of
womanhood. including the popular song by
Lata Mangeshkar, ''Mere haathon main nau
nau churiyan.
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