Despite an incredible cast of A-listers - Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sridevi, Rajinikanth - and directed by Anil Sharma (who went on to make the blockbuster Gaddar), absolutely nothing could save Farishtay from tanking at the box-office. A haphazard shooting schedule, a made-on-the-spot-script that was constantly being re-written, poor music, boring choreography, patchy camerawork... its slightly shocking how much money was spent to make such an inexpensive looking film.
The cast alone guaranteed a big opening but good-lord does the movie test your patience as the hollow jingoism, shoddy dialogues screamed by the cast, a dare-I-say-it slightly repetitive Sridevi (don't pelt me! even the great Sridevi had off days)... its incredible how movies were made in the 1980s.
Any plus points?
Any plus points?
Well...
Sridevi looked lovely in the film.
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| Sridevi, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna |
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| Dharmendra, Sridevi and Vinod Khanna on the sets of Farishtay |
Above: Sridevi, ? and Rajinikanth
Below: Rare pic of Sridevi and actor Viju Khote on the sets of Farishtay (1991).
It took almost an hour before Sridevi appeared in the film. I was about to throw a hammer at the tv and finally she appeared and who can forget the song 'Tere bina jag lagta hai soona'
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