Vinod Khanna and Sridevi: Rare pic from Pathar ke Insan
A reluctant husband being seduced by the glamorous wife - its a popular Bollywood trope - the original was Main ka karun Raam, Mujhe Budhha Mil Gaya... from Sangam. A glamorously costumed Vyjanthimala trying to seduce her shy husband, played by Raj Kapoor.
Sridevi went on to repeat the trope in not one but two films; first in the middling Ram Avtar, in the song Nigode mardon ka... And then again in Pathar ke Insan, with Chodh chala Raahon Main Kyun...
Similar scenarios played out with comical flare - in over the top costumes, makeup and feathers!
That's the trouble with formulaic cinema; when one thing succeeds, the industry asks stars to do the same thing again, and again... Think of all the rain songs Sridevi has had to do, the comical numbers, the dancing gypsy on the road, Rekha's endless parade of mujras [I tried to make a comprehensive list of Rekha's dances - a decade later, I still haven't finished the list!], the heroine dancing in the villain's den... Farrrrr too many to list, the industry has run on familiar patterns for far too long - and never seems to learn its lessons that repetition is attrition; it negates the original idea!
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