October 1 movie: Hera Pheri. This movie rocks! Amitabh and Vinod Khanna costar as cheerful con men who get involved in a convoluted plot about Amitabh's crazy mother and Vinod's missing father, who killed Amitabh's father. I heard Amitabh say the title at one point, and from the context I think it must mean "a con" or maybe "shenanigans." At one point Amitabh and Vinod dress up like holy men, with an uncanny resemblance to Abbey Road -era John and Paul. Then the fake holy men reveal themselves as fake police inspectors, who look even more like hippie John and Paul. This all happens during a dance number, of course!
And there's romance too. And killer music! Another winning deep funk soundtrack from Kalyanji-Anadji, one of the best I've seen so far. The music rivals Don for sheer awesomeness. I meant to rip a couple of the best tracks and make mp3s but I was in a hurry to send the DVD back and I forgot.
If you rent Hera Pheri, which I urge you to do, be sure to get the 1976 movie starring Amitabh. Not the totally unrelated movie from 2000.
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