The Worst of AB. Review on Ten Worst Movies of Amitabh Bachchan

Well much as I admire Amitabh Bacchan as an actor and as a star, I could never wish away the fact that he acted in some real pathetic flicks and his performances in those flicks were just terrible.

From Nastik to Suryavansham, most of AB?s movies were really a torture to watch except some like Agneepath, Main Azad Hoon, Aakhre Raasta . People justify it saying that he did those movies for money, but that?s something I never agree with. With the sort of name and fame he had, he could have easily done much better movies, when younger talented directors were willing to take him.

And what about movies in the post KBC phase like ?Hum Kisise Kum Nahin?, ?Boom?, ?Aetbaar? and ?Kyon Ho Gaya Na?. Surely he was not so short of money in that phase. Mind you I still admire him as an actor and in movies like ?Khakee?, ?Baghban? and ?Dev? his performances have been nothing short of brilliant. Anyway here goes the list of real pathetic movies of AB and mind you there are quite a lot, but I have picked up some of the real pathetic ones which I had the misfortune of watching.

1. Coolie

Manmohan Desai used the gimmick of AB?s accident to sell this movie and I think it worked, otherwise this movie was awfully bad. What can u say of a movie where AB stops a moving fan with one hand and plucks it out? God even Superman must have been envious of it. And in the middle he becomes a sort of communist with hammer and sickle, and mouthing socialist rhetoric. And oh yes the climax, the villain Kader Khan pumps so many bullets into him, yet AB is saved by some chador. Maybe they should use it to protect our politicos from bullets. Man?s movies were mindless fun, but Coolie was not just fun , it was mindless torture.

1. Mard

The second of the Manmohan Desai-AB misadventure trilogy, did Manmohan Desai have to make fun of India?s freedom struggle in this way? Mard ko dard nahin hota, lekin yeh picture dekhne wale ko sardard jaroor hota hai. Supposed to be set in the freedom struggle period, AB wears a costume, which is neither English nor Indian, in fact one couldn?t make out in which period is this movie set. And add on Amrita Singh as an arrogant rich heroine who falls in love with the poor hero, and it?s a sure recipe for headache. Of course Dara Singh outdoes AB by lasooing a plane and preventing it from taking off. Whew maybe George Bush could take some lessons from that. And a la Phantom the hero has a dog and horse who keep saving him in many situations and in fact act much better than the humans in this movie. Wish they could have directed this movie also.

1. Shehanshah

Again another movie which benefited from media hype about this being AB?s comeback movie and I think that?s the sole reason it was a success. Tinnu Anand is a much better actor than a director, and I am surprised that Jaya Bachan who starred in many memorable movies, actually wrote the script for this movie. If what she wrote is a script, then I am Dan Brown. AB comes up with that funny costume, which seems to have been put together by some local darzi, with a white beard and grey hair. And everytime he speaks, he emits some strange sounds. Oh yes Meenakshi Seshadri is supposed to live in a slum, but her dresses seem straight out of Vogue. And AB?s comedy was so pathetic. I mean I just loved his comic acts in movies like ?Satte Pe Satta?, ?Namak Halaal? and ?Sharaabi?, but in this it was plain irritating. This is certainly one of AB?s worst performance.

1. Ganga Jamuna Saraswati

The 3rd and final installment of the MD-AB misadventure trilogy after Coolie and Mard. I think the best gift for some one you hate would be a pack of DVD?s containing these 3 movies together. AB in a ghastly black dress tries to jive to some disco bhangra beat and ends up making a fool of himself. And you have Meenakshi Seshadri and Jaya Prada trying to outdo each other in the glycerine department. And Mithun as the hero?s sidekick. And of course the crowning glory, Amrish Puri getting eaten by a plastic crocodile which looked so fake. No wonder, the 3rd time around even the masses cried help, as even they couldn?t handle this. And after having witnessed this trilogy, I stayed away from Toofan and I am much the happier for it.

1. Aaj Ka Arjun

?Ashes to Ashes , Dust to Dust, If Lilee doesn?t get you, Thommo will?. That was a popular rhyme when Dennis Lille and Jeff Thomson were blasting our batting sides with their bowling. In the 80?s it seemed to be ?If Pahlaj Nihalani doesn?t get you, K.C.Bokadia will?. K.C.Bokadia the man behind such masterpieces like ?Teri Meherbaniyan?, ?Phool Bane Angaar? to name a few, comes up with this all time classic starring AB. Now AB?s name in the movie is Bhim, but why its called as Aaj Ka Arjun is a mystery I have not been able to figure out to date. And so you have him as a chora Ganga Kinare wala romancing a gaon ki Gori Jaya Prada. In the mean time sister Radhika is killed by the evil Thakur, and AB is sent to jail. So he comes out saying ?Saala Mein To Saheb Ban Gaya? and you know what happens. One of AB?s worst movies, it has a repulsive scene of a pregnant woman being kicked to her death. I wonder why our censors who fret and fume over scenes supposedly against Indian culture, allow these type of scenes.

1. Mrityudata

Another AB comeback movie but not even the media hype could save the movie this time from box office disaster. Like I said you cant fool people all the time. In fact why did AB choose to comeback under the direction of Mehul Kumar of all the people. It seems the director wanted to do everything at one time. So he stuffed in a romance between two young people , two old people, a Bihari speaking politician, references to the Enron scandal, a doctor perpetually drunk and a Daler Mehndi number too. Only the audiences had enough and came out of the theater singing ?Na Na Na re?. And did he have to butcher Guru Dutt?s classic climax scene in Pyaasa?

1. Lal Baadshah

If Mrityudaata was bad, this was horrendous. I mean I never expected a decent flick from K.C.Bokadia, but this was just awful. AB is supposed to be some sort of Robin Hood type don who stays in Rajasthan but speaks with a Bihari accent. And two ladies Manish Koirala and Shilpa Shetty young enough to be his daughters, fall in love with him and we are supposed to believe it. And oh yes AB in a horrendous red pant and suit, trying to jive with Shilpa Shetty singing ?I love your dance baby, I love your smile baby?. Manisha is supposed to be an insurance agent, Shilpa is supposed to be in the gang to save her papa, AB?s father is AB again and is some sort of dewan in a Rajasthani palace. In fact while AB speaks pure Hindi as the dad, as the son he speaks Bihari, and that?s for us to figure out how.

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