Satte Pe Satta

1982
PG
2h 40m

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Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shakti Kapoor, Aradhana Deshpande, Vikram Sahu, Prema Narayan, Kanwarjeet Paintal, Asha Sachdev, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sudhir, Madhu Malhotra, Kanwaljeet Singh, and Ranjeeta Kaur in Satte Pe Satta (1982)

The eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.The eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.The eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.

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7.2/10

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Trivia
Rekha was first signed for the role eventually played by Hema Malini. Then Amitabh decided to stop acting with Rekha and Parveen Babi replaced her. When Parveen Babi suffered her nervous breakdown, Amitabh requested a pregnant Hema who had cut her assignments, to step in.

Goofs
Amitabh Bachchan's both characters don't come face to face in the end, their shots are taken separately.

Quotes
Ravi Anand: Chain khuli ki main khuli ki chain...
[Used throughout the movie to gear up before undertaking a fight]

Connections
Alternate-language version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Soundtracks
Dil Bar Mere
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics by Gulshan Bawra
Performed by Kishore Kumar and Annette Pinto

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7/10

Brides for brothers

Bollywood has always ripped off, sorry paid homage to Hollywood films and here its the turn of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to get the Bollywood treatment.

Amitabh Bachchan still in his pomp plays Ravi the more educated and cultured eldest brother. The other brothers are what might be termed as 'junglee' living in the jungle.

When Ravi gets married his wife Indu sets about straightening the brothers and getting them spruced up and tidied up.Soon the brothers are also looking to get hitched.

Of course Bollywood films have long running time and in amongst the singing and the dancing, there has to be a dastardly villain.

The second half of the film introduces a conspiracy plot line. Indu's wheelchair bound friend is an orphan under the care of her uncle played by Bollywood's favourite bad guy Amjad Khan who wants her money.

Khan hire an ex-con Babu (Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role) who kidnaps Ravi and enters the house impersonating Ravi and hopefully do away with Khan's niece.

The thriller element sits uneasily with the first part of the film but this is how the Bollywood formula works.

The 'seven brothers' part is a lot of fun, this is a good showcase of Bollywood circa early 1980s and of course a chance to see a younger Amitabh, then the equivalent of Robert Redford/Paul Newman in India.

This film was released just before he had a serious health issue and I believe he never reached the height of his popularity after he recovered.