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Saturday 9 October 2021

Chalte Chalte 1976 streaming on SonyLiv

Simi Garewal in Chalte Chalte

This film is streaming on SonyLiv in a very good print that makes it as fresh as new , with lovely tunes by Bappi Lahiri in his pre Disco days , you hadn't heard Kishore Kumar in this softer sweeter version of him in songs of this film , and Shailendra Singh too has two good songs which suit the actor more. Chalte Chalte is an iconic song that can be heard at farewells besides being an eternal song with warm fragrance of romance.
Simi Garewal is quite excellent as a deranged woman and you may wonder why she didn't do more scary movies or got roles in those Hollywood flicks that chill your spine , she does the 'mad act' with a finesse.
Vishal Anand , nephew of Dev Anand stars in the movie , his real name was Bhisham Kohli. Nazneen stars opposite him. Since he is look-alike of Simi's dead husband , complications start.
Besides the title song "pyar mein kabhi kabhi" and "Jaana Kahan Hai" are other good songs. With a good print , film still feels fresh with evergreen romantic numbers, sort of in the genre of those debut films with fresh starcast and good songs like Betaab,Socha Na Tha etc. .
It seems it was this role which inspired Subhash Ghai to cast her in Karz later on.Vishal Anand died last year on 4 th October . Nazneen played Kunti in B R Chopra's Mahabharat.She and Neetu Singh went to the same school.