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7.2/10
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SILSILA is a love story, thwarted by society's demands, which reappears as adultery but can it survive in the face of society?SILSILA is a love story, thwarted by society's demands, which reappears as adultery but can it survive in the face of society?SILSILA is a love story, thwarted by society's demands, which reappears as adultery but can it survive in the face of society?
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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- TriviaThe song "Neela Aasman" is actually based on a tune that Shammi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan composed together while shooting for Zameer (1975). During the making of Silsila (1981), Amitabh Bachchan called Shammi Kapoor to ask permission to use the tune. Shammi Kapoor had totally forgotten about it, and when reminded, he happily said: "Go ahead! Do whatever you want to with it!".
- Quotes
Amit Malhotra: I and my solitude often discuss / How it would have been if you were here / You would be amazed at this, you would laugh at that / If you were here this would happen, if you were here that would happen / I and my solitude often discuss...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Darr (1993)
- SoundtracksDekha Ek Khwab
Sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar
Composed by Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar
Featured review
This movie was billed as a true story when it came out. Even though it is still a masala Bollywood movie, it has some striking resemblences to the life story of the leading ladies and the hero, Amitabh Bachan. In real life Amitabh had an affair with Rekha while married to Jaya Bhaduri. The movie version follows the same script, except adds many secondary characters, such as Sanjeev Kumar as Rekha's husband. Jaya Bhaduri gives a passable performance, while rekha and Amitabh both overact. There are a lot of unnecessary fantasy sequences shot in the Tulip farms in Holland which have no relevance to the rest of the movie. Camera work leaves a lot to be desired. In spite of all this, this movie remains interesting because it dared to treat the theme of extramarital romance when such topics were taboo in Bollywood.
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- Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, Lisse, Th Netherlands(Garden Scene in song)
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- Runtime3 hours 2 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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