Do Raaste - beware of the greedy bahu

Ever get the feeling you should jump into the screen and yell at a character? Watch Do Raaste. There´re plenty of opportunities.

Meet the Gupta family. Dad died years ago, so the eldest son takes care of his stepmother, stepsister, two stepbrothers, his wife and kids.














Bahut pyaar hai. Aur bahut kam bhi. Since the elder of the stepbrothers studies abroad and that´s expensive. Lekin koi problem nahin hai. Mortage the house and wait until he comes home with a good job in store. Film khatm? Not by far.
Prem Chopra is not returning empty handed. There is this girl (Bindu) that also studied in the West. And there is her mom. And her useful advice. Like "you have to show them who´s the boss" and "seperate yourself from your in-law´s. that way you wont have any trouble" Thank you very much mom. Thank you for helping ruin the life of every member of this so far big, loving happy family.
The new bahu manages to insult everybody in the family. And poison her husbands mind. So everything falls apart.













Really. It get veeeery ugly. And as it is with too good people, they are helpless in the face of evil. Not even the sweet romance between the younger stepbrother (Rajesh Khanna) and the bura bahu´s sweet sister (Mumtaaz) can bloom the way it´s supposed to. And that´s a pity as we have some nice chemistry going on there.














So everything gets from bad to worse. And whenever you think "well, now Prem Chopra should see the light" bura bahu is there to spread more malice. Bleh.

At least the music is nice and we have Rajesh Khanna with and without facial hair. And some very chic late 60ies attire.














PS: Beware of the Baba Traders DVD if possible. It´s irritatingly blurry.