So, naturally, on the other hand there was this riotous loud masquerade of the other class, the upper one, which lives its heaven where, cleverly, the wealthy girl's father is a judge, and her evil brat cousin is a police officer. You can somewhat sense the urge to present streets with poor inhabitants, little thieves, and so many alumnus young men who find no job or even a meaning out of their education in a society that doesn't confess anything but money, or respect anyone but the rich. That was REAL! This script was simple and marvelous at its start. Yes, it's not a Hollywood blockbuster, yes it was obvious at times, but largely there were super moments like the one in which the 2 lovers were singing on the snow along with the huge genie beside them. One of the best elements was the special effects by (Babubhai Mistry). Back in the day, the love songs were sublimely romantic, with high meanings, and kind of holiness for such a noble feeling. It has fast pace, fine sets, touching memorable music by the great (RD Burman), especially the genie's theme which repeated beautifully and variously throughout the movie, not to mention the wonderful songs. For instance, the sequence of (Raja)'s own Taj Mahal, or the brilliant first meeting between (Raja) and the genie it was authentic that (Khanna) didn't panic, he just smiled indifferently and walked away, to discover suddenly that IT IS a genie! Or how the genie proves his powers by turning a flower into an elephant! (Shammi Kapoor), as the movie's director, mastered a joyful time.
I think this is a movie where everything was just comic and fanciful. A) was fine, despite that the role didn't give him much to do, or to say. The cute star (Rajesh Khanna) along with the charming (Sulakshana Pandit) made an adorable performance. (Shammi Kapoor), as an actor, made a perfect job to show us that kind infant-inside-big man. However, this genie would stay for a year, with unlimited wishes to come true (suits a more than 2 hours Indian movie for sure!). Further than that, all the genies of the stories and the movies can fulfill just 3 or 7 wishes. So if you look closer, you'll discover that he was sweetly forcing himself on the lead, (Raja), like a nagging sidekick, however well meaning. In a very smart scene, we know that the genie was an orphan, and how he feels lonely and wants to be loved. First of all, (Bundal Baaz)'s genie is so fat, so childish, so lovely, and wants nothing but the happiness of his "boss".
In this Indian version of it, some wonderful elements were added on the original, through making it as a musical comedy. Therefore, too many movies were made about its stories, and on the top of them is Aladdin and his magical lamp. The cinema, Arabian or else, was fascinated by that book's great imagination and wisdom. Basically, it's from the book of (One Thousand and One Nights) where a lot of the Arabian folk stories. The idea of poor young man, who wants to achieve a lot of dreams, then finds the Aladdin lamp, with a nice genie in it that can fulfill wishes-is quite old.