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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
Mad!, 3 August 2004
Author: bartman_9 from Belgium
Get this:
Having just been released from prison, a chauffeur who took the rap for a driving-accident by his boss, finds his children living in poverty and his wife having tuberculosis. He goes to his gangster-boss to demand the pay he was promised but is rebuffed. In a rage, he shoots at the boss, but he's wearing a bullet-proof vest. The chauffeur makes a getaway with one of the gangster's cars, not knowing that the car is loaded with gold. He runs home, where he finds that his wife has gone to commit suicide. On the run for the gangsters, he leaves his three children at a park ordering them to stay put and drives off, with the gangsters in hot pursuit. In the ensuing car chase, his vehicle is run off the road and explodes. With both gangsters and police believing him dead, he discovers the gold and runs away. Meanwhile, the wife, instead of offing herself, is struck by a falling tree branch and loses her sight. The kids in the park get separated and one's adopted by a Muslim, one by a Hindu police officer and one by a Catholic priest. Years later, when they've grown up, the three of them meet again donating blood to save the life of the woman they don't know is their mother. AND ALL THAT IS JUST THE PRE-CREDIT SEQUENCE!!! (eat that, James Bond!).
If you expect the narrative to slow down after that, think again. Amar Akbar Anthony is a wild, delirious roller coaster of a movie that rushes from pathos to comedy to action to thriller to pathos again and somehow manages to work perfectly. It has to be seen to be (hardly) believed.
Sit back, relax, turn off you sense of logic, suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride.
11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful :-
Recommended!, 8 March 2003
Author: Simon Booth from UK
Amar, Akbar and Anthony are separated from their family and from each other as small children, and each is raised separately and in a different faith. Amar is raised a Hindu and grows up to become a police officer, Akbar is raised a Muslim and grows up to become a Qawaali singer whilst Anthony is raised Christian and grows up to be a small time hoodlum.
Most of the movie is focussed on the character of Anthony, which is fine by me since he is played by Amitabh Bachchan - surely the most charismatic actor India has ever produced.
As adults, none of the brothers have any idea of their familial origins, but believe their parents to be dead. To make matters worse, each parent thinks the other is dead and both think their children are dead. It must be said that they didn't go to great lengths to discover this, but the film would hardly have worked if they had so that's one piece of disbelief that has to be suspended. It's not the last one, as the film is wholly guided by a series of coincidences that gradually has the various members of the family crossing each others paths. I suppose one is encouraged to believe that these coincidences are orchestrated by the fates or a higher power, but putting it down to dramatic convenience worked just as well for me.
Also brought into the plot are the loves of the three brothers, for the requisite romance and feminine wisdom. The boys are lucky enough to have secured the affections of a bevy of beauties, and the actresses add a nice touch of glamour and colour to the film. In addition to and intersecting with these we have the evil villain of the piece, carrying the terribly intimidating name of "Robert".
At 175 minutes, Amar Akbar Anthony has plenty of time to flesh out its characters and develop the plot in a well paced fashion. The movie goes through many different moods and emotions, but after the first 15 minutes of melodrama the tone is generally kept light and pleasant.
As well as the romance and drama, the movie has a few moments where it shifts into action territory - Anthony especially has a knack for getting into a scuffle. The fights are very imaginatively choreographed but terribly executed, looking very staged and faked. This all adds to the fun of them though. There's also the songs of course, though not too many - especially in the first half of the film. Some of these are very catchy and the dance choreography cheerfully engaging.
Although it has something of an ensemble cast, there is no question that the movie belongs to Amitabh. His character is the most complicated and interesting, and his performance the most subtle and engaging. He gets all the best lines, too. He won the "best actor" award for this role, and it is largely for his performance that the movie is considered an Indian classic.
Like many Indian movies that run in the three hour range, there's something in AAA for everybody, and Amitabh's charisma especially means that it never grows wearisome. Although the first half an hour didn't have me terribly engaged, the film does just keep getting better and better (and more imaginative) as it progresses. I had to constantly keep upgrading my rating for the film as I watched. By the time the movie reaches its climax, it has managed to weave everything together so well that I was thoroughly delighted to be watching it.
Recommended!
6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
A true classic, 19 August 2003
Author: Kristen
This film is a true Bollywood classic. The story is wonderful and quick moving. The acting, brilliant. It is a must see for anyone interested in Bollywood. The film follows a standard Bollywood format,i.e. family tragedy and the ability to overcome. Add that splash of romance and this movie has it all.
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
They don't make movies like this anymore, 2 July 2007
Author: xXOwnagexX from United States
Amar , Akbar, Anthony whenever I hear any of those three names I think of one of the greatest movies I've seen. I'm 15 minutes into the movie and I'm already in tears, I couldn't believe a movie like this had so much impact at the first 15-20 minutes. This movie was all around a good movie and is a must see. It starts out with a poor male & female who have three children and the poor man is in trouble seeking out some way to get money for his wife's sickness plus food for his children. When he goes to Robert he begs and the emotion he put into that movie was so heavy you could feel the pain the poor man was going trough. Robert was actual one of those guys that made me say "Just kill this guy already". Usually I like negative rolls and support the negative rolls but Robert was doing a amazing job. The poor man escapes from the sharp claws from Robert he leaves with a car which was filled with gold. He stops by his house to find a "sucide" letter from his wife so he takes his kids and drives off to somewhere then put's his kids in some random park. The bad guys start chasing him so Robert tries to lose em but get's tied up in a car accident which he survived I must say that was a very fake part in the movie but every movie has a flaw eh? Oh well anyways he finds the gold which surprisingly isn't burned and runs around the street with it trying to avoid the cops. He goes to the park to see that his kids are nowhere to be found he starts yelling Aman..? He dosen't yell the other two names so it's him screaming AMAN! Akbar was raised by a Muslim by the time he found the child he was going to drive home but to see Akbar's mom in the street then the Muslim guy takes her to her home but she's blind! She has no idea she is in present with one of her kids. Anthony faints at a local church and Amar was found by a police officer. All three of them grew up with pride of there religion so here we are somewhat 20 years later.
The mom loses bunch of blood then is rushed to her hospital but what the kids don't know is that they are brothers and they really don't know there real mother nor does the mother know her kids due to her being blind. So Amar, Akbar , and Anthony all end up at the same place in the hospital because they have the same blood type of there mother(NO DUH!!!) so they donate blood all to there mom then here comes the opening cerdits with a very touching song. We get to the journey of the three young men and we find out that Akbar & Anthony are very close(Well at least in the first half) so anyways Anthony always refers to the old woman as his mother and so do the other two I think. Anthony also calls Akbar & Amar as his brothers but let's get back to there real dad it seems his the evil guy now LMFAO! But Robert get's away with bunch of gold and Anthony somehow helps him out for a little bit in the movie but what happens? Will Robert regain control of money and power again? Will Amar, Akbar, Anthony find the truth? Will the mom ever be able to see her children again? Watch the blockbuster to find out.
Also the girl who fell in love with Amar did horrible acting at first she said she stole money because there family was poor but she looked like she was giving false information(worst crying in a movie I've seen) I wouldn't believe her no matter what but it turns out she told the truth. I was shocked..
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
A Bollywood masterpiece, 1 February 2005
Author: (sam_grover99) from Canada
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Probably the best example of Bollywood cinema from the early 80's, AAA is eye catching and wonderfully acted with a brilliant score. Amitabh Bachchan truly steals the show with his over the top "My name is Anthony Gonsalves" sequence. Shabana Azmi is fantastic in a supporting role. The real dealmakers for the film, however, are Pran and Jeevan who respectively are devilishly fiendish as Kishenlal (reborn of course -- who can forget the brilliant "Sewer ka putter ..." sequence after spotting Robert on his return) and Robert, the antagonist to all. Sure the ending is over the top, but hey, this was the heyday of Bollywood. And isn't Taiyyab Ali one of the most comically genius roles of all time.
Exceptionally done and a must-see.
5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
An all time great, 21 April 2000
Author: lordguha from Canberra, Australia
This is a perfect hindi masala movie - it has everything - love, action, comedy, good songs and a great story. Amar, Akbar and Anthony are all brothers separated when they are very young. However fate has them crossing paths and eventually a big family re-union at the end.
You walk out of the film, however, only remembering Amitabh as Anthony. He is at his hilarious best. There are places when he becomes the Angry Young Man he is famous for - but his comedy scenes are what set him apart in this movie. The song "My name is Anthony Gonsalves" is an absolute classic and himself talking into the mirror after being beaten up is another great scene.
All in all if you want a movie to entertain you for 3 hours this is it.
3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
Very good Multi-Starrer movie, 24 April 2006
Author: KIng-SIngH from Brussels, Belgium
This movie is very good. The movie begins when Kishenlal (Pran), a taxi driver for the gangster Robert (Jeevan) returns to his wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy) and sons after spending many years in prison because of a crime committed by Robert. He is furious to see that they have no food and the sons are nearly starved to death. He immediately goes to Robert to get revenge, but is humiliated by him. In the process, Kishenlal escapes with booty, steals a car and drives away to his family through a raging storm. But before he arrives, Bharati runs away leaving a suicide note. Kishenlal then takes his sons with him while being chased by Robert's henchmen. Upon reaching a park, Kishenlal leaves his sons there and drives away to divert his enemies and the police from his path. However, his car meets with an accident and falls from the cliff, but Kishenlal survives with the money. Bharati is still running away to commit suicide. Suddenly a big branch falls on her, completely blinding her. She then becomes homeless and thinks that her husband and sons are dead.
Meanwhile the sons are each adopted by a childless man in the park. The eldest, Amar (Vinod Khanna) is adopted by a Hindu police officer and grows up to be a police officer as well. The second son, Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan) is adopted by a Christian priest and becomes a hoodlum on the streets, while the youngest, Akbar (Rishi Kapoor) is adopted by a Muslim tailor and becomes a Qawwali singer. The rest of the movie is about how the family is reunited. Very good movie. The songs where excellent ! (Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan, while Mohammed Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor.) Amitabh won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award in this movie. Laxmikant-Pyarelal got the Best Music Director award as well. This movie is very good. Excellent cinematography, performance & direction. It is watch worth. ****.
4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
you're in for a good movie, 11 September 1999
Author: Anu kapoor (tandon@tandon.screaming.net) from London, england
Amar Akbar Anthony is a film about three brothers who get separated at a very young age and have their own interests and religions. The three heroines, Parveen babi, shabana azmi and Neetu singh do a good job and get who they want to be with. The three heros, Amitabh bachan,Vinod khanna and Rishi kapoor do their job.
This film is good and the producer did a good job of the story and i think if there was to be a remake of this film it woulden't be the same. Nirupa roy and Pran do a good job of their role as Amar Akbar Anthony's mum and dad.
Amitabh bachan steals the show by performing the song "My name is anthony gonsalves" but at the end the three heros perform a song together which is "Amar Akbar Anthony" all the songs are good but those two are one of my favourites.
over all the film deserves a 10/10 and i'd recommend this film to anyone.
3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
*** A perfect "Timepass" movie ***, 18 May 2005
Author: natarajanganesan from Arlington
A true Manmohan Desai film tot he hilt...
This was one of the late '70s movies whose mega success defied the logic of all movie pundits. A typical lost-and-found formula of three brothers (brought up in three different religions); the movie stands out for brilliant individual performances and "seeti"(whistle) comedy and dialogues. Besides the All-Time Amitabh in his memorable role as 'Anthony' and star-studded cast, it is the crispy one-liners and dialogues that lifted this movie above all. Practically every song in this movie was big hit e.g. 'Anhonee ko Honee' 'My name is Anthony...', 'Tayab Ali', to name a few. Don't miss to catch all the patented dialogues by the Villains - Pran, Jeevan.
Back in my school, I remember my classmates reeling out dialogues at the back of their mind.
A must have "Timepass" collection
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
excellent and fantastic, 29 September 2008
Author: Liakot Ali from London
Amar akbar anthony is brilliant cinema and full of entertainment. Directed by Manmohan Desai who has made films like coolie, mard and naseeb. Once again Manmohan directs a fabulous movie with action, comesy and family drama. Vinod plays Amar a hindu character and gives a good performance. Rishi plays Akbar and gives a lovable performance. Amitabh plays Anthony and gives an outstanding performance. Amitabh received a Best actor award for his role of Anthony. Shabana Azmi gives a decent performance, Neetu Singh is alright. Parveen babi is lovely, Pran and Nirupa Roy are supporting roles in this movie and give good performances. The movie has loads of great songs, my favorite is My name is Anthony Gonsalves.
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