Review of Guide

Guide (1965)
6/10
Flawed direction
9 September 2008
After having watching the film, you get the feeling that this could have been a very good film if it had been better directed. Waheeda Rehman's dancing act isn't convincing. Nobody in India, and certainly nobody in Europe goes to watch Bollywood dreamworld dances. Apparently they do in the film. In the film Rosie becomes a famous dancer, but what we see of her talent is not impressively choreographed Hindi film kitsch. I've seen the same thing in worse films, so I can't see why the director couldn't think of anything more original for this film, which obviously sets its sights higher than the average Hindi film.

This could have been a very good film with better direction, and with a slightly improved script.
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