Loved this movie when I was in school and dozen odd times it was shown on TV. However logic since then has taken off the shine of the movie for me. It is true audience back in the 70/80's were quite naive and would blindly gobble up anything served up by the movie makers.
One rope scene stands out like a sore thumb. JJ (Pran) who is disabled in one leg needing a cane to walk on plain surfaces, easily walks on a tightrope while escaping the bad guys. In addition he is holding 2 kids in his hands, when Shetty (henchman) cuts the rope, the falling Pran conveniently is able to grab the rope and climb down to safety (If he had kids in his hands how would that be possible in that split second?). The impossibility of this gravity defying feat makes any rational thinking person laugh out uncontrollably. Secondly when Vardhan impersonating an Interpol officer (Malik) becomes part of the policing team, no verification of his identity is conducted. No Police service would be that incompetent to accept any unknown person without due process, in a major investigative case. Many such major/minor faux pax has dropped this movie from a classic to just a run of the mill 70s movie for me. Thank you for allowing me to inject some sense in some of the nonsense of this movie.
