Chandni review :
After his mega-budget action packed multistarrer Vijay (1988) flopped badly, producer director Yash Chopra decided to make a simple sweet love triangle. The '80s hadn't been too kind to him with Silsila (1981), Mashaal (1984) and Faasle (1985) underperforming at the box office. Chopra desperately needed a hit and he decided to go back to his roots instead of catering to the action based trend of those times.
Sridevi was signed as the titular character with the evergreen romantic hero Rishi Kapoor and macho Vinod Khanna completing the love triangle. Chandni became an instant moneyspinner and gave a new lease of life to Yash Chopra who then stuck to the romantic genre right till his last Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) . Shiv Hari's melodious music, mesmerizing Swiss locales and the gorgeous Sridevi in chiffon sarees wowed the then audience which was somehow fed up of being served the same maar-dhaad grub and looking for a change. Chandni came as a breath of fresh air for them!!
The film's success catapulted Sridevi to the top and her next release Chaalbaaz (1989) affirmed that status. Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna were perfectly cast as her two suitors. Chopra was pressurized by distributors to add an action scene for Vinod but he didn't relent. Thank goodness.. Chandni remains his best romantic movie till date!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
After his mega-budget action packed multistarrer Vijay (1988) flopped badly, producer director Yash Chopra decided to make a simple sweet love triangle. The '80s hadn't been too kind to him with Silsila (1981), Mashaal (1984) and Faasle (1985) underperforming at the box office. Chopra desperately needed a hit and he decided to go back to his roots instead of catering to the action based trend of those times.
Sridevi was signed as the titular character with the evergreen romantic hero Rishi Kapoor and macho Vinod Khanna completing the love triangle. Chandni became an instant moneyspinner and gave a new lease of life to Yash Chopra who then stuck to the romantic genre right till his last Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) . Shiv Hari's melodious music, mesmerizing Swiss locales and the gorgeous Sridevi in chiffon sarees wowed the then audience which was somehow fed up of being served the same maar-dhaad grub and looking for a change. Chandni came as a breath of fresh air for them!!
The film's success catapulted Sridevi to the top and her next release Chaalbaaz (1989) affirmed that status. Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna were perfectly cast as her two suitors. Chopra was pressurized by distributors to add an action scene for Vinod but he didn't relent. Thank goodness.. Chandni remains his best romantic movie till date!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.