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Elaan (1971)
Directed by K. Ramanlal
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Naresh Kumar Saxena lives with his widowed mom and sister, Seema. He works as a freelance photographer and journalist. One day he meets with Mala Mehta and her dad, who is the Editor of a Newspaper. Mr. Mehta hires Naresh and assigns him to go to a remote island to investigate and expose some illegal activities there. Naresh goes there in the company of his friend, Shyam. Unfortunately, Naresh is caught by the island guards and lodged in a cell along with two others, one a scientist and Ram Singh, a hoodlum. The scientist confides in Naresh that he has invented an atomic ring that when inserted in someone’s mouth will turn that person invisible, and subsequently passes away. Naresh puts the ring in his mouth, takes off his clothes, turns invisible and escapes.
Length 142 minutes
Actors
Vinod Mehra | Rekha | Vinod Khanna | Helen | Madan Puri
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/26/2020 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
A lot of crazy stuff going on in this Bollywood production from the very early ‘70s! Not as many dance numbers as I’d have liked but that’s forgiven as it plays out like an old fashioned Republic cliffhanger serial combined with DR. NO in super-saturated color and lots of garish 1970s clothing, furniture and decorations.
K. Ramanlal’s only directorial effort as he was mainly a camera operator on other productions.
4 years ago
This is on Netflix?!
4 years ago
(hey my comment worked, finally! Can’t get it to work on mobile iOS for some reason)
4 years ago
Yeah, I’ve had it in my queue for a while now, not sure what made me decide today was the day!
I haven’t tested commenting on mobile yet but I suspect it’s a caching thing. The code should work the same regardless of device. I’ll test it out.