Someone asked me as to what type of films I like? Well, I love films which depicts powerful family drama. In other words, I love films based on powerful families.
Hollywood film 'The Godfather' and Bollywood film 'Kalyug' (1981) are the two films which appealed to me owing to the fact that both the films depict powerful family drama.
The Godfather had Marlon Brando playing Vito Corleone who is the head of the family. His sons are Sonny Corleone played by James Caan, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and Freddie Corleone. His Godson is Tom Hagen played by Robert Duvall. Vito Corleone has a daughter named Connie. The movie focuses on this family which is a Mafia family. Although it is a criminal family, they have certain rules and regulations which every member of the family is expected to follow. The movie depicts as to how these members of the family keep struggling to be the top among all the Mafia Families which exist in New York.
Bollywood movie 'Kalyug' (1971) too depicted a powerful family drama. This film has Sushma Seth playing the head of the family. The roles of her sons are played by Raj Babbar, Kulbushan Karbanda and Anant Nag. Rekha plays the role of Raj Babbar's wife. Reema Lagu is shown as wife of Kulbushan Karbanda. Supriya Pathak is depicted first as fiancee of Anant Nag and later she becomes his wife. They are shown as industrialist family and their rival is another industrialist whose role is played by Victor Banerjee. Shashi Kapoor is shown as a person who is extremely loyal to Victor Banerjee. He is a terrific strategist and a powerful brain. The sons of Sushma Seth fear him and want him finished. But actually, Shashi Kapoor is supposed to be the son of Sushma Seth. But Shashi Kapoor is unaware about this fact. Only Sushma Shet is aware of this secret. When Shashi Kapoor realizes that he is Sushma Seth's son, it is too late since Anant Nag manages to get him killed. Even the three sons of Sushma Seth realize that Shashi Kapoor was their blood brother only after he dies. Thus character of Shashi Kapoor is inspired by Karan of Mahabharat. You can as well say that the film Kalyug was the modern version of Mahabharat.
Thus the movies 'The Godfather' and 'Kalyug (1971)' are the two films which depicted a powerful family drama and hence I loved them a lot. Please watch and listen to my video above in which I've spoken about these two films. Bye!
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