Doosra Aadmi [DVD]

Nisha (Raakhee) is an accomplished and much sought after
professional Architect. She is reclusive after the tragic death of her
boyfriend, Shashi Saigal (Shashi Kapoor). When Karan Saxena (Rishi Kapoor)
offers her employment with his advertising agency, she accepts. Only she knows
that the reason of accepting this employment offer is that Karan, newly
married, resembles Shashi a lot, and she will anything in her power to make
him her's. Review The film is a love triangle with Rishi and Neetu playing the
couple, happily married at a young age...film, they are only college pass
outs, so not very old. Although they don t look very young but then who looked
very young in that era Rakhi is a woman with a past who falls in love with
Rishi and so does Rishi. Now you may ask what s interesting? First this film
is a 70s film where the issue of young marriages was never ever brought up.
Karan s (Rishi) father takes the pain of pointing out that at such a young age
they should perhaps not consider marriage which is a lot of responsibilty.
Second, Nisha (Rakhi Gulzar) has been portrayed. She s a strong willed woman,
modern and a career woman, so difficult to find in that era. Also, she s
looking beautiful in the film. Rakhi for her soft looks has been portrayed in
ample films as the soft, beaten in spirit heroine or at times a revenge
seeking mother. Here, she s different and very convincing. Thirdly, it is one
of the better films of Rishi Kapoor. Rishi is a fantastic actor. His potential
was never tapped to the fullest. This film gives him a lot of scope to
perform. His bumbling, his charm, his short-temperedness comes across fully in
this film. The love triangle is not treated in a flimsy or trivial manner.
There are no guilt pangs, there are compromises. There are no morality
lessons, there are however bindings of relationships. There are no blackmails,
no giving in or giving up, but there surely is demanding and wielding.
--dearcinema.com