GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Spondonman
It's very much one of Raj Kapoor's films – not only starring in it he produced, directed and even edited this one. There's his usual awkward slapstick amidst all the tragedy on display, resulting in a very episodic film, full of good things and interesting but also as corny and dull as you can imagine too. Classic Hindi love triangle – beetle-browed Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) and bagpipe-loving Sunder (Kapoor) love Radha (Vyjayanthimala), Radha has utter antipathy to Sunder and loves Gopal and vice versa but Gopal also has an all-consuming man-love for Sunder (and vv) and wants to stand aside to let him have Radha instead. In the main it's all done well even though it's been done much better many times before and since, but the cast were saddled with some enormous plot-holes, mood-swing non sequiturs and just plain silly bits. For example when Sunder is a pilot in the cockpit of his military airplane and noisily taxi-ing off with Vjyayanthimala running after it to shout after him that she didn't love him is either hilarious or hideous depending on your mood. At one point he's presumed dead and Gopal and Radha start to make romantic hay, but Sunder returns so hem … it 's a case of Return To Sunder and to begin being a good wife naturally. What makes it all bearable is the lovely music by Shankar-Jaikishan and the singing by Lata of course, and also the wonderful scenery and photography: at times, very arty. As for Vyjayanthimala's "enticing" dance in the hotel in Paris, well, give me her rather more dignified performance nine years before in Devdas any time. But she does manage to strike an astonishing number of beautiful and iconic poses throughout the picture - she couldn't help it - none more so than during Rafi's Ye Mera Prem Patra and Lata & Mukesh's O Mere Sanam.Overall, it's very easy to watch but perhaps just as easy to criticise. On the other hand it also contains the one of the best if not the best denouement of the triangle angle I've ever seen.
iftikharkhokher
One of Raaj Kapoor's best films where his acting is flawless and very close to his private personality.For years we saw him in the familiar 'charlie chaplin' guise so this film was an accolade to his inherent acting abilities.Vyjantimala is superb and Rajendra Kumar is also in good form though overshadowed by Kapoor.The music and direction,especially the scenario are very professional and admirable.TThe story is well-balanced though as in all Indian films the flaws are also there;Raj's death and his subsequent arrival are the weak points.This film shows the real Raj Kapoor behind the clown's mask;ruthless and opportunist.A very enjoyable and well directed film.
nat_carni
The story is a little contrived and the acting melodramatic, but the songs make the movie. The songs are really very well situated amidst the beautiful and breathtaking scenery. Vyjantimala's spontaneous dance in the European hotel has never really been successfully duplicated in Indian cinema. It is a classic that was shot in one take I believe. The songs are really and truly memorable and are still heard today in the collections of Mukesh. Also, Raj Kapoor's acting was so effortless and natural in the boat scene where he captures Vyjanitmala and pulls her into his boat. The song is Mehbooba and is terrific. Another excellent song is Mere Prem Patra and the location shot is absolutely stunning and very colorful.
Herag Halli
Raj Kapoor, was probably the most co-ordinated of the actors, just watching him, during the song "Her Dil Jo Pyar Karega" he is playing an accordion,singing,dancing and acting when some of his counterparts couldn't walk and chew paan at the same time!!. No wonder this immensely talented actor was known all over globe and was adored as the Indian "Charlie Chaplin". He took a big gamble with a subsequent magnum opus-encompassing the life and tribulations of a Joker-"Mera Naam Joker", almost bankrupting this Producer/Actor/Director known as the flamboyant Showman of Indian Cinema. This Movie was the culmination of many years of his efforts and one of the best he ever made. This celluloid classic was shot extensively in Ootacamund (Ooty-a Heavenly hill station near Bangalore-the song "Oh-Mehbooba" was shot in the Ooty lake), London, Rome, Switzerland. When Sundar (Raj Kapoor)is deemed to be dead, the rekindling of the romance between the erst wile caretaker-friend Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) and Radha (Vijayantimala) starts with barren,desolate and lifeless tree and then, there is this most beautiful scenery of fully blossomed trees-when the music changes from a sullen to a lilting tune coming from a 'Veena' and the subsequent interlude is probably the most romantic song-sequence ever filmed. This was the genius of Raj kapoor at work. He had the greatest ensemble of talent, musicians Shankar-Jaikishan, singers Mukesh and Lata, lyricists Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri,cinematographer Radhu Karmarkar, who enriched this visual splendor. Then there is the guilt ridden flashbacks of Gopal and Radha, when he sings "Dost Dost Naa Raha". This vivacious and talented actress was aptly rewarded with the best actress award. This is a movie, that everything came together, like the Indian "Sound of Music". Raj Kapoor had style, class, and passion for film making that no other film-maker shared. "Sangam" is a flawless Diamond that will shine as a quintessenstial Jewel in the Crown of Indian Cinema.
