Enkayaar, Bollywood Trade News Network

It indeed is a mystery that while India is considered as a land of magic and country of swangs (popular in theatre lexicon as adopting various roles, which is also manifest through various dance forms) the films, which try to underline this virtue, fail to strike a chord with the audience as it does in the day-to-day life with same regularity. Exceptions are always there. It is altogether more intriguing as a series like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE that thrives on appearances is a roaring hit all over the world. Let's have a rewind of these films to have a sense of the approach to world of magic and getups or swans. Interestingly enough, Amitabh Bachchan is one actor who has done it quite a number of times.

SHAHENSHAH: It was probably the first film in 80s where the dress of Big B took quite a lot of time to adorn, more so the right hand with all the chains and the paraphernalia. At the time when Big B had just returned from an illness, to be able to carry a weight of 15 kg on one hand was some weight. Though the film was a luke warm success, its punch line "rishte mein to hum tumhare baap hote hain, naam hai SHAHENSHAH", still is a favorite dialogue.

JAADUGAR: Prakash Mehra made this film with Big B on the life of magician and the travails that he has to go through to pursue his profession. This film however was a major flop, and this marked a turn around in the relationship between Prakash Mehra and Big B.

JADU TONA: A film on black magic was made under this name which starred Feroz Khan and Reena Roy tried to unravel the mystery of black magic, but the mystery could not be unraveled as the film was a big flop.

KRRISH: This was a Hrithik Roshan starrer, which created a new benchmark of success, and its resounding success was owing to the fact that it was able to connect with the children in a big way.

DRONA: DRONA also was an attempt to capitalize on super-natural powers that an individual acquires and how he vanquishes the enemy, who lives in a lavish mansion. But the attempt could not succeed probably owing to the fact that the children were not convinced about it. Interestingly enough, the villain, K.K. Menon got a new dimension to his career with this film in the bargain.

JHOOM BARABAR JHUM: The get up that Big B adopted in this film with a multi-colored jacket having as imaginable patchwork as possible, and a designer one at that, with a plumed hat did not enamor the audience at all, and the film fell like a ninepin, though it had an interesting theme.

NAYA DIN NAYEE RAAT: This 1977 film is a treatise to watch if one has to learn the method of acting and interpretation of roles and Sanjeev Kumar after this film along with Jaya Bachchan stamped his seal as one of the finest actors that industry could ever produce. The film however was a big flop.

MR. INDIA: It was the first film in the genre which could tackle the funny bone of the audience more so the children and became a roaring hit, and it underlined the fact that children films are concerned; there are very few people who can beat Shekhar Kapoor.

HISSS: Mallika Sehrawat's new film is a film where it takes her more than 8 hours to get ready for the shot to appear as the snake woman. Moot point is whether the pain that she is enduring for the film enchants the audience for Mallika's sake.