A tribute to B-gradism

In these times of absolute drought in Bollywood, when all of us lament the dearth of even half - decent films, I miss those spicy, cheesy and corny B - grade films that our esteemed industry had produced in abundance. Don't get me wrong - yes those were terrible, terrible films but they were so, so bad that they actually used to make for crackling entertainment, not in movie theatres but when they used to be telecast on set max and zee cinema every now and then.

I mean just look at the poster to your left - isn't it awesome?
So the rest of the article is dedicated to this gem of a film which has entertained me over and over again, one of Rani's early adventures - Mehndi!

You can read about its plot from its wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehndi_%28film%29
But that does not reveal anything special about this special film! So here are some snippets from this dowry - revenge saga:


One of my favourite scenes comes right in the start when newly wed Rani's elder nanad asks her to gift her the maang ka tikla, which is of course motherless Rani's maa ki aakhiri nishaani and Rani's saas, played brilliantly by Himani Shivpuri, taunts, "Har cheez apni sahi jagah aa hi jaati hai" when Rani gives the tikla unwillingly. Yes, Rani does have her revenge later in the film when she snatches it back after shooting her nanad's husband and thus widowing her!

That takes me to another priceless court sequence:
Rani's father has been murdered right in the court since he took his pistol out when he could not bear the opposition judge calling her dear daughter a sl** and so this guy, nanad's husband shoots Rani's father instead. Rani takes pratigya to avenge her father's death and fights her own case in the court. Yo!
The scene: (Rani has already requested nanad's husband to give answers to her questions calmly)
Rani: Kya aapki maa ra**i thi?
Nanad's husband: Aye ladki...
Rani: Sirf haan ya na mein jawaab dijiye
Nanad's husband: Tu... (something more that I don't remember, damn!)
Rani(to judge saheb): My lord, mere itna samjhane ke baad bhi, jab maine inse ye poochha ki kya
                                   inki maa ra**i thi,jo ki ek sach hai, to ye bardaasht nahi kar paaye. To kya
                                   beeti hogi us baap par jiski beti ko bina kisi baat ke bhari adalat mein ra**i
                                   bola jaa raha tha?
Now the nanad's husband loses it completely and shoots atleast 3 bullets from his pistol at Rani, which she miraculously survives, Not only that, she manages to take the stick from the andha kanoon statue and murders the nanad's husband with it in "self - defence".
 
Then there is that delicious climax when Himani Shivpuri ties Rani tightly on the death bed and puts many heavy logs over her, and just at the moment when she's about to light the fire, Rani musters all her amazing amount of strength and gets up, only to take the final revenge!

There are many more interesting scenes in this film, whose themes are too raw and crude to be stated here (yes, even more than that courtroom scene).

Amazingly, this film used to come uncensored in those days, when I didn't even know those words! And now, having searched everywhere on the net, I can't get anything more than songs of this film. What a pity! We don't even know how to pay tribute to our classics!