![]() This has fewer noir elements than Samanta’s earlier but it does edge into the genre, and even though the outcome is fairly predictable, the journey to get there is well worth taking.The film opens with the title track and features Helen in a wonderful dress covered with dragons. ![]() However there are fewer twists and a lower body count in China Town, and the end is quite different. If that sounds familiar, Salim-Javed were supposedly inspired by China Town when they came up with the plot for Don and the set-up is certainly very similar. It’s the story of a gangster whose buffoonish lookalike becomes involved in a police plot to uncover the shadowy figure behind the Chinatown drug trade. Not only does it have Shammi Kapoor in a double role, but as an added bonus Helen appears as one of the two heroines, and she dances in two songs – awesome! Shakti Samanta heads to Calcutta and the seedy opium dens of Chinatown to deliver a crime drama with plenty of masala seasoning. ![]() ![]() Shakti Samanta is responsible for many of my favourite Hindi films, and China Town is another one to add to the list. ![]()
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