Review of Manoj Kumar's 1989 masterpiece - Clerk

Genre: Clueless or maybe Comedy

Rating: Not to be missed. Must be seen at least once.

Director: Manoj Kumar

Writer: Manoj Kumar

Cast : Manoj Kumar – Bharat

Ashok Kumar- Pitaji

Rajendra Kumar- Khan

Rekha- Sneh (Old Flame)

Anita Raj- Pooja – Gymnastics babe

Mohammad Ali- Ram

Zeba- Mrs. Hooky/ blood seller

Rajiv Goswami- Balaram

Sonu Walia- Ms. Torn Jeans aka Sonu

Prem Chopra- Sadhuram

Satish Shah- Sharma – Bharat’s immediate boss

Sonika Gill- Tulsi

Om Shivpuri- Jindal

Dina Pathak- Bharat’s Mommy


To boldly go where no man has gone before(Alternate review)

Clerk is the mother of all the WTF movies of bollywood ever.I have seen it 3 times myself lol.(yes you will need to fast forward some songs and scenes here and there).

Some of my personal favourite moments in the movie are:

1)Bharat defines "lunch"

Bharat is questioned about his sincerity to which he replies "Sahab,lunch ka intezaar to woh karte hain jinke paas khaane ke liye lunch ho".wow.dil jeet liya sahab!










2)Bharat's convo with his boss and his Hindi tutorials:

Bharat is asked to repeat each comment of his in hindi by his boss.But somehow bharat just says "ji?" in translation and his boss seems to get convinced lol.







3)Boss giving Bharat his "roz ka taana"

"Tum ek mamooli Clerk ho Clerk!"










4)Bharats Hand-to-mouth life:

What better way to present his economic condition than to fix in the camera view into the holes of the Ghar ki Charpai.Cinematic excellence.







5)The "death-bed" scene:

Need not be talked about!











6)Bharats phateli chappal:

Bharat in an interaction with his ex-flame Rekha.Shows rekha his phatheli chappal to prove he has forgotten his glorious past.









7)Balram having fun meanwhile:

Bharats younger bro Balram is a man afterall.So at times he ought to be horny inspite of his adverse economic cicumstances.He visits the sexy siren of late 80s and 90s Sonu Walia,his Gf.






8)Bharats trademark pose:

Bharats current GF,Anita Raj,is wearing tight Gymnastics clothes.So the well-cultured Bharat,feels embarassed and interacts with her facing backwards.They dont make such men anymore.






9)Bharat controls his lust:

Anita tries her best to seduce Bharat.But our Bharat controls his lust giving a series of amazing facial expressions.