Very late, because I had never seen the film when it first released- when Urmila Matondkar was a star. She has an item number in this film, and now that she has joined the Congress politically, she seems to be (in retrospect, of course) making a point in that song of hers- something about capturing U.P. and M.P., with her thumkas.
There is a galaxy of good actors in the film- Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Danny, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and a few others- Jagdeep, for example, who played Soorma Bhopali so well in Sholay. The similarities with Sholay are many, but of course, without the magic. Most of the actors do not have a well-written role.
And there are no big stars, the dialogues are average, and the plot unfolds in a very uninteresting fashion- of course, you can't compare too many things to Sholay, because they would fall flat. This film did too, in spite of that Urmila number, that comes in too late in the film anyway.
Not bad for a TV watch, but I would not have paid to watch it in a theatre.
There is a galaxy of good actors in the film- Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Danny, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and a few others- Jagdeep, for example, who played Soorma Bhopali so well in Sholay. The similarities with Sholay are many, but of course, without the magic. Most of the actors do not have a well-written role.
And there are no big stars, the dialogues are average, and the plot unfolds in a very uninteresting fashion- of course, you can't compare too many things to Sholay, because they would fall flat. This film did too, in spite of that Urmila number, that comes in too late in the film anyway.
Not bad for a TV watch, but I would not have paid to watch it in a theatre.
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