Benaam Badsha

Benaam Badsha is very theatrical, and a very bad theatrical film at that. The sad thing is that given the right treatment by a more competent director it could actually have become a very good film. It is set against a rustic backdrop of a slum neighbourhood, and it has two popular leads who could have used their charismatic presence to make it work. It doesn't work though. Anil Kapoor stars as this tough, criminal thug who terrorises his entire neighbourhood, and Chawla is a young novelist who moves in for a short period of time and seemingly sees in him more than meets the eye. The story loses control and its moral stand is fast undermined when a rape takes place, and the writers are shameless enough to romanticise it in a most sickening way that is nothing less than glorification of rape. Anil Kapoor comes up with a most exaggerated performance which is highly theatrical and even though it is not entirely convincing, it is somehow enjoyable although more in the amusing sense. It is Juhi Chawla, however, who gives the film its very limited sense of sanity with her wonderful, natural presence. She is the only redeeming quality of this very melodramatic, highly unconvincing fare. The film's ending is as bad as the story that precedes it and clearly most people associated with Benaam Badsha would be happy to forget it.

I had seen the movie when i was very young This was a bit different from Masala movies churned out during 90s . Anil Kapoor acting is good Juhi Chawla average . Music is very weak dialogues are good. overall its average entertainer, remake of a Tamil Movie.The movie was a Box office disaster mainly due to its music and lack of masala the rape scenes were very violent and not suitable for viewing for children. Anil kapoor is a good actor and does full justice to the title role.Juhi Chawla acting is at best passable and stereotype. the late Amrish Puri does a good job as Jaikaal. The original movie from which this a frame to frame copy is a much better one . If you can understand tamil then definitely watch the original one .

Presenting a rapist as good is somewhat debatable, but circumstances plotted balanced it somewhat. Still your eyes gets wet on some occasions. Every bad guy/girl gets what he/she deserves. Even our hero gets the lifetime punishment of the death of his beloved wife who actually made his life a life.