Khoon Bhari Maang

Rekha truly blew me away with her performance in this film. Personally, I am so used to seeing her in glamour roles that i didn't think i would like this film. I ended up loving it. I think she did a wonderful job and deserved the Filmfare award for best actress back in 1988. Rekha in this film looks, well, ugly. But thats only in the begining of the film. She wears fake teeth, and made to look like she has no makeup on.

I would recommend this film to anyone and all Rekha fans alike. Oh, and she does get glamoured up towards the second half of the film. But you'd have to see it to understand what i mean.

Who am I to review the cult classic khoon bhari maang, just a mere mortal, who has watched this film 500 times atleast. Those crocodiles, the revenge sequence, the plastic surgery, the dirty tricks for wealth, stables with horses, crying innocent children, a loyal house help, inheritance etc. Every making of a perfect piece of an unprecedented Indian family revenge drama. Rekha never shone so bright, nor did the roshans, nor did sonu walia, or kabir bedi and nor were benevolent Indian reptiles represented so perfectly again. Superlative.

Khoon Bhari Maang was a superb thriller made at the later half of the eighties.The story is about the pains of an innocent woman.Rekha plays a very tough action role.The boat scenes are fantastic.The movie is at a jet speed after she returns back as a gorgeous model.The scenes where Rekha drives horse Fastly receives a critical applause.The Locations where the climax scenes are taken are beautiful to watch.Rekha has very clearly shown differences in her acting as an ugly woman and also as a gorgeous model.The screenplay adds a great value to movie.The songs of the movie are OK.I would not speak completely about her role.Rarely female actresses have been given great leading roles in the Indian cinema.This was a top engrossing movie after it got released. I had never seen a great action movie like this.Of course this is a very fast and trilling movie.Although this is a remake of Australian TV series Indian Audencies enjoyed this movie very much.Rakesh Roshan has proved himself as a best director.The crocodile shown in the movie really frightens the Audencies.The plot of the story has enough thrills.A better screenplay and a great direction had paved the way for the successes of the movie.

A tale of deceit & ultimate revenge Khoon Bhari Maang is probably one of Rekha's best films to date. She expertly portrays the role of maternal figure turned temptress turned brutal harbinger of doom. The transformation is as miraculous as her recovery from her physical scars inflicted by her husband (Kabir Bedi) actions. She is well supported by all cast members including the comic intricacies of Kader Khan who as usual delivers a sharp dialogue to the film. Sonu Walia plays the part of the other woman well as Kabir Bedi's reluctant partner in crime who's overdue crisis of conscious comes back to haunt her literally. The film directed by Rakesh Roshan (who also brought us delights such as Khel, Khudgarz) has few plot holes & is well orchestrated. The soundtrack has one memorable song "Hanste Hanste" which is very hummable there is also a Hindi remake of the "Chariots Of Fire" theme tune sung by the gyrating Sonu Walia (a scene not to be missed). All in all, an entertainer which shouldn't leave you disappointed 8/10.

Khoon Bhari Maang review :

Adapted from the Australian series Return to Eden (1983), Khoon Bhari Maang was the second consecutive success for producer- director Rakesh Roshan after Khudgarz (1987). The action thriller literally gave a new lease of life to Rekha who was going through a lean phase that time. It is one of Rekha's career best performance easily figuring in her best five..

A wealthy widow (Rekha) marries a handsome dude (Kabir Bedi, impressive) who pushes her to to the crocodile. The lady returns back with a changed face (glamourous than ever) after a plastic surgery and extracts her sweet revenge.

Khoon Bhari Maang was a risky subject for the '80s when the audience was used to watching the conventional hero- heroine stuff but here, the hero was actually a villain who kills his newly wedded wife to continue affair with her bestie (Sonu Walia) while the heroine turned the avenging hero riding on a horseback in the climax!! Roshan's risk however paid off handsomely for two primary reasons :

1) The wonderful ladies : Undoubtedly, Rekha and Sonu Walia were simply fantastic in the film. Both won Filmfare awards that year and Khoon Bhari Maang belongs to these two beauties. Rekha's transformation from the plain jane to a super model was just wow! As for Sonu Walia, I just loved her as Nandini, Rekha's bestie who betrays her. She literally scorched the screen in her yellow swimsuit romancing the macho Kabir Bedi.

2) Rajesh Roshan's music : a huge positive for Khoon Bhari Maang were the songs. Whether it is the seductive "Main teri hoon jaanam" or the hip hop happy "Hanste Hanste Kat Jaaye Raaste', every number was a chartbuster.

Khoon Bhari Maang clashed with Yash Chopra's mega multistarrer Vijay but still emerged a clear winner. The film met with critical acclaim as well as audience appreciation. As they say, good content always triumphs!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.