Umar Mansoor Bajwa

Very disappointing movie. Nothing more than a complete crass. I wonder, if the Indian film making standards have gone so low, while blindly following the Hollywood action movies. No story, worthless script, below mediocre acting, cheap vulgarity, senseless suspense and wild action.

Shah Rukh Khan is now 50 plus. He should appear like a gentleman hero, not like a punk stooge. He should seriously ponder and then sign a movie. After all, money making is not the only factor of importance, instead, sense and sensibility should prevail. This movie is far away from any intellectual theme and cerebral depiction of ideas.

The year is 1973 and Amitab Bhachan was eagerly grabbing the golden opportunity to sign films with prime directors, like Shakti Samantha, Hirishikesh Mukherjee and Yash Chopra.

Amitab's excellent acting coupled with exceptional performance by Jaya Bachan and Hirishda's captivating direction made it a gem of a movie. The emotional outpouring and melodrama was very well played, needless to mention the eclectic poetry and mesmerizing music by S. D. Burman made this a landmark movie.

Primarily, Amitab Bachan's wrenching performance in this movie coupled with Zanjeer set the stage which would finally takeover the Super Star 🌟 status from Rajesh Khanna in later years to come.

Had this movie directed by William Wyler, it would had definitely left its mark not only in the filmography of Charlton Heston but also by grabbing a number of Oscars. Wyler possessed the acumen to get the best out of actors by exercising retakes, besides sharpening the script with archaic dialogues (suitable for historical epics) while accentuating the screenplay and melodrama with academic use of deep focus of sentimental emotional expression.