Prahaar: The Final Attack

the brilliance and the superb acting done by nana patekar is the show stealer here...have any one wondered almost every stunt was performed by himself, or its just me...,i m not very aged person just 26 and i saw this movie when i was just a little kid it made sense then and it made sense now....its not just a movie its a art...a mirror display the reality of us.We live in world we want to dress and look good, we want to live a good life, for that we step on and ignore so many things that happen besides us that are also important, it was so funny that in the end they decided to put him in a mental cell....he just fought for others sake

Prahaar review :

Nana Patekar chose an unconventional subject for his directorial debut; Prahaar revolved around an army man whose favourite cadet is murdered in broad daylight by street goons who were extorting 'hafta' from his shop. The unfortunate incident makes him realise that the enemy within the country is as dangerous as the one across the border...

Being a perfectionist that he is, Nana actually took commando training before the filming started. Infact the film's first half is dedicated to the tough training his character imparts to the new recruits. "Mushkil waqt, commando saqt!!"; the training sequences are the highlight of Prahaar and I really enjoyed the way Patekar finds out which of his student had whistled at a passerby lady!!

Coming to the ladies, Patekar hired two divine beauties Dimple Kapadia and Madhuri Dixit and presented them without any makeup throughout the film. Dimple played a widow who is troubled by the neighborhood goons. She looked simply mesmerizing even in a white saree. Madhuri played the murdered cadet's fiancée who tries to cope over her personal loss. Ankush Mohite showed promise as the goonda extortionist whom Nana bumps off brutally in the end.

Prahaar was quite offbeat in approach though it was within the realms of commercial cinema. The movie wasn't a box office success appealing more to the younger urban generation. I still remember as school kids, we used to fight with each other reciting Nana's punchline "COME ON, KILL ME!!". Epic stuff, I tell ya.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

What else can I say about Nana Patekar? Excellent actor. And the fact that he tried to make a realistic indian commando movie is commendable. But he takes it to one higher level and makes it into an indian "Death Wish". Coupled with the complexity of his character's backround, you can't help but admire what he's done with this film. Must watch.

Prahaar (1991) : Brief Review -

A tight slap on Dusty Minded Society with right perception and Nana Patekar's stone-breaking characterization but with wrong objects. Prahaar is front loaded material if you're fan of 90s Nana Patekar films but somehow it tries to clean the dust of society which was too late by then. Mainly it comes with less action but solid characterization of almost every single artist present in the film. The film is about an Army officer who is outraged by the the muteness and deafness of the society against Evils. The officer takes law in hands to complete a revenge of his loving fella by giving it a name of his duty of cleaning enemies of country. The script seems bit offbeat and hard-hitting looking at it's period of early 90s when Bollywood was in relationship with mainstream action/romace films. Another offbeat or may i say new thing was to introduce Army training camp in Bollywood in strict manners. It was pleasing and interesting throughout the narrative and it was also shockingly acceptable in the climax when we realise the importance of Army Training. Now how much sense it made is a different topic to argue anyways because every brain has different definitions of Freedom and Independence that we have got. Nana Patekar as strict army officer is in sublime form and all his physical, endurance and training acts are real treat to watch. Rest of the cast don't get too much to show so i should say it's decent. Technically and cinematically there are few mistakes which are ignorable but some big falters in the writing must not be spared. This is the only thing which goes wrong with the film that it used the wrong objects to tell this overwhelming storyline. It should have came from a common man from the same dusty society rather than Decorated Army Officer. Overall, a Fantastic Social Drama.

RATING - 7/10*

By - #samthebestest

Prahaar is simply one of the best or perhaps the best hindi film I have ever seen in my life . The pain , anger and frustration of an army officer when he faces the inner layers and reality of our society and criminal thugs . Nana Patekar gives the best acting performance of his lifetime . In terms of acting Nana Patekar is up there with Pacino and Deniro

CLASSIC

10/10