Qurbani

The Clint Eastwood of Bollywood, Feroz Khan went way out of the box to deliver a cult ahead of it's time. This movie offers everything that you would expect of a crime thriller - Fast but on track screenplay, great music, action (couldn't expect anything less from the deadly duo of Khan & Khanna), romance, deception, misconception and finally an epic sacrifice. Back then when most of the director's in Bollywood were struggling to deliver anything more than action and few dance numbers to the youths of the nation, Khan cleverly manages to deliver Bollywood its first iconic sex symbol (Zeenat Aman) without going overboard. The sizzling dance numbers "Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi Mein Aye" & "Laila Main Laila" once witnessed will surely have a lasting impact.

A complete entertainment package with some great dialogues, intense action sequences with few comical punches to ease the tension, wonderful music and choreography.

Qurbani means sacrifice which is something that plays an important plot point in the climax of this movie.

The film when it was released brought a new ultra kinetic violence to Bollywood cinema in this tale of two guys who become thick as thieves but end up falling for the same woman which would cause ructions. In the mean time they are pursued by a dogged hard nosed detective Amjad Khan (in a rare good guy role) who is also there to provide some humour.

The film was directed, produced and stars Feroz Khan who had the vision to shake up the Bollywood formula and brought it into the 1980s well before the rest of the industry followed suit. Parts of the film were shot in location in London.

Zeenat Aman brings sexiness and at the time you can see why guys would instantly fall for her. A classic of its era.

Qurbani is undoubtedly one of the best film made in India.After Sholay(1975)this is the second best film which was viewed by more people and it created a history in Indian Cinema.Qurbani has action and also thrills.The song "Aap Jaisa Koi" has been the Favourite ring tone of Indians till date..Vinod Khanna has surprised the Audiences through his different acting style.Aruna Irani has attracted Audiences as a wicked woman.Her face reactions and Dialogues in the opening scene of movie is fantastic.Zeenat Aman is extremely sexy in this movie.I would salute Feroz Khan for producing and directing second best film in India.Nothing to say more about the film.I request my all brothers and sisters of India to watch this movie before the death takes place.

Qurbani means 'sacrifice' and here it's about one man's sacrifice of his love for his friend (never mind if the girl, he loves ,

was in any case already in love with the friend!)

Anyways, the movie was a big hit of the year, primarily because of the music and a pleasantly surprize performance from Amjad Khan who plays a gum-chewing inspector constantly on the heels of both the heroes in the movie. Feroze khan carries on his Clint-Eastwood hangover in this movie as well, but does not disappoint. Vinod Khanna , highly under-rated in his times, comes up with a good performance. Zeenat is supposed to look sexy and she does that with aplomb.

Music of this movie, was a huge factor in it's success. It introduced a new singer Nazia-Hassan (a brit-pakistani) to hindi filmdom and she was an overnight star. The music director 'Kalyanji Anandji' got a new lease of life and it was also a stepping stone for 'Viju Shah' (I think he's the son of Kalyanji) to jump into the big league albeit temporarily.

Overall, a good entertainer, that was a big hit. I'd give it a 7.0/10.0.

Looking for a cool, stylish, action-packed Bollywood flick with some memorable musical numbers? "Qurbani" fits the bill.

I rented this from an Indian video store in town, on the advice of my wife. The DVD is pretty easy to find and has English subtitles.

The music is exceptional. Several of the tracks were lifted for the cult-classic compilation "Bombay the Hard Way," and I was shocked at how much of that album came directly from this film. There are at least three musical numbers which will leave a vivid impression on you - particularly a disco number with trippy visuals.

The action also doesn't disappoint, and there's a leg-breaking scene that's surprisingly intense. This is one Bollywood classic that I actually think is worth owning.