All Rounder

All Rounder review :

One of the earliest films made on cricket, Mohan Kumar's All Rounder was about the rise and fall of a budding cricketer played by Kumar Gaurav. Coming from a poor background, he is selected to play international cricket purely on merit but jealous peer Shakti Kapoor hatches a conspiracy to defame him and ruin his career.

Rati Agnihotri played the main heroine and her hit status that time ensured she hogged the posters. The pretty Anuradha Patel played the supporting heroine with grey shades effectively. Vinod Mehra played Gaurav's dehaati brother in a role better suited for Sujit Kumar.

Not a bad film at all but still, All Rounder tanked at the box office and added to the ever growing flops of Kumar Gaurav.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

IMDb provides 1 to 10 for movies produced. There should be a rating for movies that should not have been produced. I won't be too harsh. I won't rate this one at -10. But -2 would certainly be appropriate. I don't know the IQ of the story writer. I cannot blame him. We need to be tolerant. But what surprises me is that Kumar Gaurav, Rati and Shakti decided to take this film. In 1984 I assume they were not that desperate. The only reason I saw this movie was because it has a cricket background. Oh what a shame. I seriously doubt if the producer, writer and directors know anything about the game. The bowling and batting actions of the players don't even measure up to those at the college level cricket, and director had audacity to cast them as at international cricket level. If you are planning to watch the DVD because you love cricket, don't do it. Just go back and watch Lagaan 17th time or whatever is your current count.