Aar Ya Paar

Aar Ya Paar review :

Ketan Mehta's underrated thriller which was evidently inspired from a popular James Hadley Chase novel. Aar Ya Paar had Jackie Shroff playing an anti hero who marries a richie rich sanki lady (Kamal Siddhu) for her wealth and then plots to kill her with help from her sexy secretary Deepa Sahi. The plan is executed but goes awry due to his past girlfriend Ritu Shivpuri. What happens next?

Of the cast, Jackie aka Jaggu Dada was perfect as the philandering anti hero. It is one of his best performances yet highly underrated. Deepa Sahi was equally good in her complex role and she looked truly ravishing in a swimsuit. On the other hand, Kamal Siddhu and Ritu were bad casting decisions. Paresh Rawal left an impression in a small but important role of ACP Khan.

Mehta Saahab's direction was competent (though he concentrated more on his wife Deepa than the other two ladies). Music by Viju Shah was also memorable with a song filmed in Venice, Italy.

Despite being a well executed taut thriller, Aar Ya Paar didn't work at the box office. The audience just couldnt accept the main lead as a villain killing his own wife. But today, the film makes for an entertaining watch and can pass off as a precursor to Sriram Raghavan's neo noir thrillers like Johnny Gaddar (2007) and Andhadhun (2018).

I had seen this film at Hindmata cinema Dadar during its theatrical run and loved it. Was pretty disappointed by its box office outcome then. Well as the clichè goes, some films are way ahead of its time. This one surely was!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni

This movie shocked me. Both by its plot twist and quality. I felt it would be a cheap thriller with more songs and less story butnit wasnt. This had a smart plot, a gorgeous grey shade Jackie shroff , very hot Deepa sahi who remains fully dressed to look simple girl most of the time but when she was in qestern dresses she was awesome.

Story is inspired from Endless night and sucker punch i guess but it was exaclty like a james hadley chase novel in terms of execution. Paresh rawal was also veru good.

Overall for all thrill.seekrs, it is a must watch. I love the 99s thrillera , but sadly there are very few of them.

This movie based on the novel "sucker punch" james hadely chase. Its very good and ameazing thrill suspense.

This movie is one of my all time favourites,not just because of the fast paced nature of the flick or the performances but because it is nothing like what most other Hindi movies are. No weepy crap or family drama,Aar Ya Paar is a kick ass movie. I was very impressed when I first saw it and couldn't believe it was original. I was right.The entire dialogue has been lifted from James Hadley Chase's 'The Sucker Punch'.Not one part of the story has been changed and I think all the scriptwriter(???) has done is translated Chase's book in Hindi. I don't think any actor could've played Shekhar Khosla the way Jackie Shroff did.The only thing this movie lacks is originality. A very well made movie with a brilliant performance by Jackie Shroff.

Aar Ya Paar is not what you expect from a regular Bollywood movie. The plot was way ahead of its time. The movie is pacy with very minimum dull moments. Actually a remake as an OTT would be great option during these times.. Ketan Mehta has made this really well and direction is fast. Jackie was excellent in his role and performed the role to the T. A complete no nonsense role by him and has elevated the movie by his presence. Paresh Rawal is also fantastic in his role. Others do a decent job in their limited roles. Kamal Sidhu was bad and very loud in her role. Somebody else would have done a better job. All in all must watch Bollywood thriller. An ode to James Hadley Chase.