Geraftaar

Geraftaar review :

Geraftaar is special.

Very special.

Not just because it is a super hit masala entertainer which is still enjoyable. But more for its distinction of being the only movie in which the three legends appeared together - Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikant. Ek ticket mein teeno ka kamaal!!

Initially, Kamal Haasan was the main lead with Amitabh having a special appearance but looking at his mass appeal, his role was increased substantially. So was Rajinikant's character. The posters showed Amitabh laughing while being handcuffed which deeply raised the audience curiosity. Of course, the chance to see three superstars on screen together was the main attraction and expectedly, Geraftaar took one of the biggest openings ever. There was a mini stampede reported outside Bandra's Nandi Cinema on first day of advance booking where cops had to be called to control the situation.

Rajini Sir's death scene was much talked about and appreciated. So was Amitabh's climactic fight sequence. Kamal Haasan had the meatier part of romantic hero cum avenger and it was a cakewalk for the actor of his calibre. Poonam Dhillon looked ravishing in the film while the beautiful Madhavi complimented Bachchan perfectly. Kader Khan, Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor were impressive as ever playing the villain brigade. Particularly, Kader Khan's comic villain is still memorable.

Geraftaar is a wholesome 80's masala movie whose sole objective is to entertain and it surely does. Big time. I am sure most of the older generation has already seen it atleast once. I would recommend it to the new gen fans of the three superstars. They gotta get the feel and experience of that bygone era!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Geraftaar is a non stop entertaining movie. Another classic from the legend himself Amitabh Bachchan. It has the regular 80s storyline about boy separated from family, father gets killed etc. Geraftaar entertains thankfully because of Big B and Rajnikhant. Rajnikhant is a south Indian actor with good fast skills. Watching him with Amitabh is great fun. The other lead is Kamal Hassan. Kamal is practically the main actor in this movie. Amitabh doesn't appear till half way, that still doesn't stop the movie to disappoint. geraftaar has a few villains, the one that shines is Kader Khan and his dumb son Shakti kapoor. It has one nice song Dhoop mein. If you haven't seen this film, i suggest you watch it.

While on duty one day at a mine, Mr. Kapil Kumar Khanna (Satyendra Kapoor) is killed by criminal elements when he caught them exporting illegal drugs. However, his elder son Karan (Amitabh Batchchan) receives the blame and is beaten and thrown out from the house by his mother. Although, Karan is prosecuted, his mother Mrs. Kumar Khanna waited for him to return for years, which didn't happen. One day, however, her younger son Kishan (Kamal Hassan), falls into the wrong family's hand being persuaded by a young woman called Anuradha Saxena (Poonam Dhillon). He is later punished by some criminal elements for murdering a woman called Lucy, upon acting a drama, while in jail he met an inmate who save his life, later on it was found that the inmate was none other than his lost elder brother. His brother was serving penance for murdering the commissioner son Vijay Sinha (Sharat Saxena), some how the two manage to escape from jail and take revenge from the family they hold a gouge against.

For some reason this film reminded me a lot of ANDHAA KAANOON (1983) which had the same type of cast; Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikant, Madhavi, Om Shivpuri

The film has injustice done to the lead actor with Amitabh Bachchan appearing in the second half taking over the film just like ANDHAA KAANOON.

Rajnikanth's death scene is well-handled and the climax is done-to- death.

Amitabh Bachchan shines with his lead role and takes over the second half Kamal Hassan makes a convincing performances as Amitabh's brother and shows a lot of versatile Rajnikant is OK in a special appearance Madhavi and Poonam Dhillon fill the heroine gap and help move the storyline Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor are hilarious while Om Shivpuri, Sharat Saxsena, Kulbacshan Kharbanda are typecast

Geraftaar is now considered a cult classic. One of the best masala movie of 80's. It has engaging performance throughout. The movie is filled with typical Bollywood clichés of the time. Kamal Hasan plays an innocent victim of murder. He successfully apes Sammo Hung in a funny martial arts sequence involving a bench. Amitabh plays Kamal Hasan's long lost brother with his his own back-story involving the murder of his friend. Rajnikant almost steals the film in the cameo appearance in the role of Amitabh's friend. This movie also known for the appearance of hilarious villains in the role of father-son by Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor. The Duo got so successful that they repeated this same combination for next 15 years. The movie features three heroes (Amitabh Bachan, Rajnikant and Kamal Hasan) who are superstar in their own right. At the time of this movies release , Amitabh Bachan was the undisputed king of Bollywood. Any movie with his name on it, was guaranteed great opening week collection. Rajnikanth at the time was huge star in South Indian movies but was trying to mark his mark in Bollywood movies. Kamal Hasan was the rising star of Bollywood, having previously made his mark in South Indian cinema. Initially when the movie was in pipelines it has just Kamal Hasan in lead , however the producers persuade Amitabh to have a small cameo as Kamal's brother in the movie. Amitabh liked his role so much that he requested his role to be increased and roped in Rajnikant to act in the role of his friend. Later Madhvi was added his lead Heroine. During the final editing Amitabh role was increased even at the expense of lead hero Kamal Hasan. In the final cut of the movie Amitabh's role was almost as big as Kamal Hasan's. Amitabh appears just before the second half of the movie, but soon becomes the central focus of the movie.