Shakti
Things can get really scarry – if you are an NRI man you are in for a rude shock. In most possibilities, you might decide not even to visit India to meet your parents or relatives. Read down to know why we made a statement like this.
Inspired by the Hollywood flick Not Without My Daughter (1990). The story is about Nandini (Karisma Kapoor) and her two uncles (Tiku Talsania, Jaspal Bhatti) who are rich and live in a sea facing bungalow in Canada. The viewer is shown plush furniture and a bowling Alley from Mumbai! Nandini decides to marry Shekhar (Sanjay Kapoor) who runs an entertainment joint in Canada. They decide to get married, have a kid and he even grows up by the time the long lasting song ends. One fine day while the couple are traveling in their car, they see a huge screen of BBC which flashes some breaking news. Suddenly Shekhar is upset and he is packing his bags. The audience has no clue what went wrong so much that he does not even tell his wife! And then it is bon voyage to India.
Once they arrive in India, Nandini is shocked to see the rural India. A scene where Shekhar’s uncle touches Nandini in a very cheap manner is scary – also that uncle looks like a baboon and has acted brilliantly in this movie.
Suddenly while they are in the bus, the killing starts and what we see is gangs that look like terrorists all over the place. One thing we don’t understand why Shekhar did not make things clear to his wife that she is bound to expect something wicked like this. Looks like the filmmaker like the audience and the wife to assume a lot of things!
The entire setting of the way the two couple meet there folks is very gripping. The entry of Nana (Narsimha) who plays Shekhar’s father grips you. Narsimha is a complete savage on the other hand Shekhar’s mom Deepti Naval is more docile. One day Nandini sees Narsimha teaching her little son, Raja, to throw a gets wild . Shekhar pacifies her and promises her that they will return to Canada soon. Even as she starts dreaming of a peaceful life again. Nandini's whole world is shattered – Shekhar is killed! This is where the climax starts and her stuggle to escape from the rude father. Narsimha does not allow Nnadini to take her son, so she has to attempt few escapes – but she fails. Once she manages and that’s where Shahrukh Khan comes to her rescue. Ash only comes for a song which is basically in the dreams of SRK! And we wonder what Mr SRK who has a hangover of Devdas and Dilip Kumar did such a stupid role in this film. He is an absolute waste. Also, let’s face it we are not some good stunt moviemakers, so why indulge in to it. SRK is speaking any language here!
Also they show Rajasthan with camels while they talk Bihari! Both Karisma and Nana are terrific. Sanjay is effective while Deepti looks far classier as the role demands. Ritu Shivpuri looks hot in those revealing ghaghras. The direction is brilliant and even the narration is done well. But why the movie was dragged so much also plenty violence here so this may affect the movies prospect. The Ishq Kamina songs does not gel well this movie. The 1st half is better then the 2nd half.
On the whole a dark film worth watching once.
