Storyline

Brothers Kishan and Karan grow up on the streets of Bombay.Kishan joins hands with criminal Anna to give better education to Karan. Inspector Prakash friend of Karan knows about Anna's activities but doesn't have proof to arrest him he is killed in front of Karan.Prakash's sister Paro childhood love of Karan believes that he was responsible for her brothers death. Anna's former aide informs that Prakash was killed bye Anna and he is the boss of Kishan.Paro and Karan then revisit their love and Karan decides to testify against Anna and his men but is warned by Kishan as he might be attacked.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Plot Keywords

inspector, drug dealer, witness, brother, gangster, schoolteacher, suspenseful, emotional, gripping, intense, bombay, india, bar, hideout, factory, crime ring, assassination, drug smuggling, brother relationship, romance, rivalry, escape, revenge, 1980s

Short Review

Vidhu Vinod Chopra directs and stars in this action drama about two brothers caught on different sides of a gang war.One of the most serious movies to have been made in India in the year of this release, it once again proves that Bollywood can have a serious side and this film is another perfect example.Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff give very good performances as the two brothers Karan and Kishen, living in Bombay when Karan falls in love with Paro (Madhuri Dixit). However Karan leaves India and starts embarks in a life of crime and there is good support to be had from Nana Patekar as Anna, the drug dealer who helps him achieve this. Dixit is superb in her role as Paro and she proved that her terrific performance in Tezaab was definitely not a one-off.Chopra foes a terrific job directing the film as the atmosphere is very tense all the way through the film, while he also gives a good performance in his role as the corpse. The script is very well written by Shivkumar Subramaniam while the camerawork is excellent and set are very decent to look at.The film deservedly won 5 Filmfare Awards - Best Actor (Shroff), Director (Chopra), Screenplay (Subramaniam), Supporting Actor (Patekar) and Editing (Renu Saluja) - the latter two categories also winning National Film Awards.Overall, this is one very tense but well-acted film that although was not accepted as India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, it is definitely one of Chopra's best films as director and certainly the best 18 film made in the year of this release.

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