Mrityudaata
 
 

     Direction : Mehul Kumar
     Music : Anand-Milind
     Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Karishma Kapoor, Arbaaz Ali Khan ...
        Rating: 2 out of 4 stars
 
 
                              After almost a gap of five years, the Big B is here again to entertain
                              his fans. This movie is Amitabh's come back vehicle. There are
                              some of his die-hard fans who would definitely watch this movie
                              and there are those who believe that he owes it to them to revive
                              that old magic. Perhaps, someone else could create the magic -
                              Karishma Kapoor, the reigning queen of Bollywood or the aging
                              yet gorgeous Dimple Kapadia. Definitely not with their histronics
                              (What, with Amitabh around, na na nare) but with their glamorous
                              presence.

     It is not too good a film. Again he is going back to the Dewaar days. There he is portraying the
     angry young man (or is it budda - no offence meant) dancing his way and looking suave as
     ever.

     Dr Ram Prasad Ghayal (Amitabh) is a surgeon whose scalpel proves to be a magic wand. He
     has a wife called Janaki (Dimple) and a brother called Bharat. Bharat is in love with a dancing
     doll Renu (Karishma) whom the baddie's brother (Deepak Tijouri) also loves. Bharat, an
     architect refuses to sign a power project involving heavy kickbacks and heavier displacement
     (with so many scams in the air, what can one expect the plot to be). He is implicated in a plot
     and sent to jail. Unable to bear this humiliation, he commits suicide and bhabi dies of the shock
     of losing her devar (brother-in-law). After the death of her lover Renu marries Deepak instead
     of repenting her beloved's loss. Now is the time for our `Mrityudaata' to avenge the loss of his
     wife and his brother. He trades his scalpel for a machine gun and apron for a commando coat
     and cap.

     The songs are not all that inspiring except for `Na na na na naare...' which is picturised on
     Amitabh and the desi pop star Daler Mehndi. Amitabh's fans will be in for disappointment, not
     with his performance but the way the subject is handled by the director - Mehul Kumar.


Nishchaiy
    Cast:  Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor
    Rating: 3 out of 4 stars

    In this story, Rahul (Salman Khan), works in a big farmhouse since childhood.  In this time, his brother gets convicted of a crime he did not commit.  This is because the farm owner sabotaged the entire program.  He even tries to kill his own wife, but fails.  While his brother is in jail, Rahul gets sent to a lawyers house.  He become a lawyer.  He also falls in love with Payal (Karishma Kapoor) who coincidentally is that same farms owners daughter.


Prem Shakti

    Cast: Govinda, Karishma Kapoor
    Rating: 2 out of 4 stars

    In this story an evil sorcerer turns Karishma (Karishma Kapoor) into a mannequin, and destroys Govinda (Krishna).  Years later, with the help of the serpent god they are reunited.  It takes Krishna some time to figure out what's happening.   Karishma won't be fully set free of the curse until the sorcerer is dead.  The movie is not that good, but it has a lot of good music.


Prem Quadi
            Cast: Harish
               Ratings: 3 out of 4 stars
               Karishma Kapoor's debut movie
 
               She plays the role of a rich girl (Nellima) who falls in love with Chandraman (Harish), a poor boy.  Her father doesn't like the idea so he sends hit men to kill him.  They don't succeed, but they kill Harish's father.  Harish gets accused of the crime, and gets put into reform school.  The father still plots to kill Chandraman, but he receives help from a female police supervisor.  
 


Raja Babu
            Cast: Govinda
              Ratings: 3 out of 4 stars
 
              Govinda (Raja Babu) is the son of a rich man.  He grew up rich, wealthy, and got what ever he wanted.  He sees Madhubala's picture(Karishma Kapoor) and falls in love immediately, when they are about to get married, Karisma finds out Govinda is illiterate.  She refuses to marry him, and insults his father.  Raja's father forbids the marriage and makes plans for him to marry someone else.  Meanwhile the father's brother and nephew tricks him by saying the wrong thing so that they could inherit the family fortune.  This movie is very funny and contains many good songs.
 


Raja Hindustani
 
                 Cast: Aamir Khan
               Ratings: 4 out of 4 stars

                   Raja Hidustani takes time to get into groove.Th e begining does not look
                   promising at all.It starts of with a pampered daughter(who actually looks like a
                   vacant eyed puppy)Arti(Karishma Kapoor)telling her doting father (Suresh
                   Oberoi) that she would rather go to Palan Khet(in the Himallayas) than
                   Switzerland(How original?).And of course you have a step-mama(Archana
                   Puran Singh )and her bald-domed brother(Pramod Moutho) who bid their time
                   to lay their hands on the tycoon's loot, accompanied by yet another pair of
                   retainers (Veeru Kishna an Navneet Nishan) who are ardent belivers in
     cross-dresing. Arti goes to Palan Khet and is immediately wafted to dreamland courtesy the
     cutie pie taxi driver (Aamir Khan) who moons over his Pardesi Memsaab all through the long
     ride,warbling his instant feelings in melodious song,peeppered by pithy comments from his
     pint-sized boy-cleaner. After some romancing the couple finnaly let the pappa know and get
     his blessing for their Shadhi after minor tussles.Only a fine line seperates Raja's
     uncompromisig self-respect from arrogance,when rejecting his rich father-in-law's gift.He
     suddenly becomes insensitive towards Arti's feelings (?) and hence results the marital tensions.
     Finally all goes well in the end but not before you o through the usual climax of
     dushkum-dushkum's and playing catch- catch with Arti and Raja's baby.It is after all a regullar
     Hindi-movie where the audience know what to expect from the next scean-Nothing
     new-.Music is good. Photography is good.All-in-all watchable for time-passers.