Taking a look round online to find a Dacoit (bandit) Curry Western that a friend could enjoy over the holiday season.I was shocked to discover a near-forgotten late 80's Curry Western that starred future Slumdog Millionaire and Mission Impossible 4 star Anil Kapoor,and Bollywood "Action king" Sunny Deol,that led me to getting set to saddle up,and setting off for the Curry western sunset.
The plot:
Being bailed from jail by his travelling circus manager,Dara notices,that a new poster has been put up on the police station's wall,offering a sum for anyone who can capture a recently escaped from prison Dacoit Yogi Thakur.With Thakur having been the person who mysteriously dropped the young Dara off at the travelling circus,Dara begins to quickly make plans on how he can at last come face to face with Yogi,so that he can find out what happened to his parents.
As Dara begins searching round for Thakur,he quickly finds out that he is the only person who wants to capture Yogi alive,with an outlaw called Karan closely following Dara's footsteps,in the hope of killing Yogi on sight,due to Thakur having murdered his mum and dad right in front of his young eyes.
View on the film:
Taking a look at the back of the DVD cover,I started to fear that I was about to see a movie that was going to be very tangled up,due to the films problems at the director's chair (with original director Shekhar Kapor being replaced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi half way into filming.)Whilst the production troubles may have lead to elements in the script being simplified (such as the way that Dara and Thakur's paths meet),the directors impressively never allow the behind the scenes problems to pour onto whats taking place on screen.
With the film avoiding any unnecessary detours,Kapor and Rizvi use the simplistic outline to deliver a refreshingly straight forward rough and wild Curry Western,with the movie using chilling flashbacks that are covered by the creeping sounds of a football rattle that could easily belong in any Horror film,to allow the viewer in feeling the wait on Dara's (played by a sharp Sunny Deol) shoulders on the years he has waited to get revenge for the death of his parents.
Along with the revenge aspect of the story,Kapor and Rizvi show a keen eye in staging tough shootouts and hard hitting bar room brawls,with the blood pouring out of all of the people who have been killed by Yogi Thakur, (played with a real bite by Rajesh Vivek) creating a harsh atmosphere where Dara and Thakur's blood could burst across the screen at any moment.
The plot:
Being bailed from jail by his travelling circus manager,Dara notices,that a new poster has been put up on the police station's wall,offering a sum for anyone who can capture a recently escaped from prison Dacoit Yogi Thakur.With Thakur having been the person who mysteriously dropped the young Dara off at the travelling circus,Dara begins to quickly make plans on how he can at last come face to face with Yogi,so that he can find out what happened to his parents.
As Dara begins searching round for Thakur,he quickly finds out that he is the only person who wants to capture Yogi alive,with an outlaw called Karan closely following Dara's footsteps,in the hope of killing Yogi on sight,due to Thakur having murdered his mum and dad right in front of his young eyes.
View on the film:
Taking a look at the back of the DVD cover,I started to fear that I was about to see a movie that was going to be very tangled up,due to the films problems at the director's chair (with original director Shekhar Kapor being replaced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi half way into filming.)Whilst the production troubles may have lead to elements in the script being simplified (such as the way that Dara and Thakur's paths meet),the directors impressively never allow the behind the scenes problems to pour onto whats taking place on screen.
With the film avoiding any unnecessary detours,Kapor and Rizvi use the simplistic outline to deliver a refreshingly straight forward rough and wild Curry Western,with the movie using chilling flashbacks that are covered by the creeping sounds of a football rattle that could easily belong in any Horror film,to allow the viewer in feeling the wait on Dara's (played by a sharp Sunny Deol) shoulders on the years he has waited to get revenge for the death of his parents.
Along with the revenge aspect of the story,Kapor and Rizvi show a keen eye in staging tough shootouts and hard hitting bar room brawls,with the blood pouring out of all of the people who have been killed by Yogi Thakur, (played with a real bite by Rajesh Vivek) creating a harsh atmosphere where Dara and Thakur's blood could burst across the screen at any moment.