Akshay Kumar is a great action hero but his selection of movies aren't always good. He has chosen some of the worst movies ever in his whole career from 1992-2013. In the 90s, Akshay Kumar had some big hits and a few blockbusters. His biggest flops were in the 1997-1999 period but in the early and mid 90s, he selected some of his worst films ever. Films like Zakhmi Dil(1994), Mr. Bond(1992), Kayda Kanoon(1993), and Maidaan E Jung(1995) were some of his worst movies. Paandav released in 1995 and it isn't entirely bad but there are so many typical scenes that are badly handled, that the film is a pain to watch.
Paandav has some of the most comical and hilarious villains which brings unintentionally comedy. The story is about Akshay Kumar who lives with his brother Mukesh Khanna and sister in law. He has a friend Prithvi and there are several crude comic scenes in the first half which are supposed to be funny but end up being cheap and overdone. The actual trouble and conflicts between the law and the villains is well shown but the handling succumbs to mediocrity whenever the romance and the comedy appear in the film. The forced comedy isn't needed and the romance is boring, the stereotypical elements in the film simply ruin the main conflicts and actual story of the film.
Direction by Raj Sippy is awful, he gives Akshay another bad film after Amaanat(1994) another badly handled action film. He handles the main conflict well in parts but the comedy and romance sidelines the main story which drags the film quite a lot. There is no proper flow in the movie and when the flow appears, it doesn't take long for the movie to achieve the no flow goal. What sucks the most is Akshay doesn't fight in this movie that much, all he does is beat people in the police station which makes his action hardly appeal.
Akshay Kumar does fairly OK as the stressed out cop but this time, Sippy didn't take his action into credit, the action element of the movie is poor making the film crass. Prithvi is no hero, he is wooden and no wonder he wasn't offered any films after these last roles of his career. The heroines are stupid, no talent at all. Mukesh Khanna is OK in a boring role and his dialog delivery is pathetic. Kiran Kumar and Pankaj Dheer are typecast as the unintentionally comical villains. The rest provide poor support.
On the whole, Paandav is a crass action film directed by Raj Sippy, the film could've have been a lot better if Sippy had presented a proper and well handled story with more action, interrogation in the police chamber is not action.
Paandav has some of the most comical and hilarious villains which brings unintentionally comedy. The story is about Akshay Kumar who lives with his brother Mukesh Khanna and sister in law. He has a friend Prithvi and there are several crude comic scenes in the first half which are supposed to be funny but end up being cheap and overdone. The actual trouble and conflicts between the law and the villains is well shown but the handling succumbs to mediocrity whenever the romance and the comedy appear in the film. The forced comedy isn't needed and the romance is boring, the stereotypical elements in the film simply ruin the main conflicts and actual story of the film.
Direction by Raj Sippy is awful, he gives Akshay another bad film after Amaanat(1994) another badly handled action film. He handles the main conflict well in parts but the comedy and romance sidelines the main story which drags the film quite a lot. There is no proper flow in the movie and when the flow appears, it doesn't take long for the movie to achieve the no flow goal. What sucks the most is Akshay doesn't fight in this movie that much, all he does is beat people in the police station which makes his action hardly appeal.
Akshay Kumar does fairly OK as the stressed out cop but this time, Sippy didn't take his action into credit, the action element of the movie is poor making the film crass. Prithvi is no hero, he is wooden and no wonder he wasn't offered any films after these last roles of his career. The heroines are stupid, no talent at all. Mukesh Khanna is OK in a boring role and his dialog delivery is pathetic. Kiran Kumar and Pankaj Dheer are typecast as the unintentionally comical villains. The rest provide poor support.
On the whole, Paandav is a crass action film directed by Raj Sippy, the film could've have been a lot better if Sippy had presented a proper and well handled story with more action, interrogation in the police chamber is not action.