This is Sridevi's movie -- she's the main character, she's an amazing actress and she's a beautiful girl. Beautiful, delightful, wonderful film. I saw it on recommendation, as due to the lack of reviews, low rating on IMDb did not plan to watch it. But when she saw it, she fell in love with both the film and the image created by Sridevi. More than once, I noticed that the order in which the actors who played are completely incomprehensible on Kinopoisk, since it happens that the star lit up in a tiny episode is indicated in the first place, and here a film that is shot with an emphasis on a female character (which was so rare in films of those years when the girl was for the most part only a beautiful attribute for the hero), but the main character is not even visible on the main page, strange.
What's the movie about? There lives a sweet but brave and independent girl Durga (Sridevi) in a village where everything is run by Thakur Dharampal Singh (Kader Khan) with her brother Vinodpal Singh (Ranjit). Both mean, depraved, cruel people, act like bandits, but successfully hide their deeds, hiding behind innocent people. Thus, because of their false testimony, Durga’s father (Pran) was imprisoned, who escaped from there and became a bandit (noble, of course, because he only robs, but observes the honor of women and protects them from the encroachments of some dishonest men).
The first 40 minutes (in truth) seemed boring to me - everything was templates: Durga's love, which arose from scratch to a visiting guy Rajan (Shatrughan Sinha); evil rich people, unhappy villagers, blood revenge; a girl who easily beat villains with whom men could not cope; the main character who protected the heroine from a bunch of villains ... But in the first part Sridevi is just divinely good, as she dances and walks in saffron-green outfits, and these colors are incredibly to her face. But when we were introduced to the main characters, there was a turning point and a serious and deep film suddenly appeared from a light cinema, with life tragedies, with the inhumanity of villains, with the inaction of the police, with the disenfranchised position of women in society, with the fate of the main character destroyed. The magnificent play of Sridevi, the monologues of the acting characters, the active struggle against injustice captured me completely. There was a feeling of incredible emotional involvement in the action taking place on the screen. There are several technical flaws in the film of the time (for example, it is clear that many action scenes are shot with a male understudy instead of Sridevi; the punches themselves are not shown, but only falls from a slap or a punch), but all this technical component of the film is interrupted by a powerful wave of feelings experienced: emotionally, the film is undoubtedly on top! You begin to understand why the first part of the film was so careless and standard, as now the abyss that divided Durga’s fate becomes more visible. She could live a normal quiet life, get married, be happy, and instead is forced to hide, can not be with a loved one, is a criminal in the eyes of society. And the law can't help her, although those who pushed her down this path are known. But there is nothing to change, the heroine did the right thing, she had no other way out, we are absolutely on her side, but law and justice are completely incompatible things. I was always afraid that the end would be forcibly made sweet-happy-endow, although it would be completely illogical, but the creators managed to stay within the framework of the vitality of the situation, for which they have great respect.
Most of the actors played very natural and convincingly, although there were replays in some places (minor), as well as an unfunny comedian who stared at the camera, while turning away from those with whom he talked. But Sridevi's performance was unparalleled, especially in moments of anger or despair. For me, this film will be second in terms of her craftsmanship and conveyed emotions, there was not a single false note, not a single minute where she was not exactly Durga, the heroine of the film, a desperate girl who defended herself and what she believed in. Bravo!