One of Sunil Shetty's best fighters, mid-90s. And the incredibly scoundrel Nasiruddin Shah. Recently, it has become so that it is absolutely by chance that I stumble upon long-awaited films that did not have voiceovers or even subtitles. It's really exciting. And so yesterday, I was flipping through the tape in one social network, and came across this film, which was voiced literally three days ago. There was no limit to my joy, of course. As usual, I watched it immediately without delay, out of turn.
There is no description, so let me briefly. Photographer Ravi Malhotra (Sunil Shetty), in love with the beauty Mohini (Sonali Bendre), and they are going to get married. Once doing a photo shoot on the beach, Mohini gets into the field of view of the police officer D'Souza (Nasiruddin Shah), who was inflamed with passion for the girl, and decided to take possession of her in any way. Upon learning that she is engaged to Ravi, he is just beside himself with anger, enters the house of Ravi, on the eve of his wedding with Mohini, shoots the guy without warning, and throws him drugs. Ravi, having miraculously survived his injuries, is sent to court, where he is falsely accused of drug trafficking, and sent to prison for 4 years. Having become a certified lawyer in prison (he was allowed to study, right in the cell), Ravi decides to take revenge D'Souza, and punish him according to the law, depriving him of all regalia. In this he is helped by two local leaders, finding out who he was behind bars, because they themselves hate D’Souza, because of which they were behind bars.
A great action movie by Sunil Shetty, he is still so young and beautiful here that it is breathtaking. And Sonalie Bendre, who played his beloved, is generally young at all. They made a good pair.
Nasiruddin Shah, also young here, but eerily "ugly". A corrupt policeman, cunning, greedy and cynical, who is also very smart, and will never miss an opportunity to make money. He has a good reputation in the police, but he manages to turn “both ours and yours”, and criminals to please and help, and maintain his reputation, and receive medals from the government.
This is a typical Indian action movie of the 90s, with all the attributes inherent in such films, but it is also one of the best and underrated films, probably partly because little is known to the Russian public. Sunil and Nasiruddin Shah both played well in this film. I love the character transformation that happens when Ravi takes revenge for the misconduct of a corrupt, lustful police officer.
In the 1990s, there were several action-oriented crime films in the Indian film industry. "Confrontation" is a crime drama that features a beautiful love story between the main couple, who are pursued by a dirty policeman. The policeman strongly desires the main character, and by all means tries to make friends with her (although given the frank outfits in which she sported Sonali in this film, every man threw himself at her, and Sunil had to fight with everyone).
Director Bharat Rangachari skillfully creates an action movie with a clear plot. Bhushan Banmali's script is decent, with minimal illogical episodes. The main problems are some surreal scenes, such as the sequence of actions in the car, in which Sunil must get to court after surviving encounters with many oncoming mercenary fighters. This is one of the few scenes with exaggerated action. Hand-to-hand combat scenes are more realistic. Oh, how good is Sunil when he beats bandits with his hands and feet, just a pleasure to watch it (although I do not welcome fights per se).
Of course, there is also illogicality in the film, especially in the ease with which Ravi becomes a brilliant law student in prison, and after being released, an excellent lawyer. There are no scenes of him working very hard to study law in prison. It would have been more convincing if Ravi had been shown from the beginning of the film as an aspiring lawyer rather than a photographer. The creators could show him finishing his legal education in prison. In principle, that would be more plausible, because it's very hard to believe that anyone could make such strides in studying the law for a few years in prison. However, all this is inherent in the films of those years, and has long become familiar to all fans of Indian cinema, so I especially did not dwell on these moments when watching.
The music of Anu Malik also deserves mention. The background score contains good use of the piano to create tension when needed. The song "Aankhon Mein Base Ho Tum" shows a beautiful romance between a couple in love. I also liked the other songs and videos.
Sonalie Bendre is beautiful and pays tribute to her role, which does not require her to be just an eye candy, her heroine has the character and strength to resist her pursuer. In general Sonali not in the first film played in a pair with Sunil. I read that she had been in love with Sunila for many years after their first film together, and was so in love that she was ready to become his second wife (as Hema Malini became the second wife of Dharmendra). But Sunil turned out to be one-man (he was already married for several years) and a faithful husband, and he did not intend to take a wife. Sonali was very offended at him then, and spoiled his career in every way for five years, until Sunila’s close and best friend, Sanjay Dutt, spoke to her. A Sanju knows how to "talk" when you need and with whom you need, and in everything to help and support a close friend. In general, after that, Sonali calmed down, and switched to Salman Khan, with whom she also starred a lot in pairs. But whether she persecuted him in the same way as Sunila, I do not know, I have not seen such information anywhere.
But it was a small departure from the film. In general "Confrontation" - a noteworthy crime film with shades of romance and action. And definitely impressive. Despite some serious mistakes, it is worth watching. I would recommend this film to all fans of the action movie Sunila Shetty. And those who just love Bollywood movies of the 90s, including Indian action movies. The story itself deserves attention.
9 out of 10