I reviewed the movie like 1 or 2 years ago and I no one gave me a thumbs up or down (useful or not) for my review but I'll give this another go
Film Review
The movie introduces corrupt police inspectors (Mahavir Shah, Govind Namdeo in his breakthrough role), a crime lord Kali (Gulshan Grover) and his brother in law cum cowardly sidekick Velji (Harish Patel). In the next frame we meet Kali's brother Bali (Mohnish Behl) who tells us he is going to an NCC camp Then through him we are introduced to Raja Bundela, Satyajeet, Girish Malik and Govinda! (yay) who makes a funny entry. Anupam Kher is the camp instructor, teacher (the only one I remember seeing), boss of the NCC camp and the target of Govinda's pranks. Anupam Kher falls in love with Bindu thanks to these pranks. The two have good chemistry with each other
Govinda comes across Divya Bharti during her cycle race and turns his attention to her instead of playing pranks on Anupam Kher. He and his friends dress as girls to face her in a kabaddi tournament, jump into her birthday party and then jack a kiss from her and her friends.
But Mohnish Behl also likes Divya Bharti (lust not love). In no time, Gulshan Grover finds out and will do anything for his brother. I've started using the character's real names instead of their filmy names but never mind! Gulshan Grover sets up Govinda for murdering a guy (Mac Mohan - the dude we met at the start) Govinda is arrested by police and sentenced to 14 years but thanks to Mohnish Behl, Govinda escapes the police. Alok Nath, Divya's dad and police commissioner, is annoyed and gets even more annoyed when Govinda kidnaps Divya in front of him and even more so when Govinda delivers an awesome dialog while he does that
Govinda kidnaps Divya and puts her in a forest where Divya finally falls in love with him. (better late than never). Govinda's friends, Anupam Kher join them and from here begins a cat mouse game between the good guys and the bad guys with Alok Nath stuck in the middle believing each side to be the opposite until his eyes are opened leading to a all's-well-that-ends-well climax
The movie is a great entertainer and deserved to be a hit. The movie released at a time when the "1st half = comedy/romance. 2nd half = action/drama" formula set by PAK (1991) was relatively new. That's why the movie doesn't look clichéd.
I think what works best for this movie is that in the second half of the movie where most 90s movie heroes go out for social reform, Govinda doesn't. His motive is revenge and he sticks to it. Even the songs he takes part in in the second half show how dedicated he is. Good lad! There's also no annoying comedic side plot because all the comedy is related and to do with the narrative The song pictursations are passable and are well placed. They don't interrupt the flow of the movie.
Govinda is a good actor and proves to everyone why he was one of the best actors in the 90s. His action, drama and romantic scenes work because of the experience he has got from his 80s movies but its his comedy that surprises the audience because his comic timing was funnier than the annoyingly unfunny comedy subplots (Asrani and Jagdeep specialized in this) that were seen in 80s. Audiences wanted more funnier comic actors and then came Govinda, Anupam Kher , etc. Also the scenes where he gets angry or hurt evoke sympathy and anger as even I felt like bashing the bad guys with him
The late Divya Bharti (RIP) was drop dead gorgeous in this movie. She handled all her scenes well and doesn't get overshadowed
Mohnish Behl did lots of roles like this but here he adds a bit of sensitivity (his scenes with Gulshan Grover) in the role of Bali.
Gulshan Grover was a menace in those days. Grover was one of those actors who hardly disappointed audiences in those days and here, he delivers a good performance.
Alok Nath made his anger justified when he thought Govinda was the bad guy and when he found out Gulshan Grover was the bad guy
Bindu made me laugh. Its a good thing David Dhawan used in her in his other films
Reema Lagoo can't impress anyone as she's there for like 2 minutes so she's passable
Harish Patel plays his menacingly coward / cowardly menace act well. His Atka dialog was funny
Raja Bundela, Satyajeet and Girish Malik supported Govinda well and likable
Mahavir Shah and Govind Namdeo were good as the corrupt cops but its Namdeo who I liked more because he was a bit funny and likable as the film went on
However the coolest character was Anupam Kher! His "Sridevi!" scenes were hilarious and proves he's not to be messed with when he joins the "Govinda is innocent" brigade. He also proved quite useful in the climax
I noticed a lot of things in this movie that would go on to be repeated in other David Dhawan movies
the way Sudha Chandran goes to Govinda after she is attacked in broad daylight by the villain is REPEATED in Judwaa (1997)
Gulshan Grover's look is REPEATED in Loafer (1996)
An army of dudes coming to save the good guys in trucks in the climax is REPEATED in Aankhen (1993)
the way Alok Nath interrogating Govinda's friends and the answers they give to him is REPEATED in Jodi No.1 (2001)
Film Review
The movie introduces corrupt police inspectors (Mahavir Shah, Govind Namdeo in his breakthrough role), a crime lord Kali (Gulshan Grover) and his brother in law cum cowardly sidekick Velji (Harish Patel). In the next frame we meet Kali's brother Bali (Mohnish Behl) who tells us he is going to an NCC camp Then through him we are introduced to Raja Bundela, Satyajeet, Girish Malik and Govinda! (yay) who makes a funny entry. Anupam Kher is the camp instructor, teacher (the only one I remember seeing), boss of the NCC camp and the target of Govinda's pranks. Anupam Kher falls in love with Bindu thanks to these pranks. The two have good chemistry with each other
Govinda comes across Divya Bharti during her cycle race and turns his attention to her instead of playing pranks on Anupam Kher. He and his friends dress as girls to face her in a kabaddi tournament, jump into her birthday party and then jack a kiss from her and her friends.
But Mohnish Behl also likes Divya Bharti (lust not love). In no time, Gulshan Grover finds out and will do anything for his brother. I've started using the character's real names instead of their filmy names but never mind! Gulshan Grover sets up Govinda for murdering a guy (Mac Mohan - the dude we met at the start) Govinda is arrested by police and sentenced to 14 years but thanks to Mohnish Behl, Govinda escapes the police. Alok Nath, Divya's dad and police commissioner, is annoyed and gets even more annoyed when Govinda kidnaps Divya in front of him and even more so when Govinda delivers an awesome dialog while he does that
Govinda kidnaps Divya and puts her in a forest where Divya finally falls in love with him. (better late than never). Govinda's friends, Anupam Kher join them and from here begins a cat mouse game between the good guys and the bad guys with Alok Nath stuck in the middle believing each side to be the opposite until his eyes are opened leading to a all's-well-that-ends-well climax
The movie is a great entertainer and deserved to be a hit. The movie released at a time when the "1st half = comedy/romance. 2nd half = action/drama" formula set by PAK (1991) was relatively new. That's why the movie doesn't look clichéd.
I think what works best for this movie is that in the second half of the movie where most 90s movie heroes go out for social reform, Govinda doesn't. His motive is revenge and he sticks to it. Even the songs he takes part in in the second half show how dedicated he is. Good lad! There's also no annoying comedic side plot because all the comedy is related and to do with the narrative The song pictursations are passable and are well placed. They don't interrupt the flow of the movie.
Govinda is a good actor and proves to everyone why he was one of the best actors in the 90s. His action, drama and romantic scenes work because of the experience he has got from his 80s movies but its his comedy that surprises the audience because his comic timing was funnier than the annoyingly unfunny comedy subplots (Asrani and Jagdeep specialized in this) that were seen in 80s. Audiences wanted more funnier comic actors and then came Govinda, Anupam Kher , etc. Also the scenes where he gets angry or hurt evoke sympathy and anger as even I felt like bashing the bad guys with him
The late Divya Bharti (RIP) was drop dead gorgeous in this movie. She handled all her scenes well and doesn't get overshadowed
Mohnish Behl did lots of roles like this but here he adds a bit of sensitivity (his scenes with Gulshan Grover) in the role of Bali.
Gulshan Grover was a menace in those days. Grover was one of those actors who hardly disappointed audiences in those days and here, he delivers a good performance.
Alok Nath made his anger justified when he thought Govinda was the bad guy and when he found out Gulshan Grover was the bad guy
Bindu made me laugh. Its a good thing David Dhawan used in her in his other films
Reema Lagoo can't impress anyone as she's there for like 2 minutes so she's passable
Harish Patel plays his menacingly coward / cowardly menace act well. His Atka dialog was funny
Raja Bundela, Satyajeet and Girish Malik supported Govinda well and likable
Mahavir Shah and Govind Namdeo were good as the corrupt cops but its Namdeo who I liked more because he was a bit funny and likable as the film went on
However the coolest character was Anupam Kher! His "Sridevi!" scenes were hilarious and proves he's not to be messed with when he joins the "Govinda is innocent" brigade. He also proved quite useful in the climax
I noticed a lot of things in this movie that would go on to be repeated in other David Dhawan movies
the way Sudha Chandran goes to Govinda after she is attacked in broad daylight by the villain is REPEATED in Judwaa (1997)
Gulshan Grover's look is REPEATED in Loafer (1996)
An army of dudes coming to save the good guys in trucks in the climax is REPEATED in Aankhen (1993)
the way Alok Nath interrogating Govinda's friends and the answers they give to him is REPEATED in Jodi No.1 (2001)