Review of Imtihaan

Imtihaan (1994)
One of Anu Malik's most memorable soundtracks of the 90's!
26 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I've waited almost 20 years to see this film, the soundtrack to which remains one of the most memorable throughout my entire teen & adult life.

After finally having had the chance to see it on DVD recently, re-living Anu Malik's golden soundtrack along with the film was quite the experience.

Generally, the film is fair with a decent plot. Raveena Tandon's character is a bit sketchy, as she plays a woman who enters into a second marriage to that of Saif Ali Khan's character (a wealthy singer) under pressure from her materialistic father (played by Dalip Tahil) while being dishonest in not telling her new husband about her past marriage to Sunny Deol's character (a simple, honest worker) who was thought of as deceased due to dealings with rouge elements (played by Gulshan Grover & Mohan Joshi) also having had a daughter with him (played by Baby Ghazala).

Shakti Kapoor's performances are fair, however comedy scenes with Asrani are weak. Johnny Lever would have probably been a better cast for comedic roles in the film.

There are some decent action scenes with Sunny Deol including the climax of the film which was nothing special in terms of action sequences.

The film's melody packed soundtrack by Anu Malik together with Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik & Bela Sulakhe's timeless vocals on 'Is Tarah Aashiqi Ka', 'Chura Ke Daman'& 'Chaaha To Bahut' are still to be relished and remain golden 90's super hit masterpieces to this day.

A film worth checking out if you are a die-hard 90's Bollywood music lover.
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