Shandar review :
Clashing with Pyar Ka Karz was Shandar - an out and out masala actioner also starring Mithun Chakraborty and Meenakshi Seshadri. So it was two Mithunda releases on same day which led to the audience getting split between the two and both the films couldnt get the hit tag though Shandar fared marginally better than Pyar Ka Karz.
Mithunda played a gareebon ka maseeha Shankar who has two heroines - Meenu Mausi and Mandakini to woo. Juhi Chawla had a small role opposite Sumeet Saigal who played Mithun's bro. Danny was menacing as the villain whose catchphrase was "Ab aaya na baat mein namak!!". Kader Khan was cast as the corrupt politician yet again. He was effective as always.
Shandar is memorable for two reasons - One is of course, Mithunda's sincere performance as Shankar - his fave name in most 80s and 90s films. What Vijay was to Amitabh, Shankar was to Mithunda. And secondly for the superb song "Ek Main Hoon. Ek Tu Hai.." picturised on Mithun and Manda. That itself was worth the ticket price. Had seen it at Paradise Cinema, Mahim and loved it.
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
Clashing with Pyar Ka Karz was Shandar - an out and out masala actioner also starring Mithun Chakraborty and Meenakshi Seshadri. So it was two Mithunda releases on same day which led to the audience getting split between the two and both the films couldnt get the hit tag though Shandar fared marginally better than Pyar Ka Karz.
Mithunda played a gareebon ka maseeha Shankar who has two heroines - Meenu Mausi and Mandakini to woo. Juhi Chawla had a small role opposite Sumeet Saigal who played Mithun's bro. Danny was menacing as the villain whose catchphrase was "Ab aaya na baat mein namak!!". Kader Khan was cast as the corrupt politician yet again. He was effective as always.
Shandar is memorable for two reasons - One is of course, Mithunda's sincere performance as Shankar - his fave name in most 80s and 90s films. What Vijay was to Amitabh, Shankar was to Mithunda. And secondly for the superb song "Ek Main Hoon. Ek Tu Hai.." picturised on Mithun and Manda. That itself was worth the ticket price. Had seen it at Paradise Cinema, Mahim and loved it.
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.