Rakshak is one of my top four favourite action movies of all time the other being Telugu movies, Samba, Aravinda Sametha and Vikramarkudu but Rakshak is on top. The story of the movie is unpredictable and credit goes to the great Raghuvaran for his portrayal of a frustrated man to a dreaded antagonist. To build up the character of main protagonist you need a great villain too and here in Rakshak, Raghuvaran gave his one of the best performances with incredible voice modulation. I believe the movie should have been certified adult pertaining to the raunchy sequences between Sunil and Karishma and brutal scenes. The action was one of the best of the 90s. In acting Raghuvaran was above par, Sunil Shetty was brilliant in action and emotion both. Karishma and Sonali both looked beautiful, however the show was stolen by Raveena Tandon with the chartbuster like Shahar ki ladki. The music by Anand Milind was superhit and topped the charts back then in 1996 with songs like Shahar ki ladki, kuchi kuchi and Sundara sundara but the most soulful song was rendered by The great SP Balu sir Zalim jahan Berang hai. Among supporting casts Aruna Irani was phenomenal and Mushtak khan was decent. Overall Rakshak was a bang for the buck in 1996 with superhit music, breathtaking action, some brilliant performances and a decent story.
Review of Rakshak
