An honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.An honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.An honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.
Rajendranath Malhotra
- Chogomal
- (as Rajendra Nath)
J.N. Anand
- Commissioner
- (as C.J. Anand)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaAfter the resounding success of Padmalaya's Himmatwala the same makers followed it with Justice Chaudhury and later they made Mawaali. The Padmalaya made 3 very successful hindi films in the year 1983. From 1983 to 1985 the South filmmakers made many hindi films which were very successful. In 1980 came Takkar Padmalaya's first hindi film, then in 1981 came Meri Aawaz Suno and in 1982 came Farz Aur Kaanoon.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Justice Chowdhary (1982)
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A nice example of 80's-era Bollywood
In sum I'd call this one of the better of the southern style 80's Hindi movies. It is able to entertain you and possibly even make you cry, with great music, colorful visuals and a twisted storyline. Ramu is a young man who races cars and works at a garage, and is the bastard son of a woman who is in jail. Old man Chaudhury is a respectable Lawyer who is promoted to judge over his rival, Kaileshnath, who is the lawyer of the villain Shanker Sing, a man sentenced to hang for murder and diamond smuggling. Kaileshnath has a spoiled daughter named Rekha played by Sri Devi. While out driving one day, Rekha encounters Ramu and a strange web is woven between them all. There are even more characters and situations, including the dilemma of Laxmi, the speech impaired daughter of Chaudhury, but I'll let the movie do that job.... the tale of Justice Chaudhury is a soap-ish drama with unexpected twists and reconciliations between characters for which no written summary could do "justice".
At 42 years of age the actor Jeetendra somehow manages to pass for the 20 something Ramu, but is exquisitely dashing as the silver-haired Chaudhury, who is also depicted during a flashback sequence in a younger form. Jeetendra gives a smooth performance across the roles and his acting style is appropriate for this story. We also get to see Arun Govil as Chaudhury's son Ramesh who's only purpose seems to be eye candy for the ladies, with all of his tromping around in tight police uniforms. Sri Devi's role as Rekha is typical for her 80's period and her voice is dubbed over for some reason, even though the dub is not much different than her actual voice. Asrani is in here for comedic relief as Anthony, Ramu's jumpy Catholic buddy, but his initially annoying performance mellows into the background as the film progresses. Khader Khan is excellent as Kaileshnath and he managed to swipe some laughs from me.
There are a few things that I felt are notably strange but do not diminish the validity of the film. One would be the large, modern style house in which the family of Chaudhury lives that features rows of Panton-era furniture with geometric upholstery in vivid yellows, purples, blues, and greens as well as giant paintings of cranes and other things on the walls. The second being how Jai Sing, the main villain played by Shakti Kapoor, is always surrounded by dolls and wind up toys. He even pets a teddy bear while stating his nefarious schemes! The third is how stylized the fight scenes are, especially the one in a warehouse between Ramu and some goons that features seemingly impossible flips and a disturbing incorporation of toys.
Dance numbers include the aerobic "Mama mia, pom pom" that is not especially notable in its choreography, setting, or costume but has a catchy disco tune by Bappi Lahri that will be singing in your head for days. A park becomes the scene for the very amusing "come with me" in which Ramu romances Rekha across benches, lawns and pedal boats to a reggae beat while foiling and baffling Kaileshnath. A slip on some eggs during a visit to Ramu's mother initiates a sensual shower encounter between Ramu and Rekha that breaks into a psychedelic fantasy in which they are fairies in an over-sized candy-colored forest of mushrooms, frolicking in pools of rainwater and being pelted with bucketfuls of fake pearls as they sing "what has happened when you touched me? it will take the rain and clouds to put out this fire". At last, a romantic flashback of the young Chaudhury and a love played by Hema Malini takes place in a flower-filled greenhouse as they declare "what is the most important thing in my life? Waiting for you..." while various gilded frames and garlands envelop their faces.
At 42 years of age the actor Jeetendra somehow manages to pass for the 20 something Ramu, but is exquisitely dashing as the silver-haired Chaudhury, who is also depicted during a flashback sequence in a younger form. Jeetendra gives a smooth performance across the roles and his acting style is appropriate for this story. We also get to see Arun Govil as Chaudhury's son Ramesh who's only purpose seems to be eye candy for the ladies, with all of his tromping around in tight police uniforms. Sri Devi's role as Rekha is typical for her 80's period and her voice is dubbed over for some reason, even though the dub is not much different than her actual voice. Asrani is in here for comedic relief as Anthony, Ramu's jumpy Catholic buddy, but his initially annoying performance mellows into the background as the film progresses. Khader Khan is excellent as Kaileshnath and he managed to swipe some laughs from me.
There are a few things that I felt are notably strange but do not diminish the validity of the film. One would be the large, modern style house in which the family of Chaudhury lives that features rows of Panton-era furniture with geometric upholstery in vivid yellows, purples, blues, and greens as well as giant paintings of cranes and other things on the walls. The second being how Jai Sing, the main villain played by Shakti Kapoor, is always surrounded by dolls and wind up toys. He even pets a teddy bear while stating his nefarious schemes! The third is how stylized the fight scenes are, especially the one in a warehouse between Ramu and some goons that features seemingly impossible flips and a disturbing incorporation of toys.
Dance numbers include the aerobic "Mama mia, pom pom" that is not especially notable in its choreography, setting, or costume but has a catchy disco tune by Bappi Lahri that will be singing in your head for days. A park becomes the scene for the very amusing "come with me" in which Ramu romances Rekha across benches, lawns and pedal boats to a reggae beat while foiling and baffling Kaileshnath. A slip on some eggs during a visit to Ramu's mother initiates a sensual shower encounter between Ramu and Rekha that breaks into a psychedelic fantasy in which they are fairies in an over-sized candy-colored forest of mushrooms, frolicking in pools of rainwater and being pelted with bucketfuls of fake pearls as they sing "what has happened when you touched me? it will take the rain and clouds to put out this fire". At last, a romantic flashback of the young Chaudhury and a love played by Hema Malini takes place in a flower-filled greenhouse as they declare "what is the most important thing in my life? Waiting for you..." while various gilded frames and garlands envelop their faces.
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