Surakksha (1979) Poster

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8/10
Mausam Hai, Gaana Ke, Baja Ne Ka...
namashi_19 September 2009
Gunmaster G-9 is a cult film figure, Mithunda played the character with style.

'Surakksha' is remembered till today, for Mithunda's killer dances and of course his ever-natural acting. The songs were Chartbusters.

Mausam Hai, Gaana Ke, Baja Ne Ka, Sune Ka, Suna Ne Ka, Raathoon Ko, Jagana Ka. Yeh Jeevan Yeh Sapna Hai Deewani Ka. Oh man, what a classic! I've the film long back, all I remember is the songs, and Mithunda dancing on them.

Mithunda made 2 sequels to 'Surakksha'... which were also fun & had superb songs.

Gunmaster G-9, the Indian Bond... is nothing short of Cult.
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10/10
Highly entertaining movie, watched it over and over since it came out.
ra-9699115 April 2022
Admitted the movie is low budget made, but man, the movie is everything you want if you are in to psychadelic, fast paced, action packed 70's movie. This movie got the background music, loud and proud, car chases, sharks, secret weapons, cyborgs, coffin escapes, snakes, mad scientists, machine guns, flashlights with build in drills, " Khataron ke Ghanti" dubbed super wrist watch, cars with parachutes and pistols to name just a few. The songs Mausam hai Gaane ka and Tum Jo bhi ho are awesome, the variety of music pieces on these songs are excellent and groovy. For me personally this movie is a big fat 10. Bad reviews on this movie are from people blind to see the artisctic value and spirit this movie has, it has flaws which are part of the charm. It is not for nothing that this movie launched Mithun into stardom, energy explodes off him in this movie! Also this movie was so well received in 1979, that it spawned one of the first if not the first Bollywood sequels with Wardat (1981) and Soochna (1991), the latter was unfortunately unreleased because of the passing of Ravikant Nagaich, the Director. Surakksha is a Bad ass cult-classic!
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5/10
Below Expectation
ravisinger8623 December 2016
Surakksha Directed By Ravikant Nagaich is A Spy Action Thriller. Direction is Average To Poor. Screenplay & Script is Similar To Any Spy Movie Nothing Extraordinary. Most Disappointing is Cinematography & Editing. There Are Few Technical & Characters Errors.

SSO is An Organisation Which Intends To Spread Terror. CBI Agent Gopi(Mithun Chakraborty) Also Known As Gunmaster G9 is Appointed To Investigate The Case By CBI Chief (Iftekhar). Meanwhile Gopi Meets Priya(Ranjeeta).Priya's Father is Killed By SSO. Further Investigation Leads Them To Heeralal(Jeevan) Who Works For Scientist Shiva(Balaje). How They Face Them ?

Acting By Mithun is Natural. Ranjeeta is Fine. Jeevan is Wasted. Music is Good By Bappi Lahiri . "Mausam Hai Gaane Ka" is Best Of The Lot.
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3/10
A spaghetti of James Bond films...
Ram_Gangaram22 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
This is one of the worse stich-up of films that became norm after the 1975. Most of the scenes are taken straight from the Sean Connery starer James Bond franchise and kung fu genre films. The film follows investigation of Gunmaster G9 played by Mithun Chakraborty to track enemies of world. He tries to expose a mysterious organization called SSO. In the quest he is joined by Jagdeep and Priya to find a missing colleague named jackson. The film has several loopholes and editing is at worse. Some of the scene like the funeral procession in cemetery is taken from "Live and Let Die". The kung-fu sequences are plain copy of Bruce Lee movies, the SSO constructs so called Sun Ray machine thats straight from "Diamonds are Forever". With the exception of Mithun, iftekar, jagdeep and Tej Sapru other's acting is pathetic. The loud background music, mismatched sequences and unrelated songs make this movie a pain to watch.

Incidentally there are limited movies in Bollywood that touch spy genre as done by Hollywood. However if you are looking for a good plot and gadget bollywood film there are some good movies like Dharmendra starer Ankhen, Charas or Jeetendra's Farz.
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3/10
Mithun's turning point
silvan-desouza7 September 2014
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In 60s and 70s spy films started coming in Bollywood, from FARZ to AGENT VINOD(1977), Suraksha released in 1979 and also made Mithun a star.The film was followed by a sequel WARDAAT The film had him play an agent of CBI with a codename Gunmaster G9. The film is a decent timepass watch with good twists and turns and technical wizadry of 70s and does make for an interesting watch At times we have forced comedy too but it does keep you involved. There are at times some unintentional hilarious scenes, especially for those watching it today.

Direction is good Music was a big hit, and the Bhappi Lahiri and Mithun jodi was a big hit then.

Mithun Chakraborthy does his part well, though very raw those days yet he does leave a mark.Ranjeeta is good in her part Jeevan is as usual, theatrical while Jagdeep is as usual Tej Sapru made his debut and he is good, Iftekar is as usual Aruna Irani has a cameo, K Balaji as the villain is good rest are okay
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