Excelling in almost all areas of film making here comes another masterpiece from the man himself: Monsieur Anil Sharma.
Sensing that the audience and his fans won't settle for anything less extravagant or ingenuous than the freshly released Farishtay , Anil Sharma out did himself by dishing out a splendid movie stacked with all the necessary ingredients of classy cinema.
Set in a fictional kingdom called "DONGRILLA" the movie explores the tyrannical regime of it's autocratic ruler "Dong" played by Amrish Puri.
Out to ground Dong is a highly decorated Team of soldiers led by Mukesh Khanna ,who by the way is also seeking revenge from Dong for kidnapping his daughter and subjecting her to a rather clever hypnotic process , that of making the wenches circle around stone pillars while the Bose speakers ramble on with a monotonous sentence " Dong Tumhara Bhagwan Hai " or something of that sure, don't remember it exactly.
The other members of the team are Dharmendra , Aditya Pancholi , Javed Jaafrey , Naseeruddin Shah , Ekta Sohini , Pallavi Joshi.
Supporting them are Shammi Kapoor and Gulshan Grover. While Shammi Ji plays the role of a traitor , Gulshan Grover is a corrupt nonetheless Iman ka pakka Musalman who confronts Shammi Kapoor only to get killed by the latter but not before Shammi Kapoor cracks a smart a** comment" Nothing personal my Friend, Purely Business" ( This dialogue is protected by the National Plagiarism Act of 1947).
The movie quite realistically covers the team's dangerous mission . Be it then crossing a gorge by the means of a hand operated cable laying gun , or fooling the gullible guards of Dong by convincing them that the lightish yellow colored liquid they are drinking is not urine , freshly produced by the male members of the team and channeled through the outlets in the water tanker.
Or should we take the case of Top Secret files kept in an open wooden cabinet , all of them Marked "TOP SECRET" in red.
The fellow Dong is however the show stealer . What with his introductory scene where he manages to assassinate an important Indian General , despite the heroic marathon run by Shammi Kapoor , heroic because he weighs around 100-110 Kg's in the scene . Dong cleverly deploys 5 clones as decoys to frustrate the security force's efforts.
Dong then showcases his eccentric genius and sadistic nature by performing the classic song "Dong Hong....Shamo Shasha " while playing the sitar, followed by an intense scene in which he forces one of his men to commit honorable suicide.
Dong's esteem among his cadres can be judged from the fact that they hail his return by shouting in a synchronised voice: " Bom Chiki Bom Bom Dong....Bom Chiki Bom Bom Dong".
Internationally acclaimed costume designs and make up ( check out Naseeruddin Shah's Oriental get up) . Legendary art direction and cinematography. Ground breaking visual effects and awe inspiring action sequences.
Don't miss it for anything!
Best Of luck!
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