Tezaab review :
Noted director N. Chandra celebrated a hat-trick of hits with this film after Ankush (1986) and Pratighaat (1987). While the previous two had an offbeat approach, Tezaab had known stars and super popular music by Laxmikant Pyarelal to steer it to success.
Anil Kapoor was truly convincing as Mahesh Deshmukh who turns tadipaar Munna due to unfortunate circumstances post his love story with college mate Mohini (Madhuri Dixit). The love saga itself is so interestingly handled by Chandra that all those light moments are sheer timepass entertainment. Whether it is Munna wooing the college hottie Nikita (sexy Mandakini) just to get Mohini jealous or the culmination of his bet with Babban (Chunky Pandey, impressive) in to true love..
Tezaab had a convincing action hero in Anil, a sizzling hot dancer in Madhuri and most importantly, a terrific villain in Kiran Kumar as Lotia Pathan who kidnaps Mohini with his biker gang at the very start of the film. That scene remains its highlight.
The Ek Do Teen... number is the movie's jaan with its unforgettable Madame Dixit's thumkas. Anil Kapoor got so insecure with the song that he persuaded N Chandra to film a male version on him. Another song called "Amitabh ko bulao toh jaane" was added to the film in its 12th week.
Tezaab is memorable for Chunky Pandey's Babban as well. Playing the hero's bestie, he infuses jaan in his tapori character particularly in the scene when he fools a Parsi bawa (Dinesh Hingoo) in to sponsering his gang member's birthday treat. "Murgi walon apni murgi sambhalo". Solid Hilarious!!
But above all my personal fave character of Tezaab is the slimy Shyamlal (Anupam Kher) who throws acid on his wife (Suhas Joshi) when she throws a tantrum. The film's title couldn't have got a more morbid relevance!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
Noted director N. Chandra celebrated a hat-trick of hits with this film after Ankush (1986) and Pratighaat (1987). While the previous two had an offbeat approach, Tezaab had known stars and super popular music by Laxmikant Pyarelal to steer it to success.
Anil Kapoor was truly convincing as Mahesh Deshmukh who turns tadipaar Munna due to unfortunate circumstances post his love story with college mate Mohini (Madhuri Dixit). The love saga itself is so interestingly handled by Chandra that all those light moments are sheer timepass entertainment. Whether it is Munna wooing the college hottie Nikita (sexy Mandakini) just to get Mohini jealous or the culmination of his bet with Babban (Chunky Pandey, impressive) in to true love..
Tezaab had a convincing action hero in Anil, a sizzling hot dancer in Madhuri and most importantly, a terrific villain in Kiran Kumar as Lotia Pathan who kidnaps Mohini with his biker gang at the very start of the film. That scene remains its highlight.
The Ek Do Teen... number is the movie's jaan with its unforgettable Madame Dixit's thumkas. Anil Kapoor got so insecure with the song that he persuaded N Chandra to film a male version on him. Another song called "Amitabh ko bulao toh jaane" was added to the film in its 12th week.
Tezaab is memorable for Chunky Pandey's Babban as well. Playing the hero's bestie, he infuses jaan in his tapori character particularly in the scene when he fools a Parsi bawa (Dinesh Hingoo) in to sponsering his gang member's birthday treat. "Murgi walon apni murgi sambhalo". Solid Hilarious!!
But above all my personal fave character of Tezaab is the slimy Shyamlal (Anupam Kher) who throws acid on his wife (Suhas Joshi) when she throws a tantrum. The film's title couldn't have got a more morbid relevance!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.