silvan-desouza
Srk and Madhuri for the first time starred in ANJAAM togetherThe film released in 1994 when Srk aleady had 2 negative roles back to back in 1993 with BAAZIGAR n DARR and got great praise for both and both were big hits even Madhuri's career was on sky high with KHALNAYAK being a big hit in 1993 The film is a revenge film and about obsessive love.etc It starts off with some silly scenes in the plane by Srk but slowly it gets better Srk's obsessive love again after DARR is established well but the film gets too violent in the second half worse is that it looses the momentum and gets boring towards the endDirection by Rahul Rawail is below average Music is goodSRK does his villainy act again and does well but gives a feeling of deja vu after continuous such acts butyet a decent performance Madhuri does well in her role Amongst rest Deepak Tijori has a small role Kiran Kumar with a dubbed voice annoys Tinnu Anand evokes hatred
jrbleau
If this movie is rated 6.6, I can only suppose that Indian movies are rated on their own scale, as their viewers' demographic is different. On the same scale by which Deliverance is rated 7.2, however, this movie would not rate higher than 3.The suspension of disbelief is staggering. The fight scenes, a major weak point in the several Indian movies I have seen, are worse than those in cheap '60s TV productions in the West (yet, Oriental expertise in staging fight scenes is right at their doorstep Bollywood: use that resource and master it). Except for the somewhat inconsistent Shivani, the cast is a bunch of one-note caricatures. Events are opportunistic plot-wise, (for example, fires springing up according to the needs of the story rather than as a consequence of previous events, or an antagonist being inexplicably alone and helpless so that the protagonist can wreak revenge), and I can't for the life of me understand what the transvestites have to do with the story.I guess all the above can be explained away as serving the needs of symbolism, that the movie is not to be taken literally, etc, but that is a lazy way out. A little more realism and consistency is a matter of better writing. This laughable production is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Though I'm tempted to give it 2 stars, I'm giving it 3 because it overturns one of the conventions in Indian movies.Anyone wanting an introduction to Indian movies will swear off the whole genre if he begins with this one. Try the excellent Dil Se.. instead.
malaewa
Obviously this film is not even B class; to be honest, I don't think there are enough letters even in Devanagari to explain it's class.Yet, it is absolutely fantastic. A must-see for a Bollywood fan, an absolute-must-see for a SRK fan.Personally I just love SRK's roles as villains, those faces he makes... ahhh...The story in this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very end (just as it says at on the back of the DVD;) ) Madhuri is stunningly beautiful even after her, how to call it..., rebirth ;) (exept one tiny scene - the arm-teeth scene i'd call it, not to write a spoiler, which is also rather surprising) There are some fine songs (the one on the airport and the one on the wheel-chair) but the most important quality of this movie is that it's so surprising all the way.Plus the obsessive love motive is always great to watch.10/10 for sure (in it's category of course)
babykiller30
This is one of SRK's BEST movies, his acting, as usual, is flawless, and I sit back in amazement, and think "I could not do that". He is just perfect in the film, you can't but help feeling incredibly sorry for him, and incredibly angry at Madhuri, some scenes are disturbing, but they only add to the movies brilliant storyline, I have seen many Indian and English movies, but I have never seen any like Baazigar, Darr and Anjaam, coincidentally they all have Shahrukh Khan in them, he is just the BEST, never have movies been made like these, and never has there been an amazingly terrific actor like Shahrukh Khan, who NO other actor in the WORLD can compare too, there is just NO comparision between him and ANY other actor. There is not a single moment of boredom in this movie, you can't take your eyes off it. It is just terrific, along with the acting.