sharankandhai

This is the worst movie "made" by Manoj Kumar ever. One can't imagine that this movie had the man of "Roti, Kapada aur Makaan", "Shor", "Purab aur Pachhim" and "Kranti" behind it. Compared to this movie his "Clerk" is a masterpiece!

Though not directed by Manoj Kumar this movie was "concetualised" by Manoj Kumar as the credits mention.

The film features Kunal Goswami in the main lead. Now Kunal is no Manoj Kumar but he does look like his dad a bit so sometimes one gets the feeling of looking at a younger Manoj Kumar but... Though to be honest Kunal is not that bad at all. See him in the movie "Kalakaar" for instance which had Sridevi as his leading lady.

This movie also features Nutan, Sharmila Tagore and some of the usual Manoj Kumar movie players like Pran and Prem Chopra. Since this movie was made at the time of Kranti, you have Parveen Babi making a special appearance in a song in this movie wearing her Kranti outfit.

This film was released in the theaters and one company released it on home video. It has since never been rereleased and never been released on dvd or vcd. If you still want to watch the movie I have uploaded it on my YouTube channel.

Let me start off by mentioning that I am a huge Perry Mason fan. With Perry Mason I mean Earle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason (the lawyer). I have all 82 Perry Mason novels as well as all 9 seasons of the black and white "Perry Mason" series. I have also seen the later made for tv movies but those were okay because... i'll come to that in a moment. Just like Jack Bauer = Kiefer Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland is Jack Bauer or Michael J Fox is Alex P Keaton and Alex P Keaton is Michael J Fox and Peter Falk is Columbo and Columbo is Peter Falk there is just one Perry Mason and that is Raymond Burr. There is one Della Street and that is Barbara Hale. And Perry Mason is a lawyer dammit! The made for tv movies worked because of the nostalgia factor since it had Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in the lead.

This new series, in my humble opinion, is quite a good series. A kind of "series-noire' so to say. And to be honest I actually like the series. To be clear : I like the series, the mystery and the performances. What I find distracting is when I hear names like Perry, Della, Tragg, Holcomb, Burger or Paul Drake. That works against the series. If the series had been exactly the same series as it is now but the characters would have other names the series would have been received much better. They made it unnecessary difficult for themselves by naming the series Perry Mason because it is going to be compared with the masterpiece Raymond Burr black ad white series and nothing, and I mean, can compare to that. If the characters (and show) would have other name(s) there would be automatically at least 1 more star in the rating. If you can overlook the familiar names and can TRY not to think of Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins or even William Tallman, one might actually enjoy the series. Could have been a solid 8 stars but because of the above mentioned reason a very solid 7 stars from me

So I had seen the trailer of this web-series and liked what I saw. Furthermore the names associated with this "series" made me want to see this series even more: wiriter/director Farhad Samji, Tushar Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra and after a looong time Malika Sherwat. During the promotion interviews this series was pitched as the comeback of the Tushar Kapoor - Malika Sherwat Jodi. First of all there is no Tushar - Malika Jodi. They are not even paired "opposite" each other but don't let that spoil the fun. This "series" is actually a film cut into 8-episodes. You HAVE TO binge the entire thing in one go to stay in the right mood. The film brings back some memories of the Golmaal franchise. Not strange since it is written and directed by the writer of Golmaal and has some Golmaal faces in it as well : Tushar Kapoor and Sanjay Mishra. And my pleasant surprise when the series opens with a scene with Mukesh Tiwari (Vasooli from Golmaal) and the superbly talented and beautiful Ashwini Kalsekar. This series has to be taken in the right spirit. The cast is good : Tushar Kapoor is good and even does his "Oooeee Aaaa" bit from Golmaal, the entire gang of friends are okay, Kiku Sharda and Krishna Abhishek the most known from The Kapil Sharma Show. The only things I thought could have been better were the so-called "sound-effects" which are in all Indian tv shows: after a joke or punch line there is this dumb sound which is supposed to be funny I guess, we don't need that. Anil Charanjeet does a good job as Sartaj BUT this character is actually based on (or rather a rip-off of) Javed Jaffrey's character from the Dhamaal series. And Javed is a superb actor. It would have been so much nicer if Javed had been cast in this role. The series is promoted as the comeback of Malika Sherawat. And quite frankly -for me- there was too less of Malika. I would have to have seen more of Malika (no pun intended). This is one lady who is talented, who is beautifulAND who can actually act but still has not got her due in Bollywood and has been ridiculed over and over again. Well Malika rocks! But the best of all is Sanjay Mishra. For the fans of Rohit Shetty movies: we know Sanjay can crack you up and he does it again here. Every scene he is in is worth rewinding or rewatching as he is superb. However to be able to enjoy this series (and Sanjay Mishra) the most a little knowledge about Bollywood movies and songs is mandatory.Definately worth a watch and hoping for a season 2. Well done