Meri Jung (1985)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Subhash Ghai

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (written by)

Release Date:

11 August 1985 (India)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up, he's determined to avenge his parents' suffering.

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Beena Banerjee	...	Dr. Asha Mathur
Nutan Behl	...	Aarti (Mrs. Deepak Verma)
Rajan Haksar	...	Oberoi
A.K. Hangal	...	Advocate Gupta
Iftekhar	...	Garewal Saab
Javed Jaffrey	...	Vikram Thakral
Anil Kapoor	...	Arun Verma
Kamal Kapoor	...	Daga Saab
Girish Karnad	...	Deepak Verma
Huma Khan	...	Guest Appearance in song: "O Mere Khwabon Ke Shehzade"
Viju Khote	...	Arun's colleague (friendly appearance)
Khushboo	...	Komal / Pinky Verma
Amrish Puri	...	G.D. Thakral
Parikshat Sahni	...	Dr. Dinesh Mathur
Meenakshi Sheshadri	...	Geeta Mathur
Sudhir	...	Inspector Bhosle

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The film was previously to be directed by Ramesh Sippy as "Shatranj", with Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan in the lead roles played by Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri.

High Emotions Drama

"People don't like warring with words" crowed a film magazine from 1985. This assertion gave me the impression that the movie would be replete with verbal wars between the contesting advocates in the court. However when I rented the movie to verify the claim, it had a little legal war, and that too was a bit stereotypical. The movie, however, had its other rewards to offer. A simple, no-nonsense plot about the woes of the family of a wrongly executed man, this film for the most part matches the reaction to the action with minimal overacting. The culminating scene wherein Anil Kapoor, apart from rescuing his mother, gives vent to his pent up feelings of righteous anguish and indignation against the vile acts of Amreesh Puri due to which he had to lead all his life in bitterness -- physical and mental -- is the highlight of the movie in my opinion. In this emotional tirade, we the viewers, have emotions exactly like a person would have, who has been victimised thus. This sympathy of emotions is the biggest achievement of this film. The music of the film is more than just good, specially the theme song, "Zindagi har qadam ik nai jang hai.." which is yet another spellbinding creation of Laxmikant- payarelal duo.