Shakthi: The Power (2002)

Director:

Krishna Vamshi

Writers:

Krishna Vamshi (screenplay)
Kamal Pandey (dialogue)

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Story of a spirited woman whose child was taken away

Plot:

A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.

Plot Keywords:

Village | Remake | Family Relationships | Loss Of Husband | Cameo

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Karisma Kapoor	...	Nandini
Nana Patekar	...	Narasimha
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Shekhar
Jai Gidwani	...	Raja
Shahrukh Khan	...	Jaisingh (Drifter)
Deepti Naval	...	Shekhar's mother
Aishwarya Rai	...	Dream Girl
Vijay Raaz	...	Beeja
Tiku Talsania	...	Nandini's uncle
Jaspal Bhatti	...	Nandini's uncle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Prabhu Deva	...	Special Appearance
Divya Dutta	...	Shekhars sister
Chandrakant Gokhale
Prakash Raj
Ritu Shivpuri	...	Shekhar's sister
Anupam Shyam
Rajshree Solanki	...	Shekhar's sister
Rocky Verma	...	Goon (as Rocky)
Jerifa Wahid

Runtime:

170 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A

Filming Locations:

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Company:

Sridevi Productions

Trivia:

Kajol was the first choice for the role of Nandini.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Anthahpuram (1998)

Soundtrack:

Ishq Kamina

Awesome Acting

If any movie stands out extremely with the actors' acting skills, this is probably the one. I've never seen dialogues be spoken in such a rough way, but having a strong feeling. The movie was disturbing at moments. However, the movie was terrible at editing. The movie tries to go the commercial way by adding comedy and songs, yet they feel out of place. Like Karisma is getting beat up, and the same time SRK is fighting (comically) with the police officers. The Ishq Kamina song was very out of place. On top of that, the movie is overly glossy in the beginning. The direction was not bad, but certainly nothing one can brag about.

I have to say that the actors' were chosen very wisely. Without them, this movie would not have an impact. Karisma Kapoor has given her best role to date, and this looks very good on her record after Zubeidaa and Fiza. She looks pretty in the first half, and I've never seen an actress scream of emotion and anger as well as her. What is most ironic is this is probably her weakest written role to date. Nana Patekar was excellent as her father-in-law. Not much to say about him, besides this is a role made for him. Deepti Naval as the mother-in-law was excellent especially in her final scene. Though she doesn't have much to say, her facial expressions and body language was good. The other good performance was the little kid. He was adorable, and is sure to bring tears to the viewer's eyes. The movie was probably saved desperately by their performances. Sanjay Kapoor was all right, but he didn't have much to do. Shahrukh Khan was wasted in his bad boyish type role.

One thing that brought the audience to the theater was Ishq Kamina. The song picturization and dancing is perfect for the crude lyrics of the song. And boy Aish is mad hot. However, the song belonged to be in another movie only because it came at the worst moment ever. People may have come to the movie for Aish, but they won't brag too much about it after-wards. Hum Tum Miley was properly paced, but seemed to drag as the suspense mood was leaving throughout the movie. Damroo Bhaje was boring and nothing to rave about. Dil Ne Pukara is too boring of a song to get the mood of the movie. Despite the poor editing, the performances alone make it a must see.