Shakthi: The Power (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

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 | Cigarette Smoking | Railroad Track | Loss Of Husband | Family Relationships

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:

Version of Not Without My Daughter (1991)

Soundtrack:

Ishq Kamina

Both Karishma and Nana Patekar offers superb acting!

This is a movie that is worth watching for Nana and Karishma.Both have done a superb job.Karishma is in top form after giving great performances in Raja Hindustani,Dil To Pagal Hai,Biwi No 1 and Fiza.Karishma shows in every emotion and feeling.After Sridevi in Laadla i have never seen an heroine putting on such anger,emotion at the same time.This is her best performance.Nana is also excellent though he and Karishma goes over board at times.His dialog delivery is superb for no doubt with lots of gray shades.He gave a knock out performance in the climax.Though he is completely superb.The kid though is cute is passable.Deepti Naval is fine as the mother.Her confrontation with Nana in her final scenes is note worthy.Sanjay is passable.SRK is pathetic.His dialog delivery is incredibly pathetic and he hams.Though a fan of Shah Rukh myself.I felt that Salman Khan could have suited that Roley more because he is the bad guy of Bollywood.Tiku Taslania and Jaspal Bhatti are wasted

The movie is bloody but different.OK,i know there is a lot of screaming,yelling,vulgarity,over the top acting that you do want to fast forward.Some are sick through.i do feel like vomiting.Direction is great in some scenes but mediocre at the rest.Characterisations are powerful at times yet a little sketchy.Dialogs are passable.editing could be better.Camera work is average.Foreign locales are nice.the first few minutes are boring but once Shekhar hears the news the movie really becomes interesting

Songs are forgettable.The saving grace the catchy Ishq Kameena.

Sridevi has done a decent job.As a fan of Sridevi i request her to stop producing movies because she is average as a producer.Krishna Vamsi has done a decent job with this and so does Boney Kapoor.The movie title means power.It has some power but enough of them power it required.Give it a decent watch