Koyla marked Shah Rukh Khan's third and last collaboration from King Uncle and Karan Arjun.
Karan Arjun ended up being a bumper hit, which lead audiences to have enormous expectations from Koyla. With expectations like that, Koyla was bound to fail, and it did (even though it did make a good amount at the box office). The reason for the failure is probably due to the fact that there is hardly a light moment but I like it for that very reason.
To be honest I didn't like Karan Arjun back then gradually warmed to it. I do however consider it to be the weakest of the collaboration and find it to be quite run of the mill stuff with Amrish Puri replaying his greedy thakur routine with Rakhee Gulzar sleepwalking through her hard done by women routine that she has been doing since Ram Lakhan.
Anyway I digress, I have always enjoyed Koyla. I recently revisited and was a enjoyable experience.
I consider this to be one of Amrish Puri's strongest roles, he is absolutely ferocious in this. Ranjeet, Jack Gaud and Salim Ghouse lend him good villainous support.
A recurring angle that appears in Rakesh Roshan movies is the protagonist is portrayed as weak but gains strength later, whether it is Rekha from Khoon Bhari Maang, Shah Rukh Khan in this.
It must have been a challenge making the lead actor's role mute in the first half but I believe they managed it quite well.
Shah Rukh Khan is good in the lead.
Madhuri also does well in the female lead as the woman who is deceived into a marriage with Amrish Puri.
Anyways Koyla is a good entertaining role that was sadly overlooked at the time.
Karan Arjun ended up being a bumper hit, which lead audiences to have enormous expectations from Koyla. With expectations like that, Koyla was bound to fail, and it did (even though it did make a good amount at the box office). The reason for the failure is probably due to the fact that there is hardly a light moment but I like it for that very reason.
To be honest I didn't like Karan Arjun back then gradually warmed to it. I do however consider it to be the weakest of the collaboration and find it to be quite run of the mill stuff with Amrish Puri replaying his greedy thakur routine with Rakhee Gulzar sleepwalking through her hard done by women routine that she has been doing since Ram Lakhan.
Anyway I digress, I have always enjoyed Koyla. I recently revisited and was a enjoyable experience.
I consider this to be one of Amrish Puri's strongest roles, he is absolutely ferocious in this. Ranjeet, Jack Gaud and Salim Ghouse lend him good villainous support.
A recurring angle that appears in Rakesh Roshan movies is the protagonist is portrayed as weak but gains strength later, whether it is Rekha from Khoon Bhari Maang, Shah Rukh Khan in this.
It must have been a challenge making the lead actor's role mute in the first half but I believe they managed it quite well.
Shah Rukh Khan is good in the lead.
Madhuri also does well in the female lead as the woman who is deceived into a marriage with Amrish Puri.
Anyways Koyla is a good entertaining role that was sadly overlooked at the time.