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Shiva (1989)
Gripping film portraying college youth and politics/crime
This was a wonderful and powerful debut by Ram Gopal Verma endorsing his talent and intelligence as a director. His typical style of depicting stories most naturally. Shiva (Nagarjuna) is a tough/silent student and has a good friend circle at a college when he encounters college politics through another student who is the brother of a gang-leader (Bhavani). Shiva is shy but portrays his toughness very well. He gets into a fight with the college rowdies and beats them up well only to further ignite a series of fights. He very well portrays the feelings of a student and symbolizes youth in college where seeds of Crime/Awareness/Politics/Virtues all spring up. He defends the standing of his friend in college elections and promises to protect him against any harm, but the opponents manage to beat him up brutally to his death. This further fuels Shiva's anger and he takes them head-on. He shakes up the whole gang order and reaches Bhavani but loses his love Amla. Finally he kills Bhavani after risking his career/life/love. A gripping movie with a great college song. No nonsense movie and worth a collectible..
Angaar (1992)
The best of Jackie Shroff
This movie portrays the problems of Mumbai lower class due to the nexus of criminal gangs and the fight against them by an angry young man Jackie Shroff. Though movie is typical for a one man fight against corruption similar to the Amitabh Bachhan movies and strongly resembles Arjun by Sunny Deol; still movie receives credit for strong performances by Kader Khan, Nana Patekar and the silent yet powerful acting of Jackie Shroff. The real-estate builders want to wipe off the slums in Mumbai and make five star hotels for fast profit. Jackie Shroff is struggling for a job and also pressurized by his family problems. While Nana Patekar's gang is trying to isolate the slum, they get a head-on with Jackie and face repulsion. Nana's brother Mazhar Khan goes to beat Jackie but gets killed by him during a fight. Nana kills Jackie's father which ignited a fury to extinguish his evil empire. Though Kader Khan is actually the Don and father of Nana, he only uses his powers to give justice to the poor and not oppress them. He detests Nana's activities but is unable to stop him. He tries to persuade Jackie to forget the whole episode, but Jackie rejects and goes on his spree to destroy Nana. He places bombs in the illegal building constructions by Nana and eventually kills him. Dimple is ornamental as she was in Arjun, but looks graceful. Jackie was stunning and the movie also has a few good songs. Worth a watch.....