Strong and Moving!

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This is a long reincarnation flick whose sole selling point is the combination of the two Khans- Shahrukh and Salman. Shahrukh overacts as usual and a silent Salman has greater screen presence. The plot line is that of a typical revenge drama. However, Rakhee and Amrish Puri breathe life into stereotypical roles. Rakhee specially convinces as the pining mother out for revenge. The other villains are caricatures. The action is overdone and production values are middling. Some songs are catchy but there's a dance number with suggestive lyrics. Watchable film as long as you ignore its flaws.Overall 5/10

Durga Singh (Rakhee Gulzar) gets married into an Indian joint family and gives birth to two twin sons Karan Singh (Salman Khan) & Arjun Singh (Shahrukh Khan). Before dieing the land lord of the house wanted to give Durga and her two sons the house as a gift. But the land lord's brother Thakur Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri) had evil intentions and he decided to kill his brother and Durga's two sons Karan & Arjun. Later on, by the grace of mother Kali, Karan & Arjun was born again into different neighbor hood and they also found there love. Karan with Bindiya (Mamta Kulkarni) and Arjun with Seema (Kajol Mukurjee). However, they manage to reach up during a fight between the two and all the old memories began to flash back. And before you know it there were with there mother Durga again in order to take revenge from Durjan Singh for there death and mother's ruination.

The concept of the story depends on your faith, as it is to do with re-incarnation, and geared more towards the Hindu religion.The story did not appeal to me much; however, I watched the film for performances given by the actors and to see what the hype was all about.I think the film was stolen by Rakhee's persuasive dialogues and Salman's macho, don't give a crap, character. Over the recent years Salman has really impressed me with his different roles. SRK like his early movies overacted too much, the fighting scenes were unconvincing and the dialogues were as they say very filmy. Kajol, unlike her recent films, was very annoying. Mamta, although very short, but gave one of her better performances.All in all it's an over-hyped movie which won't be recognised as a classic. 5/10.

Two Hindu brothers Karan and Arjun lie dying after being attacked by bandits. Clasping each others hands they are quickly despatched by a final thrust of a sabre. I don't know how many bloodied bodies we see in the ensuing scenes. There must be 100 or more. If you like action and lots of blood, this movie is for you.The boys' mother cannot accept the death of her two handsome sons so she prays in the temple for them to be restored to her. She is ridiculed by the perpetrators of the crime, but she continues to believe that with faith anything is possible.Judging by the antics in this film anything can happen. There is a lot of fighting with sword, gun and catapult. When it comes to fisticuffs, there seems to be no holds barred. Head-butting and kicking with the boot in any place that hurts. None of this is to be taken seriously. It's like reading the comics. It's goodness winning over evil.When the boys do in fact reappear in the village, there is great celebration. Fortunately we gain some relief from the fighting episodes ( far too long) when some rather elaborate song and dance sequences are introduced. The choreography is different. There is much thrusting of the pelvis and jerking of the neck muscles and the ensemble cast are most adept at these movements.The boys of course have come back to avenge their deaths and to kill the perpetrators who were so cruel to their mother. And the two pre-arranged marriages that precluded the boys from marrying their sweethearts are quickly overturned with a few extra gunshots.