You won't be disappointed!

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Ramesh Sippy is an excellent director. Obviously he loves the Occidental world's cinema. So since his start he was determined on marring his commercial homeland cinema with the western in (Sholay), or James Bond in (Shaan). For the first half it runs as a crime comedy, with schemes and heists, then for the second as an action about a war between 3 heroes and one super-villain imported from many Bond movies; he lives on an island (Dr. No), has an office with sharks around it (The Spy Who Loves Me), disposes of a failure henchmen by exploding his chair (You Only Live Twice), and he's bald (Blofeld). Come with that some "Bondy" touches here and there : opening credits that roll while showing parts of the movie's events on a sexy girl's dancing body (From Russia With Love), the good guy fights a monster and beats it underwater (Thunderball), survives an alligator (Moonraker), and – sure – a theme song at the start and a ticking bomb at the end (nearly all of Bond movies !).The cinematography did grand. 2 shots were historically beautiful : seeing Abdul's character dead, and the leads' running to the helicopter at the end. Amitabh Bachchan is a walking movie industry, with unbelievable charisma and wit. Johnny Walker proved that he can make comedy and dance well. And Kulbhushan Kharbanda stole the show with sober cogent acting for what could have been a caricature of a character. It has smart editing and dexterous dialog, though still the movie's highest element is its hot and elegant directing. Sippy individualized every single sequence with distinct sets and visual details, being helped by towering budget. For instance : the amusement center's try of assassination, the stable's gunfight (which revived some of Sippy's love of Westerns), the port's murder, the thugs' home's fistfight.. etc. It reached its zenith at the last song Yamma Yamma, which managed to be one of the finest songs I have ever heard and watched. Yes, almost everything is top-notch. The ambition to overtop (Sholay), the most successful hit up to that point, is felt. But they forgot one factor : the script. While (Sholay) remade (The Seven Samurai) to Indianize a western movie, now (Shaan) remade many points of Bond to westernize an Indian blockbuster and give it another flavor. Thus it had a more than enough foreign atmosphere, looking strange sometimes, missed the human dimension, with light pain and more fun, and – unfortunately – suffered a load of cheese !Bone Cheese : There is absolutely no difference between Kapoor's and Bachchan's characters; they're the same happy-go-lucky guy, just one taller than the other ! The leading dual fight Shakaal, a *super* bad guy, the same way Sholay's leading dual was fighting Gabbar Singh; without appropriate advanced gadgets ! Flesh Cheese : A respectable officer has 2 crooks as brothers ? How come that none of his superiors blamed him for that ?! That officer decides to jump over a cliff to the sea while knowing that he's 300 km away from any land; so he thought he could swim that distance ?! The villain has a secret way to release the bonds around his victims' hands hidden under his main table, why ?! To use it whenever he's captured in his office, like what happened at last (SO FORCED !). The villain's toxic gas didn't harm the heroes (low quality gas ?!). The villain dies right beside the secret key to destroy his island (strange coincidence). While Shatrughan Sinha's character is a circus man, he can run a helicopter cleverly ?! The villain with all of that wealth, power, craziness is just a black market dealer ?? With his sophisticatedness he seemed as someone who wants to rule not the world but the galaxy ?!! And finally, the giddiest point ever : how come that our heroes flee from the exploding island while leaving at least 50 dancers, they used in their disguised entrance, behind them, including the legendary Helen herself ?! These are innocent people for god's sake, why to sacrifice them damn carelessly like that ??!!Lending the thick voice of R. D. Burman to Bachchan while Yamma Yamma was terrible decision; I was laughing out loud ! Bindiya Goswami wasn't fit for her role as a con woman who could dazzle men by her beauty (what beauty ?!). The charming Parveen Babi was infamously overweight, with no fresh performance. In terms of writing, the best addition this movie came up with was dividing James Bond, the forever *one* hero, into 3 guys. The beauty of unity is a favorite for me in the face of "Only One Man Can Do This Mission". It's someway the opposite of what Sippy did in (Sholay), when he remade the 7 Samurais with purely 2 guys. The matter of the evil man's last fate still worries Sippy. While making 2 ends for (Sholay); one where the violence wins which was canceled by the censor, then one where the law wins which was used, this round as if he wanted to revenge, declaring that killing must be faced with nothing but killing, and he did it rightly : Shakaal tries to kill the 4 leads, so they act naturally with self-defense, finish him with 3 bullets, and make Sippy eventually happy !It's an Indian good vs. bad blockbuster that visited Bond to borrow some super bad material. Well, nice visit but not nice fantasy altogether. Feature like harmonic was kind of missed. Though, despite (Shaan)'s faults it is better than many of Bond movies (at least it has a plot !). Yet, it's not (Sholay), just a big mild entertainment that flashes in your eyes to soothe your brain.

Shaan is a Big budget movie from the Great Director Ramesh Sippy, who has given us the Best Bollywood film of all time Sholay. His next film is bigger in budget and star cast. Shaan is a Highyly enjoyable movie that has lots of comedy with action and fun. Amitabh Bachcan in a entertaining role. Shashi Kapoor is amusing at times. Sunil dutt is efficient. Rakhee gives a decent performance. Shutrungh Sinha is not too bad. The Late Parveen Babi is fairly good, she was one of my favourite actresses in the 80s. Shaan has a classic villain Shakaal played by Kulbushan Kurbandar in his best movie of his career. Shakaal is a james bond style villain who has his own island with guns, secret rooms, rotating chairs, sharks and crocodiles. Shaan in full on entertainment and a must see if you haven't seen it.

Shaan has everything you would want in a film - there's comedy, drama, action, great music, and an all-star cast. Not only that, but there also is a car chase, a hostage crisis, a shootout, a jewel heist, and a deadly marine animal!Characters include a pair of con-artist brothers who get conned themselves but end up joining their crafty foes (an uncle and niece team), another brother who just happens to be a police officer, his wife and daughter, a mischievous club singer, a hitman who turns good, a diabolical villain and his cronies, and a disabled informant. What more could you ask for? As if the movie itself is not enough, the music is excellent as well. What else can you expect from R.D. Burman? "Yamma Yamma" is an instant classic. Find out for yourself if you haven't heard it yet, just ask for the MP3. "Pyar Karne Wale" is a hit as well, and fits perfectly into the movie, unlike most songs in Hindi films which just appear out of nowhere (and I must say, Parveen Babi looks great as she "sings" and dances to it in the movie).This film is a 10/10 all the way. Shaan may be older than I am, but it's a film for the ages, and my father having a rather large video collection, Shaan being among them, I must have seen it at least a half dozen times since I was little. If you love watching Hindi movies, but haven't seen it yet, put it on your list of ones to watch. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

If you like James Bond, you'll love it!!!Pure action, good roles, good songs! Bit different from the usual indian themes too.Recommended!