Sunil Shetty is a decent action hero but he too has given many crap films in his career. He debuted from Balwaan which was a hit despite being a typical violent flick with lots of overacting. Sunil then acted in Pehchaan another typical action flick though this one flopped. He continued giving hits and super hits after this point though his first decent film(a super hit) would have to be Mohra. In that film he showed his true skills as an actor. He was always good doing action but his acting was a bit weak at start, to make matters worse he would overact quite a lot.
Anth was Shetty's first release in 1993, the film was a super hit at the box office. This low budget action flick was not only violent but also unintentionally hilarious in parts. It may sound like I didn't enjoy this film but that is only partly true. Despite the average performances and the overdose of violence, the film was watchable. The main reason being after Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty is my favorite action hero and this movie would definitely be liked by fans on Mr. Shetty.
The story of the film is quite typical and it is also predictable as the 80s was filled with films like this one except many of those 80s flicks were badly handled. The film is about Dabla, he is a don and everyone is scared of him. He runs his criminal empire in his own style, whoever dares to stand up against him will face a brutal death. He has a son Kali who likes to tease girls in college but the professor can't do anything as Dabla is Kali's father. Only one stands in the way of our criminal mastermind. He is the professor's youngest son Vijay and his sister is the girl Kali teases in college. One day, Kali is thrown out of the college after getting slapped by the professor. Kali swears to take revenge for this humiliation, he kidnaps and rapes Vijay's sister(professors daughter). The girl's boyfriend tries to save her but because of the corrupt cops and Kali's connections, he himself gets framed for raping Vijay's sister. When Vijay finds out how much injustice is happening, he insults the corrupt police officer who works for Dabla. As a result, Vijay is locked up in a cell. The boyfriend gets severely tortured and murdered in the same jail. Vijay is blamed for this and killing a constable officer. This constable was killed by Dabla in front of Vijay but corruption prevents justice from happening once again. There is a new high ranked officer in the town and he swears to make things right, he doesn't believe Vijay is innocent but he doesn't believe what others say. He decides to investigate in this situation. Vijay tries to escape custody again after a failed first attempt. This time he escapes with the help of his lover Priya. His brother and sister in law get murdered and Vijay swears to take revenge. The rest of the movie can be predicted by anyone as the typical action endings all result in villains dying one by one.
The movie is nothing novel in terms of storyline, everything starts typical with typical problems and a typical ending. However, the movie is not well handled in the second half. The tempo of the film is not well maintained. Drags like when Vijay is in prison and his relatives die slow the movie down. The scenes where the family is worried about Vijay and all the crying irritate and bore. What makes the movie different from well handled movies is that this movie is not well handled in several scenes in the second half when others movies contain a pace well maintained in this part of the movie. Suddenly, Vijay escapes custody and then another forced song and then all the actual revenge happens. The dialogs are good but after the first half, the movie needs to stop dragging with dialogs and start progressing. The dialogs involving Paresh Rawal are superb though.
Performances are average, Sunil Shetty was not much of a good actor during his early days. However, his fresh look and his fresh action was what appealed. His hairstyle didn't suit him and thankfully that changed in 1994 and 1995. His performance is however average for the most part. Somy Ali is the heroine and she is functional. Though, she didn't have much of a role. However, she sizzled in the steamy song Aaa Jaa Jaane Ja. Paresh Rawal is awesome as the chief villain, he makes his act look natural and he mouths the best dialogs. The rest provide functional support.
Action is good though the violent shots ruin the action in parts. The scene at the end where Shetty puts a drill in Paresh's stomach is extremely violent. Music is average, none of the songs have a good tune.
On the whole, Anth is an average movie at it's best. It was a super hit at the box office. However, this is definitely nowhere close to a fantastic Sunil Shetty action flick in the 90s. Mohra and Gopi Kishen his next big releases were tad better.
Anth was Shetty's first release in 1993, the film was a super hit at the box office. This low budget action flick was not only violent but also unintentionally hilarious in parts. It may sound like I didn't enjoy this film but that is only partly true. Despite the average performances and the overdose of violence, the film was watchable. The main reason being after Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty is my favorite action hero and this movie would definitely be liked by fans on Mr. Shetty.
The story of the film is quite typical and it is also predictable as the 80s was filled with films like this one except many of those 80s flicks were badly handled. The film is about Dabla, he is a don and everyone is scared of him. He runs his criminal empire in his own style, whoever dares to stand up against him will face a brutal death. He has a son Kali who likes to tease girls in college but the professor can't do anything as Dabla is Kali's father. Only one stands in the way of our criminal mastermind. He is the professor's youngest son Vijay and his sister is the girl Kali teases in college. One day, Kali is thrown out of the college after getting slapped by the professor. Kali swears to take revenge for this humiliation, he kidnaps and rapes Vijay's sister(professors daughter). The girl's boyfriend tries to save her but because of the corrupt cops and Kali's connections, he himself gets framed for raping Vijay's sister. When Vijay finds out how much injustice is happening, he insults the corrupt police officer who works for Dabla. As a result, Vijay is locked up in a cell. The boyfriend gets severely tortured and murdered in the same jail. Vijay is blamed for this and killing a constable officer. This constable was killed by Dabla in front of Vijay but corruption prevents justice from happening once again. There is a new high ranked officer in the town and he swears to make things right, he doesn't believe Vijay is innocent but he doesn't believe what others say. He decides to investigate in this situation. Vijay tries to escape custody again after a failed first attempt. This time he escapes with the help of his lover Priya. His brother and sister in law get murdered and Vijay swears to take revenge. The rest of the movie can be predicted by anyone as the typical action endings all result in villains dying one by one.
The movie is nothing novel in terms of storyline, everything starts typical with typical problems and a typical ending. However, the movie is not well handled in the second half. The tempo of the film is not well maintained. Drags like when Vijay is in prison and his relatives die slow the movie down. The scenes where the family is worried about Vijay and all the crying irritate and bore. What makes the movie different from well handled movies is that this movie is not well handled in several scenes in the second half when others movies contain a pace well maintained in this part of the movie. Suddenly, Vijay escapes custody and then another forced song and then all the actual revenge happens. The dialogs are good but after the first half, the movie needs to stop dragging with dialogs and start progressing. The dialogs involving Paresh Rawal are superb though.
Performances are average, Sunil Shetty was not much of a good actor during his early days. However, his fresh look and his fresh action was what appealed. His hairstyle didn't suit him and thankfully that changed in 1994 and 1995. His performance is however average for the most part. Somy Ali is the heroine and she is functional. Though, she didn't have much of a role. However, she sizzled in the steamy song Aaa Jaa Jaane Ja. Paresh Rawal is awesome as the chief villain, he makes his act look natural and he mouths the best dialogs. The rest provide functional support.
Action is good though the violent shots ruin the action in parts. The scene at the end where Shetty puts a drill in Paresh's stomach is extremely violent. Music is average, none of the songs have a good tune.
On the whole, Anth is an average movie at it's best. It was a super hit at the box office. However, this is definitely nowhere close to a fantastic Sunil Shetty action flick in the 90s. Mohra and Gopi Kishen his next big releases were tad better.
