Gair (1999) User Reviews

Not what was expected

[varghesejunior · 5/10 · 1 March 2015]

Watched Gair thinking it'd be a crime thriller or something on the likes, but was totally off that genre. It's more of a family story.

Entrepreneur C.K.Oberoi (Amrish Puri) raises a child as his own when it is found abandoned, and the child Vijay Kumar(Ajay Devgn)grows to live up to his expectations, but soon has to face the ire of the envious and power hungry relatives of Oberoi who do not want Vijay to prosper.

The weak points? The film script is Uncoordinated. There are quite a bit flaws, like giving Indian idol as Prize for a western dance. There is boring comedy, and an Unnecessary display of dialogues to show Devgan's acting. The film also turns dumb after 2 hours..It is revealed who the hero's mother is , and that even though she knew him and was always aversed to him, she had never realised till then that he was her son !

The strong points? The dialogs are really good, especially of Amrish Puri and PAresh Rawal does a fine job as the villain. The film also has melodious songs , which was a good thing about Hindi films of the 90s

Ajay Devgan's delayed film

[nadkarnisumeet · 4/10 · 19 February 2021]

Gair review :

A much delayed film started as Shaktishaali in 1992 was finally released in Diwali 1999 with a new title - Gair. Ajay Devgn was earnest in the lead role with Raveena around him just for the songs. Infact, her voice appears dubbed by someone else in certain scenes. Amrish Puri played a positive role while Ajinkya Deo was the villain with Paresh Rawal as his Shakuni Mama. The funniest sight in the entire movie is Ajay and Reena Roy as lovers on a bike in a flashback scene. Lol!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Delayed

[silvan-desouza · 2/10 · 7 February 2016]

The fun element of watching delayed films are the inconsistent looks, also it's a joy sometimes to see actors who have improved a lot in the passage of time. A pain is that it reminds us of things we wanna forget, also at times some films have actors who have fought with each other but have to work in the film though it's delayed. GAIR(1999) is one such film, The film was started in 1992 and released in 1999 after much delay. The film has Ajay and Raveena who had lot of fights in between and were not in talking terms due to some reason. Gair is their last film till date. The film is an ancestral as ever, the delay shows In every scene we have actors looking different, esp Ajay and Raveena the story too sounds outdated, the director everything is delayed. Direction is nothing great, due to the delay it's also hampered Music sounds outdated, though Laila perhaps shot later is quite upbeat, while Mere Dil Ne is a nice song though it's picturisation looks dated

Ajay Devgan has inconsistent looks, from his blank look from his earlier films to his 1998 looks, in fact in most of the scenes he wears a 1994 look. his acting also reflects the delay. Raveena Tandon's voice is dubbed in some scenes by someone else and she is okay, her looks too differ Amrish Puri is okay, Reena Roy, Ajnikyo Deo are all annoying Paresh Rawal plays yet another negative role and is okay rest are all okay