Eeshwar review :
He is a village simpleton who wishes good for everybody. He never lies and hates someone hiding the truth. He follows all religions and loves humanity. All this personal goodness is mistaken for mental instability. Thats Eeshwar for you.
"Main Eeshwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Varma" is his elaborate introduction to strangers. Anil Kapoor playing the titular role is superlative indeed. In fact, Kapoor was riding high on success of Tezaab (1988) and Ram Lakhan (1989) in which he played street smart tapori and Eeshwar was totally opposite of that image. The film enabled him to highlight his versatility as an actor and its decent success at the box office cemented his star status even more.
Telugu superstarni Vijayashanti played the poor widow whom Eeshwar weds impromptu as he believes it will rid her of sadness and troubles. Her performance was also much appreciated in this movie. Gulshan Grover was noticed even in a small role of a lecherous neighbour who tries to rape Vijayashanti. Asha Sachdev as Dhanno the dhoban was also memorable. Her bathing scene invoked ceetis from the front benchers.
I saw Eeshwar with my dear grandmother at Bijlee Cinema, Matunga. We both liked the movie particularly my grandma loved the widow remarriage theme. The audience was also impressed by the overall movie though they were taken aback by the opening scene where we see an old and weak Anil Kapoor trying to repair the antique wall clock. It was a significant departure from his street smart Lakhan Pratap Singh they had seen a few weeks before..
Eeshwar remains one of Anil's underrated performances of his long career. It was much later that I came to know that it was a remake of director K. Vishwanath's own Swati Mutyam (1986) which starred Kamal Hassan. I am yet to watch that Telugu original. Maybe soon!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
He is a village simpleton who wishes good for everybody. He never lies and hates someone hiding the truth. He follows all religions and loves humanity. All this personal goodness is mistaken for mental instability. Thats Eeshwar for you.
"Main Eeshwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Varma" is his elaborate introduction to strangers. Anil Kapoor playing the titular role is superlative indeed. In fact, Kapoor was riding high on success of Tezaab (1988) and Ram Lakhan (1989) in which he played street smart tapori and Eeshwar was totally opposite of that image. The film enabled him to highlight his versatility as an actor and its decent success at the box office cemented his star status even more.
Telugu superstarni Vijayashanti played the poor widow whom Eeshwar weds impromptu as he believes it will rid her of sadness and troubles. Her performance was also much appreciated in this movie. Gulshan Grover was noticed even in a small role of a lecherous neighbour who tries to rape Vijayashanti. Asha Sachdev as Dhanno the dhoban was also memorable. Her bathing scene invoked ceetis from the front benchers.
I saw Eeshwar with my dear grandmother at Bijlee Cinema, Matunga. We both liked the movie particularly my grandma loved the widow remarriage theme. The audience was also impressed by the overall movie though they were taken aback by the opening scene where we see an old and weak Anil Kapoor trying to repair the antique wall clock. It was a significant departure from his street smart Lakhan Pratap Singh they had seen a few weeks before..
Eeshwar remains one of Anil's underrated performances of his long career. It was much later that I came to know that it was a remake of director K. Vishwanath's own Swati Mutyam (1986) which starred Kamal Hassan. I am yet to watch that Telugu original. Maybe soon!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
