Shubh Kaamna

Shubhkamna is a good film with a feel good factor with no action no vulgarity and almost no melodrama with good performances particularly by Rakesh Roshan, who I think was brilliant in the film. All the other actors suit the role. But there are some serious drawbacks in the film due to which the film is not comparable to the other movies of K. Vishwanath whom I rate very highly as a director. Particularly in the second half the film derails from its main plot to delve into unnecessary and nonsensical track of romance and marriage between Kiran Vairale and Sudhakar. A film about companionship and middle class values became a sermon on dowry system without any rhyme or reason and further more the way it was portrayed was very abrupt and unconvincing. Rati Agnihotri was good in her part, and so was Utpal Dutt. Another problem of the film is that characters of Dinesh Thakur as professor, and satyen kappu and his widowed daughter was forgotten mid way into the film. The film is a decent watch with a feel good feeling but certainly marred by the curse of the second half.