Amitabh had ventured into politics and hence lesser films were releasing, Aakhree Raasta(1986) was the last film to release before Shaheenshah(1988). It is a remake of the 1984 Tamil film Oru Kaidhiyin Diary The film had Amitabh play father and son yet again after ADAALAT, DESH PREMEE, MAHAAN.etc. It starts off with young Amitabh Bachchan with a moustache who helps politicians by having campaigns in their name but his wife Jaya Pradha is raped by some evil politicians and he is framed and sentenced for jail. After many years he is released only to realise his son is now an inspector. The film has many great dramatic scenes between the father and son especially their first encounter where the older Bachchan speaks in English, there are some cinematic liberties like the ease at which Amitabh kills people but that is okay. The film however has great dramatic scenes, good chases too Maybe some flaws scriptwise but otherwise a good film
Direction by K Bhagyaraj is good Music is good, most songs are sung by Mohammad Aziz, Gori Ka Saajan is a good song, while other songs are good too
Amitabh Bachchan plays both the roles superbly, though he looks a lil older to play 25 something Vijay, yet he is superb, He was in his 40s during this film and does look wrinkled and out of shape as Vijay. Sridevi is decent, her voice like her earlier films is dubbed, this time by Rekha. Jaya Pradha is okay in a small role, Sadashiv Amrapurkar is good, Dalip Tahil, Bharat Kapoor leave a mark, Om Shivpuri is as usual, Anupam Kher though younger then Bachchan in real life(he was about 31 in the film) does his job well, at times he does overdo it rest are okay.
Direction by K Bhagyaraj is good Music is good, most songs are sung by Mohammad Aziz, Gori Ka Saajan is a good song, while other songs are good too
Amitabh Bachchan plays both the roles superbly, though he looks a lil older to play 25 something Vijay, yet he is superb, He was in his 40s during this film and does look wrinkled and out of shape as Vijay. Sridevi is decent, her voice like her earlier films is dubbed, this time by Rekha. Jaya Pradha is okay in a small role, Sadashiv Amrapurkar is good, Dalip Tahil, Bharat Kapoor leave a mark, Om Shivpuri is as usual, Anupam Kher though younger then Bachchan in real life(he was about 31 in the film) does his job well, at times he does overdo it rest are okay.