Karma (1986)

Director:

Subhash Ghai

Writers:

Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)
Subhash Ghai (written by)

Release Date:

8 August 1986 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

When Jailer Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Dilip Kumar) slaps arch-criminal Dr. Michael Deng (Anupam Kher)...

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Prison | Neo Noir | Alcohol | Police

Cast

Dilip Kumar	...	Vishwa Pratap Singh aka Rana
Nutan Behl	...	Mrs. Vishwa Pratap Singh
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Khairuddin Kisti
Jackie Shroff	...	Baiju Thakur
Anil Kapoor	...	Johnny / Gyaneshwar
Anupam Kher	...	Dr. Michael Dang
Sridevi	...	Radha
Poonam Dhillon	...	Tulsi
Satyanarayana Kaikala
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Alter	...	Rexson
Beena Banerjee	...	Sunil's wife
Bindu	...	Tulsi's Chachi
Dan Dhanoa
C.S. Dubey
Subhash Ghai	...	Pedestrian with bicyle on his shoulder
Leena Gupta
Jugal Hansraj	...	Rana's youngest and the only surviving son (Child Artiste)
Manik Irani
Shakti Kapoor	...	Jagga / Jolly
Satish Kaul	...	Sunil
Viju Khote	...	Policeman
Mukri	...	Chhote Khan
Vinod Nagpal	...	Tripathiji
Shashi Puri	...	Anil
Sharat Saxena
Shammi
Baby Sheetal
Dara Singh	...	Dharma (Jolly's elder brother)

Runtime:

193 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Mukta Arts

Trivia:

Subhash Ghai's original choice for the villain's role (Dr. Dang) was Amrish Puri, but the film-maker opted for Anupam Kher instead. Reason: "Amrish has been killed so many times on screen earlier that people wouldn't be interested in watching him get killed yet again," Ghai had revealed then.

The best remake of Sholay

There have been many remakes of Sholay,Karma,Farishtay, Mela,Chinagate,Army and many more I were so forgettable I can't even remember them at the moment. Out of all of these the remake that stands out is Subhash Ghai's Karma. The reason for that is that it is the only decent remake of Sholay. The plot involves Policeman(Dilip Kumar) whose family is gunned down by Dr Deng(Anupum Kher). Dilip Kumar enlists the help of the three heroes(Naseer Uddin Shah,Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff)to help kill Dr Deng. Whilst Dilip Kumar is no match for the great Sanjeev Kumar he does portray his role very well, it's a shame that the same cannot be said for Anupum Kher who I thought was rather bad. The songs,as per usual in a Ghai production were fantastic, in particular Dil diya hai jaan bhi jenge. Another thing I also liked was the unexpected death to one of the heroes(I won't say which one, find out for yourself). The only real complaint I have of Karma is that it is slightly uneven, throughout most of the movie there is hardly any action then in the last thirty minutes it becomes an absolute bloodbath. Karma was made in 1986 at a time where Subhash Ghai could do no wrong,Meri Jung,Hero,Karz, he even went on to make movies like Ram Lakhan and Saudgar. After that he seems to have lost his touch,Pardes I thought was average,Taal I think is rather overrated, Yaadein was trash,Kisna was a real bore. I have not mentioned his latest Yuvraaj because after Kisna I have completely given up on him ever making a decent movie again and therefore didn't see it but from the comments I have read about it I can only assume it is rather bad. Please Mr Ghai prove me wrong and give me a masterpiece with your next movie and reestablish your status as a genius of Bollywood movies.