Tezaab Is Acid (1988)

Director:

N. Chandra

Writers:

N. Chandra (writer)
Kamlesh Pandey (writer)

Release Date:

11 November 1988 (India)

Genre:

Romance | Musical

Plot:

Mahesh Deshmukh (Anil Kapoor) has joined the nation's armed forces as that he can honestly and patriotically serve the country...

Plot Keywords:

Acid | Nonlinear Timeline | Flashback Sequence

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Anil Kapoor	...	Mahesh Deshmukh (Munna)
Madhuri Dixit	...	Mohini
Anupam Kher	...	Shyamlal (Mohini's dad)
Chunky Pandey	...	Baban
Kiran Kumar	...	Lotiya Pathan
Suresh Oberoi	...	Inspector Gagan Singh
Mahavir Shah	...	Inspector Gupta
Annu Kapoor	...	Abbas Ali (Guldasta)
Suparna Anand	...	Jyoti Deshmukh
Mandakini	...	Nikita (special appearance)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sulabha Deshpande
Dharma
Jack Gaud	...	Mukut Bihari
Brij Gopal
Martar Gopal
Dinesh Hingoo	...	Man in Farsi Restaurant
Suhas Joshi
Johnny Lever	...	Munna's friend
Mannu
Vijay Padkar
Ravi Patwardhan
Achyut Potdar	...	Mr. Deshmukh - Munna's father
Rajnanvag
Anil Rajput
Tej Sapru	...	Saxena
Mini Tabassum
Mangal Vijay
Ramana Wadhavan
Jaywant Wadkar
Babbanlal Yadav	...	Krishnamurty (as Babban Yadav)

Also Known As:

Acid

Runtime:

173 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shatranj (1993)

Nice film

N Chandra used to make great films in the past, this film is his most memorable film ever and also was a big hit

The film also is remembered as Anil's one of best performances and also made Madhuri a sensation

The film may sound ordinary today but was different those days the film does have lot of clichés and the initial college scenes and the entire jumping form top scene of Anil is too amateurish but it's okay for it's time

The film successfully portrays a violent love story which falls due to circumstances

The scenes between Anil and Madhuri are pure magic while the transformation of Anil should be seen to be believed The pace is hampered at times and also there are too many stupid scenes in the middle plus the ingredients of commercial film yet the film stands out

N Chandra does a great job Music was a big hit

Anil Kapoor stands out, his walk, talk all make you feel he is a real tapori which he had played before in MASHAAL but here his role became most memorable He kept playing goon roles later in THIKANA and other films Madhuri Dixit was good in her part Anupam excels and evokes more hatred then Kiran Kumar Kiran Kumar irritates as the villain Annu Kapoor is good