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Subhash Ghai (written by)
Ram Kelkar (screenplay)
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Ballu (Sanjay Dutt), a notorious, cunning, and unscrupulous criminal who's wanted by the police for a plethora of murders and thefts... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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Wonderful more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sanjay Dutt | ... | Balaram Prasad "Ballu" |
 | Madhuri Dixit | ... | Ganga (Gangotri Devi) |
 | Jackie Shroff | ... | Inspector Ram Kumar Sinha |
 | Anupam Kher | ... | Ishwar Girdhar Pandey (jailor) |
| Rakhee Gulzar | ... | Mrs. Aarti Prasad (Ballu's mom) (as Raakhee) |
| Ramya Krishna | ... | Ballu's Mistress |
| Pramod Muthu | ... | Roshan Mahanta |
| Sushmita Mukherjee | ... | Mrs. Pandey |
| A.K. Hangal | ... | Shaukat Bhai |
| Neena Gupta | ... | Champa Didi |
| Mangal Dhillon | ... | Iqbal |
| Ali Asghar | ... | Munna |
| Sudhir Dalvi | ... | Teacher (in song "O Maa, Tujhe Salam") |
| Ahmad Ansari | ||
| Arun Bali |
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Khal Nayak: The Villain (USA) (DVD box title)
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190 min
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Nana Patekar was in talks of playing the title role. more
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Ballu: I want to be the biggest villain. more
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Referenced in Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994) more
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Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai more
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I watched this film because it got one vote for Sight and Sound's once-a-decade list of the best films ever made, probably the only mainstream Bollywood movie ever to have achieved that distinction (though Satyajit Ray's works receive a number of votes). I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list of all time, as that one critic did, but I do think the film is wonderful.
It's not sophisticated. I'm pretty new to Bollywood films, having only watched a few highly-regarded ones so far, but my impression of them is that they are primarily about basic emotions (family, love) deeply felt. Broadly drawn emotions, no subtlety here. But these films seem to get to me, and this one did more than any of the others I've watched.
The sound effects are bad, and there's a small amount of broad humor that I think detracts from the film. The musical parts are pretty good. I think the lead was wonderfully cast, and the women are beautiful, as they invariably are in Indian films.