Shakthi: The Power (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Krishna Vamshi

Writers:

Krishna Vamshi (screenplay)
Kamal Pandey (dialogue)

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Story of a spirited woman whose child was taken away

Plot:

A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.

Plot Keywords:

Village | Cigarette Smoking | Railroad Track | Loss Of Husband | Family Relationships

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Karisma Kapoor	...	Nandini
Nana Patekar	...	Narasimha
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Shekhar
Jai Gidwani	...	Raja
Shahrukh Khan	...	Jaisingh (Drifter)
Deepti Naval	...	Shekhar's mother
Aishwarya Rai	...	Dream Girl
Vijay Raaz	...	Beeja
Tiku Talsania	...	Nandini's uncle
Jaspal Bhatti	...	Nandini's uncle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Prabhu Deva	...	Special Appearance
Divya Dutta	...	Shekhars sister
Chandrakant Gokhale
Prakash Raj
Ritu Shivpuri	...	Shekhar's sister
Anupam Shyam
Rajshree Solanki	...	Shekhar's sister
Rocky Verma	...	Goon (as Rocky)
Jerifa Wahid

Runtime:

170 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A

Filming Locations:

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Company:

Sridevi Productions

Trivia:

Kajol was the first choice for the role of Nandini.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Anthahpuram (1998)

Soundtrack:

Ishq Kamina

Worst In Years

I absolutely despised this movie. It is the contradiction of everything I find entertaining in Bollywood. I'd hate to have the worldview of someone who actually likes this. It wasn't badly acted or shot. But it celebrated everything that is wrong in this world. And it seems almost like the sort of thing a director from Pakistan might shoot to convince the world that India is an evil place to avoid. Which, again, is the opposite of what the good movies portray. They make India alluring. But Shakti makes India frightening and despicable. There was one good dance near the end, but once you take that away, I can find no reason to sit through this movie. It was a waste of my money. As sad as Hathyar was, the movie I watched before it, I at least saw some redemption in it. This one just left me with a bad aftertaste.

Is this "the way the world is"? Unfortunately, that may be. But should artists paint piles of dung because they exist? If they must, but I sure won't pay MONEY for the chance to look at their art. Zero stars for this one.