BULANDI Cast: Rajnikant, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, Sadashiv Amrapurkar Director: T. Rama Rao Music: Viju Shah Rating: * |
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Bulandi, set against a rural backdrop, revolves around the lives of the thakurs and the film is totally unimpressive. It is pathetic to see that in the new millennium there are film-makers who want to try to tell the audience that women are inferior to men and their status is at the feet of the their husbands. Thakur Dharmraj (Anil Kapoor) takes on his father (Rajnikant) as the head as well as the sole law enforcer of the village. No one can dare to question his decision. His two younger brothers Arjun (Anil Kapoor in double role) and Nakul (Harish) are also obedient to him. Even Dharamraj's wife Lakshmi (Rekha) who herself is a graduate teaches Arjun's city educated wife Meena (Raveena Tandon) that the Indian woman's place is at her husband's feet. In one of the panchayat hearings Dharamraj had banished his own relative Jaganath (Shakti Kapoor) from the village for 18 years for raping a girl. To take revenge, Jaganath frames Arjun in a rape case and so Dharmraj banishes him. And finally everything ends well. The script of the film is poor. It is not in sync with today's society. Again to add to the mess there is crude comedy (by Paresh Rawal and Sadhashiv Amrapurkar). The only person who is worth watching is Anil Kapoor in the older role. The heroines are only there for songs and dances. Rajnikant has very little to do. Music of Viju Shah is also poor.
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