Review of Baazigar

Baazigar (1993)
7/10
Solid, if somewhat brutal revenge thriller
23 September 2003
Warning: Spoilers
I'm afraid I have to keep this pretty short, or I'll give away too much of the plot, and in this case any spoiler would really spoil what is a solid revenge thriller. Good performance from Shahrukh Khan in a double role; and he meets a perfect match in Dalip Tahil, as both involve the audience in a guessing game of who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, as the mystery and back story slowly unfold; this never gets boring. However, there are a number of fairly brutal scenes. The murders take place almost Tarantino-style, and the final confrontation between one of the two Shahrukh characters and Dalip Tahil's character shows a lot more blood and more gory detail than necessary.

Kajol is excellent, as she is most of the time, and Johny Lever is slightly less annoying than usual. Otherwise it is a pretty average Bollywood production with the feel of a cheap 1980s Hollywood B-movie, especially in terms of costumes and production design. Anu Malik's score is not bad, but sounds familiar if you know his other stuff. Solid, not exceptional, but well worth watching, and certainly a must for Shahrukh and Kajol fans.
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