Romit G
Considering the scale Rajput has to be the weakest of Vijay Anand's directed movies.
The timeline is mostly mumbled jumbled. Characters appear, disappear, then re-appear at their own will. The flow of story is very inconsistent.
A person had kidnapped a bride from her wedding to get married to her, elder son in the same person's family impregnates a girl before her marriage, younger son from the same family visits a lonely unmarried girl in the dead of night. The movie is full of unhinged characters and events.
Rajesh Khanna is the only graceful character and has played his part well. Dharmendra plays the most unlikeable and unhinged character who goes through a change of heart by half time. I have personal bias against Hema Malini and have never liked her. To my favour she plays another deranged and crazy character and acting has never been her strong point. Vinod Khanna, Ranjeet, Ranjeeta, Tina Munim and other actors are okayish.
After half time the movie becomes totally nonsensical and comedic. I was just praying when this long movie will end and was quiet relieved when it ended.
"Mere sang sang aaya" is one of my favourite songs, I will always remember the song, never the movie.
Cheers Rajesh Khanna Sahab, sorry Vijay Anand Sir.
Rated 1.5/5 Stars •
Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
04/18/25
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Unable to handle the taking of his kingdom by an Indian Government decree, the Maharaja kills himself. His son, Jaipal, takes over as the Maharaja, turns rebel, and refuses to hand over his title and kingdom to the Government. It is in this background that Police Superintendent Dhirendra Singh assumes his duties. When a conflict arises between Jaipal and himself, he is transferred to another town. His father, Thakur Ram Avtaar, wants him to marry a childhood friend, Janki, the daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh. When he meets her, he falls in love with her, not knowing that she has given her heart to Manu Pratap Singh, with whose family there is animosity as Prataps sister had eloped with a male from their family, & was killed at the hands of Pratap. An enraged Pratap, when he finds out about Jankis affair, has her married to Dhirendra. On the day of the marriage, Jaipals nephew abducts Janki, but is shot dead by Manu. A pregnant Janki goes to live with Dhirendra, while Manu is sentenced to prison for life. An angry Jaipal kills Manus dad, Thakur Sangram Singh, and sets fire to their house. Then Jaipal sets his eyes on young Kamli, who is Bhanu Pratap Singhs, Manus brother, sweetheart, gets her pregnant, but refuses to marry her. Kamli, shamed at this, refuses to meet Bhanu. When Bhanu finds out that Jaipal had killed his dad and set fire to their property, he becomes a bandit with several other townspeople, and calls himself Bhavani. Years later, Manu is released from prison for good conduct, decides to make a living as a bounty hunter, hunting down, killing bandits and collecting rewards from SP Dhirendra. The story reaches a climax when Manu goes to hunt down Bhawani, not knowing that it is his own brother; while Jaipal kidnaps Dhirendras son and holds him for ransom. The question remains will Manu hunt down Bhanu, and will Dhirendra compromise his position for a child that is not his own
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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