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Shikaar
borrows its subject from Bollywood films of the 80s and 90s. There
is nothing new which the movie can offer to its audiences.
The
narrative revolves around the age-old formula of revenge - someone
is murdered and years later, the heirs take revenge.
Directed
by Darshan Bagga, the film opens with the theft activities of a
car thief, by the name of Vijay Sanyal (Jas Pandher).
A group
of casino owners (Danny Denzongpa, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Tej
Sapru, Ashish Vidyarthi and Shweta Menon) kill a bank manager.
During
a car auction, they meet Vijay and are impressed by his salesman-ship.
Some
days later, Vijay offers to sell them his hotel which is actually
owned by his wife. They happily come to an agreement. So a deal
is done amongst them.
But
when the partners get together to finalize the legal matters and
get the ownership, something mysterious and dangerous is in store
for them.
Here,
a twist in the tale emerges. One by one the partners are murdered.
So onto the scene enters police officer Sumed Singh (Raj Babbar).
He is baffled by the killings.
Vijay
becomes the key suspect due to his strange business dealings. Who
is the murderer and what does he want?
The
script is poorly written and laced with a heavy flow of songs. These
have been entered forcibly in the narrative making them look out
of place.
Unwanted
fight sequences lower the film's graph further. In the pre-climax,
when the identity of the murderer is revealed, it does surprise
you.
But
the brother-sister's meeting, which is unbuttoned in the finale,
looks like a hurried job.
Darshan
Bagga's direction is just average. He cannot arrest the viewers'
attention throughout.
Cinematography
by Narein Gedia falls flat whilst the music by Anand Raj Anand lifts
the spirits to some extent.
Tumpe
Marne Lage Hain Hum and Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyaar are the
pick of the lot. Action sequences are adequate.
Jas
Pandher executes the acting well but he still has to overcome some
weaknesses to improve himself as a good actor.
Kanishka
is just about okay. Raj Babbar as a cop is appropriate. Saadhika
and Shweta Menon look steamy and do impress with their performances.
The rest of the cast seems average.
On
the whole, Shikaar does not have any charm to help the audience
sit till the end. A boring piece of work. No surprise that the flick
hasn't spelt magic at the box office.
By Goher Iqbal Punn
Guest
reviewer
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