Tadipaar

Mahesh Bhatt's Tadipaar is a good film from 1993. An entertaining film from start to end, with superb songs, super performances & note-worthy direction.

Performance Wise: Mithun Chakraborty is fantastic, from scene A to Z. Pooja Bhatt looks beautiful and delivers a very good performance. Anupam Kher overacts. Vikram Gokale is impressive in a negative role. Gulshan Grover is decent. Avatar Gill is superb. Juhi Chawla looks pretty in a cameo appearance. Sadashiv Amarpurkar's ma-ha Rani act doesn't impress.

Tadipaar deserves a watch for the pluses mentioned above! Thumbs up!

Tadipaar Directed By Mahesh Bhatt is A Romantic Comedy Drama. Plot is Similar To Movies Likes Yeh Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi(1991), Nau Do Gyarah(1957) & Chori Chori(1956) With Few Changes. Script & Screenplay Are Below The Mark With Nothing New To Offer. Dialogues & Comedy is Good. Direction is Quite Average. Best Part is Music.

Shankar(Mithun Chakraborty), Sentenced To Live Outside The Limits Of The City, Due To A Police Case in Other Words "Tadipaar". One Day He Happens To Rescue A Girl in Distress From Some Hoodlums And Finds Out That Her Name is Namkeen(Pooja Bhatt), Who Resembles A Multi-Millionaire Mohini Devi, Who Has Gone Missing. Shankar Asks Namkeen To Impersonate Mohini Devi To Embezzle Her Wealth. Namkeen Agrees To Do So, But Later Revealed That She is Mohini Devi Which Changes Life Of Shankar.

Acting Wise Mithun Does Well But Overplayed in Few Comedy Scenes. Pooja Bhatt Does Nothing New With Weak Acting Skills. Vikram Gokhale is Just Fine. Avtar Gill, Anupam Kher & Tiku Talsania Are Good in Limited Screen Space.

Music By Nadeem Shravan is Very Melodious. "Aaj Pehli Baar" By Kumar Sanu is Pleasant Romantic Track. "Bikhri Zulfon Ko" By Kumar Sanu is My Favorite Song. "Aapki Dushmani Kabool" By Kumar Sanu is Most Popular Song From The Movie. "Yeh Zindagi Kabhi Kabhi" By S.P. Balasubramaniam is Well Written Sad Song.

Bhatt's first attempt with Mithun, who during the time was not doing well. Mithun rejected a couple of Bhatt's films in the past and then as his career was going rough, I think he just had to give in.

So was the film bad? Or was Mithun bad? The answer is no. Tadipaar is no less to a fairytale that can be told before going to sleep, obviously meaning the film itself is magic. The story maybe a copy but who cares. The first impression of Tadipaar to me was a violent, 'Tezaab' type of film, but honestly, Tadipaar is as sweet as sugar.

Our Tadipaar (which means outlaw, criminal. His crime is not explained) is just a normal guy from the streets of Mumbai who sits in cinemas day and night watching movies about rich guys marrying rich girls (some of them were Mahesh Bhatt's own films), so this guy himself dreams in that sense too. Who dreams, if he had money this will happen or if had car etc etc. Like a Broadway musical the film just packs into the wonderful limelight of songs. Obviously life is not that easy for some, and the story turns into a personal vendetta for the Tadipaar. The second half of the film turns into something else completely sticking to the light side. I guess some scenes really do the magic in the film like:

• Mithun's outburst to Pooja - Mithun bursts into tears with Anupam - The ending at the train station

Mithun owns the shows. In fact, it wont be wrong to say it one of better performances he gave in the 90's, a great act! Pooja does decent work and working with her father she always seems comfortable. Anupam Kher is okay and Avtar Gill is decent.

Overall, recommended. A fan of Mithun or not, this deserves a watch at least twice. Worth DVD money for sure. And yes, the songs are extraordinary and not a single song is worth forwarding. So please, watch it.

4.5 out 5