Achanak

An army major who stakes his life for the country turns into a murderer when he finds his beloved wife in the arms of her lover. He flees from the bar and gets critically wounded by police's bullet. It's for a top surgeon to save the life of the major on the death row.

In many ways the film is different from the regular 70s movies. The duration is short and the film is song less, which the filmmakers rarely dared to for the Indian masses. The film has an intermediate pace yet grips you. It's a taut thriller but not with much of the twists and surprises. The film moreover feels a Hrishikesh Mukherjee drama for the human emotions it delves into. Apart few stereotypical roles the film has, the freshness is offered through an impeccable performance of Vinod Khanna, perhaps in one of his better roles of his early years. Overall, it's a kind of a film you will wish to watch again for the sensitivity with which the subject is handled with.

Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.