Rakshak

We all heard the Bollywood classic line "I can talk English" and a lot of musical classic.

But this movie is more serious storytelling with Bollywood style musical act.

We follow The detective Raj Sinha who is assign with the task of bringing to justice the people who are responsible for printing and circulating fake currency notes. Raj is shocked when he learn that the leader behind this crime is none other than his childhood friend, Raghavan.

On YouTube the movie is mostly famous for the classic dance number scene with the black dancing motorcycle gang, but the movie is more than that.

It has a lot humor, action, beauty, women beauty and cinematography beauty. This one of my favorite movies of the 90s.

10/10.

Rakshak directed by ashok honda starring sunil shetty released in 1996 is a high voltage action thriller film depicts sunil shetty's action stunt skills attraction and beauty of the leading ladies karishma raveena sonali and outstanding controlled performance of raghuvaran as antagonist storyline is nothing new it's a revenge drama based on deceive sunil shetty shines as cop raghuvaran delivers a brilliant performance as crime Lord music is awesome the most important aspect of rakshak is sunil shetty's sharp actions which looks realistic a must watch for fans of action films.

The movie was released on November 29, 1996 and had a mixed response . The critics rubbished it as another Sunil Shetty Movie while the common public who flocked the single screens loved it. Each movie has a genre. Rakshak is neither a proper action movie nor is it a family entertainer . It is somewhere offset in the Masala genre where you can find the current day Bhojpuri movies . If you look at it that way , you will definitely be entertained .

The lead actor Sunil Shetty has done some amazing action scenes showing off the 'Shetty Swagger '. He looks at ease through most of the movie barring the emotional scenes. The movie revolves around him and he carries it off very nicely . His overacting in few scenes can be certainly overlooked as he improved it by leaps and bounds in the coming years .

Karisma Kapoor became gorgeous in Raja Hindustani ( which released a fortnight earlier ) and it clearly reflects in her screen presence. She plays the role of Sunil Shetty's friend and wife in this movie. She looks very beautiful and charming in the movie . Her dancing skills in 'Kuchi Kuchi' and 'Sundara Sundara ' show us that a diva has arrived. However, her end was brutal and should have been pictured subtly .

Aruna Irani, Mushtaq Khan and Raghuvaran do their job effectively. Especially Raghuvaran's fall to dark side is so 'Vader' . His remorseless acts make you hate him and that's the mark of a great villain . Raveena and Sonali are like garnish on the movie and make it look good .

The movie has lot of gory scenes with full violence. There are some sexually implicit scenes with Karisma and Sunil with a song dedicated to Bedroom Romance. Don't show the movie to your kids unless they are 13+ . Seriously .

I am a big fan of Raghuvaran indeed, he has played well. And Sunit shetty naam e kafi he. It never disappoints me I watch like in every 2 years, been watching it since 90s and indeed will keep watching it.

I love the classic song Sher ki Larki, its music is still relevant. I can also recommend other movies of Sunil like Vinashak, Krishna and Ragveer, they are unmatched with todays action movies. These movies had not only action but drama thrill and nice music.

Watching this again right now on DVD. And the film is still as brutal today as I remember watching it when it released in 1996.

I still remember the harrowing scenes of Suneil Shetty's mother and wife being killed by the very people he called family.

The film is rightly called Rakshak for a reason. I don't know what rating it was given by the censor but it's not for the faint hearted.

Nor is it for young children. The scenes of gore and violence are just a bit too much. The film should be rated 18.

They made me wince and they brought on my tears. Even in 2020.

Only Suneil Shetty fits the bill for his role in this film.

A recommended watch. But not for the faint hearted amongst us.