Review of Mrityudaata

This is a type of movie which would make question the reason for my existence in the world. Why is this so hilarious, when it clearly isn't? That's my biggest question. We have this pseudo political thriller which is a masala movie. Amitabh's character (at least the initial part) was an over the top surgeon who lost his family due to some stupid political conspiracies and it just felt boring. I don't know what the director and writers were thinking. If nothing, Bachchan should've been the saving grace. Bachchan is the one who looks awkwardly shoehorned in a movie where he is a lead actor. What world do I live in? The rest of the storylines are written lazily and are purely clichéd. Amitabh's performance is quite below the mark, to be honest. Just like in parts of "Insaniyat" (1994), he looks incredibly awkward in this movie, except, it wasn't just in parts but in entirety of the movie. It seems as if he knew this movie would fail incredibly and miserably. Also, Farida Jalaal (who played his younger sister in "Majboor" released in 1974) plays his mother. That is just a cheap, cringe-worthy and blant way to make him look young. THE PROTAGONIST DOESN'T NEED TO BE YOUNG ALL THE TIME!! And rest of the storyline. Oh my God! Even a 5 year old can point out the plotholes and obvious plot devices. The deaths in this movie are just awfully hilarious. Someone at his or her 100% health will die out of a shock which doesn't really kill someone. Karishma marries her lover's killer willingly and it literally happens just for the sake of killing Dimple's character. It has no build up or storyline to back it up. It just happens all of a sudden Bachchan is framed for killing her husband, and Bachchan proves that he is innocent. The husband's brother knows it and still doesn't show any sympathy for Bachchan. I know he is also responsible for Bachchan's brother's death, but Bachchan didn't kill HIS brother! And the shock of all shocks - Paresh Rawal is the villain. God!! We are shown that he is the villain, but Bachchan does little to nothing to know it, except towards the end he knows everything for the reason that the movie should continue. Him being the villain comes as one of the most cringe-worthy decisions of the movie. And the ending takes it to some another level. Bachchan was a surgeon who could heal any person, and would keep his profession above anything. He wasn't a trained army man, a police officer or a terrorist. How can he even fire a gun at the first instance better than the trained officers? Oh ... he was a cop in Zanjeer, Parvarish, Ram Balram, Inquilaab, Aakhree Raasta, Indrajeet, Insaniyat, etc. Sorry. I completely forgot that. That's why he could. Aren't these mere descriptions of the story enough to show the fact that it sucked? Aren't they enough show how cringe-worthy this movie is? If not, there are some forced and unfunny jokes and some "turn off your brain" humor during the last battle between Amitabh and Paresh, which just proves that the writers and the director were ultimately braindead. The movie featured a song "Nana Nana Na Re" by Daler Mehndi. It got popular due to this movie. But everyone forgot that it was this movie that popularized it. People just remember it as a popular song. Dimple Kapadiya does nothing in this film. The villains are terrible with the respective actors giving some of the worst performances of their career. Karishma Kapoor has never been so unlikable. Arbaaz Ali Khan ..... even a clown with no acting skills can be a better actor than that idiot.

Rating : 0/10, Grade : F.