I still fail to understand what this was all about, but I totally regret having watched Maidan-E-Jung. The film is highly melodramatic, the proceedings, the dialogues and the characters are very theatrical and overdone, and above all, the story itself does not make any sense. The film presents really crude and fairy tale villains who do not have the slightest chance to exist in reality. The casting is really tactless. Dharmendra is cast in a role of a young man when he's already 60, and Karisma plays his sister while she could well be his daughter, if not granddaughter. Akshay Kumar is the ordinary guy who sings songs for his beloved and is there to fight for her whenever necessary. The film's only saving grace is the music, namely one song called "Shaam Dhal Rahi" which is really beautiful. Other than that, I highly recommend anyone to avoid this movie at any cost. This is a terrible B-grade movie which offers zero substance and zero entertainment.
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superindrajit15 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers
K.C Bokadia is one filmmaker that has always managed to disappoint in filmmaking. His films like Aaj Ka Arjun(1990), Kundan(1991) Insaniyat Ke Devta(1993), Shaktiman(1993), Lal Baadshah(1999) have failed to create an impact critically and commercially. Maidaan E Jung is another one of his crass action films. This movie contains lots and lots of typical melodrama which is extremely irritating. The villains are extremely crude and unrealistic. The action is typically overdone in B Grade style. This is one B Grade flick that can be avoided, this is what the public did in 1995 when this trash released and bombed at the box office.
The film tells the story of sinister and evil Amrish Puri who controls the lives of the innocent villagers. The villagers are upset and they are forced to believe that Amrish Puri is their leader and they must be his slave. Dharmendra is the main hero and he is first loyal but later against Amrish Puri. He saves Jaya Prada from getting molested by Gulshan Grover(Amrish's son) and marries her. Akshay Kumar is completely wasted in this movie, he is just used to fight the villains and dance in the pathetic songs of the film. Dina Pathak who usually has a larger role to play the grandmother is used to just offer some melodrama in the film. Dharmendra attacks and finally after lots of nonsense, wins the battle against the evil Amrish Puri.
The script is so lousy that it feels like some 4 year old child wrote it. The main story is typical but horribly handled, the whole concept of revenge is dragged by useless comedy and songs, and this becomes a pain to watch. Direction by K.C Bokadia is awful and this makes his earlier films(also crappy) look good. This is his worst film till date and Lal Baadshah was somewhat better than this. There is no proper flow in the film and it becomes irritating to watch a movie with no proper story. If not the story, people might think the performances will impress? The people are completely wrong if they are in this impression.
Veteran actor Dharmendra is wasted in a typical action hero role. He speaks in the same drunk style delivering dialogs, his expressions are alright making his performance fairly OK. Akshay Kumar is wasted and his role is small, he is just there to fight and save his love from getting molested and sing songs with her. I don't understand why Akshay would choose this film and this is again another wrong choice by him. Manoj Kumar is wasted in a pathetic role that lacks potential. Karishma Kapoor is the typical heroine who is only used in songs and scenes where she has the hero that he is wrong. Amrish Puri is average and his villain act is weak here. At least he doesn't overact but this is nothing compared to his Mogambo Khush Hua act. Gulshan Grover irritates as the crude son of the evil villain. Overall, the performances disappoint.
On the whole, Maaidan E Jung is a crass B Grade film which fails from every aspect. If you want to watch a couple of awful action scenes in a typical good vs. evil movie set in a village, this is your cup of tea.
The film tells the story of sinister and evil Amrish Puri who controls the lives of the innocent villagers. The villagers are upset and they are forced to believe that Amrish Puri is their leader and they must be his slave. Dharmendra is the main hero and he is first loyal but later against Amrish Puri. He saves Jaya Prada from getting molested by Gulshan Grover(Amrish's son) and marries her. Akshay Kumar is completely wasted in this movie, he is just used to fight the villains and dance in the pathetic songs of the film. Dina Pathak who usually has a larger role to play the grandmother is used to just offer some melodrama in the film. Dharmendra attacks and finally after lots of nonsense, wins the battle against the evil Amrish Puri.
The script is so lousy that it feels like some 4 year old child wrote it. The main story is typical but horribly handled, the whole concept of revenge is dragged by useless comedy and songs, and this becomes a pain to watch. Direction by K.C Bokadia is awful and this makes his earlier films(also crappy) look good. This is his worst film till date and Lal Baadshah was somewhat better than this. There is no proper flow in the film and it becomes irritating to watch a movie with no proper story. If not the story, people might think the performances will impress? The people are completely wrong if they are in this impression.
Veteran actor Dharmendra is wasted in a typical action hero role. He speaks in the same drunk style delivering dialogs, his expressions are alright making his performance fairly OK. Akshay Kumar is wasted and his role is small, he is just there to fight and save his love from getting molested and sing songs with her. I don't understand why Akshay would choose this film and this is again another wrong choice by him. Manoj Kumar is wasted in a pathetic role that lacks potential. Karishma Kapoor is the typical heroine who is only used in songs and scenes where she has the hero that he is wrong. Amrish Puri is average and his villain act is weak here. At least he doesn't overact but this is nothing compared to his Mogambo Khush Hua act. Gulshan Grover irritates as the crude son of the evil villain. Overall, the performances disappoint.
On the whole, Maaidan E Jung is a crass B Grade film which fails from every aspect. If you want to watch a couple of awful action scenes in a typical good vs. evil movie set in a village, this is your cup of tea.
Dharmendra carries out an excellant performance along with Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor, that's about it.
WhyUTurnMeON1 January 2003
Not so much to say about this film except it has two sides - tedious and fun. It is a nice film but in some places it does get abit dull. Nice storyline and plot about some villagers who are at threat by their leader Data Guru. No one dares speak a word against him except from of course Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar. Manoj Kumar is killed by Gulshan Grover while saving her from rape. Dharmendra is introduced in the film with his pure jatt background - singing in a farm whilst on a ford tractor, and drinking fresh cow's milk. He is first shown as a tru follower of Data Guru untill he finds his true identity and seeing this as a threat Data Guru shoots him but Dharmendra is back on his feet to sort business. Akshay Kumar and Karishma play their 'love' scenes and Karishma plays Dharmendra's only loving sister, whilst Akshay is actually the son of Data Guru and brother to Gulshan Grover! Not such a nice performance by the pair except from a nice little song in the jungle - judge for yourselves! Dharmendra livens up the screen with his big presence while the comic duo Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan play tricks on each other.
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