Khal Nayak

Back in days Subhash Ghai was the brand himself every actor wanted to work with him in order to mark themselves as A-Listers. Now about the Movie, Khal Nayak for me is more like a Drama movie roaming around Ballu Balram played by (Sanjay Dutt) a disturbed, rebellious criminal yet has the soft side. The almost 3 hours movie tells you that how extra caring, poverty, unfair society and circumstances impacts perception of youth negatively and how they can be easily exploited by the Mafias. Screenplay with sheer emotional saga blended with some outclass music composed by the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal is also one of the reason to watch this movie. Songs like Choli ke peche kia hai composed and sung effortlessly along with its choreography and Madhuri nailing it perfectly followed by the Title song of the movie Nayak Nahi Khal Nayak Hoon Mein in which Ballu Balram finally opens up about his past with perfect blend of emotions showed by Dutt. The film will definitely takes you emotionally after its first 1 hour run when characters become familiar to its audience.

I had wanted to watch this for a long time. I must say I was quite disappointed. This joins a list of Subhash Ghai films that i haven't liked. The film lacks logic on so many fronts. Sanjay Dutt plays the character well, but it didn't feel very well developed. For someone who is supposed to be a nationally wanted terrorist, he didn't seem very smart. It's never explained how Madhuri Dixit's character finds him apart from a throwaway line. Overall, I expected a better plot to such a famous film.

This movie is only for people obsessed with madhuri and sanjay dutt's gangster roles. Very bad direction by ghai. Songs are good but the timing of songs are really bad. There is an action scene where Jackie and sanjay fights on the tree like monkeys which makes no sence as being a cop why Jackie didn't use gun? Over all this movie makes no sense.

Like most subhash ghai movies - taal, ram lakhan etc, this movie is also a real torture to watch, with very poor direction and poorly written dialogs.. movie tarnished the image of actor sanjay dutt to such an extent that almost everyone started to think of him as a real-life villain.. it's a real pain when people start to compare a horrible director like subhash bhai with the showman of indian cinema, raj kapoor.. the success of this movie probably goes to madhuri's 'choli ke picche' dance - and her ability to not make it look vulgar, despite such explicit lyrics..

Khalnayak movie is totally awesome and amazing concept overall movie is totally unique and interesting suspense. I give only seven stars of this movie.

This indeed the best Sanjay Dutt movie who steals the show despite presence of strong stars like Jackie Shroff and Madhuri Dixit. Directed by one of the greatest directors Subhash Ghai. Songs also shattered the records such as 'Nayak nahi khalnayak ho main' and the controversial 'Choli ke peeche'. A must watch if you are Sanjay dutt fan.

I love this movie. It is a nineties film with just the right mix of drama, suspense, comedic moment, song and dance. The music and dance were terrific. Jackie Shroff , Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt as modern day personifications of Ram, Sita and Ravanna were equally good, with Sanjay being the absolute best of the three. The supporting cast was great too. Kudos to all!

Khalnayak review : A film which became mighty successful only for its controversies rather than content. Firstly, Madhuri Dixit cavorting to the double meaning 'Choli Ke Peeche Kya hai?!!" made some prudes call to ban the song. Thankfully, the court didnt agree!! Next, Sanjay Dutt who played the titular role, was arrested in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Khalnayak got such tremendous hype and publicity from these events that producer- director Subhash Ghai didn't need to spend any substantial amount to promote it. Just a huge cutout of Sanju Baba staring at the audience from behind bars was enough to pull in the audience!! Indeed, the movie worked only due to Madhuri Dixit's sensuous 'Choli' item number and Sanjay Dutt going to jail around that time. Content wise, Khalnayak was lacking the showman's midas touch visible from Karz (1980) till Saudagar (1991). The plot revolving around a terrorist (Sanju) who falls in love with an undercover cop (Madhuri) with her fellow colleague * lover (Jackie Shroff) completing the triangle was as old as the hills!! The execution too, left a lot to be desired.. Actually, the film starts off well but loses its way completely after interval. Even the climax appears hurriedly compromised to cater to Dutt's fans. Showman Subhash Ghai's direction was shockingly weak in most places. I would say his Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999) were better products than Khalnayak. Having said that, the craze for this movie was truly incredible and next only to Amitabh Bachchan's Shahenshah (1988) and Hum (1991). The advance booking was so humongous that I couldn't get tickets at Chitra Cinema, Dadar in its entire first week (The rates in black were simply unaffordable) and finally, caught the film there only on second tuesday when stalls were available in current booking. The initial euphoria for Khalnayak ensured it attained Super Hit status at the box office. Choli aur Controversy ki Jai!! Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Khalnayak belongs to Sanjay Dutt a great over the top character played with great swag and vulnerability as only Dutt can. Dutts portrayal of Much celebrated Bollywood Film maker Subhash Ghai's Khal-Nayak an over the top manic almost comic super villain type of character. He is so much fun to watch that he completely over shadows Madhuri Dixit and Jackie Shroff in roles that are also considered amongst there own career best performances. Now you will either love khalnayak or hate it there will be no middle it is loud larger than life and unapologetic its characters, songs, dance sequences, are all larger than life but at its core it is the retelling of the story of Raavan, ram and Sita from the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita if I'm right.