Raja Babu Review

Raja Babu is a film directed by David Dhawan which is actually a remake of a Tamil Film Raasukutti written, acted and directed by Bhagyaraj. This film actually came out at a time when the masala ventures were very famous. One hero, a heroine, a comic relief, some villains, a couple of songs, etc.. were some of the ingredients during this era. The story was given the least importance.

Plot: Raja is the son of a wealthy zamindar. When he goes head over heels for Madhu, he tries every way to woo her.

Story and direction: This is one of the most famous combos of David Dhawan and Govinda. I wanted to see this film just for entertainment value. Now if I see the first half of the film, I was quite entertained. It made me laugh the whole time. But it was during the second half that the film got very sour. We have a typical saas-bahu drama going on. I would have been very happy if the comedy flavor was kept. But alas it wasn't. The script takes a very drastic turn at the second half when things actually start to get serious. There is all crying and stuff. If I see a Govinda film I want to be entertained. There are much better films than this.

Acting: It is basically a Govinda film. His antics, style, etc.. all ingredients needed for a typical Bollywood film. Karishma Kapoor has a cute bubbly girl type of image in the film. Shakti Kapoor impressed me actually. His Nandu act was great. I guess he said this was the first film where he did comedy and got recognition. Prem Chopra and Gulshan Grover were in their usual self. Kader Khan and Aruna Irani were good too.

Songs: Now I don't know whether this was song was cut because of its airing on TV, but still I wanted to see the song 'Sarkailiyo Khatiya'. I was missing it. The rest of the songs are great. My favorite would be 'A Aa ee' Worst Scene: Now since I can't name any good scene in the film, let me name a bad one. It would be the climax. It looked like it was rushing to the climatic point of the film. Some stunts were way too atrocious.

Verdict: This is not Govinda's best. Not worst also. It comes in the OK category. As I said before I wish the comedy would be carried till the end, I would have given more.

So for this film I give a 6/10