Tezaab- The best rip-off ever made in Bollywood Tezaab completely blew me away when I saw it in theater back in 1988. This movie presents a very unique Hindi movie experience mainly due to its breakneck pacing, tight editing, Anil Kapoor's raw performance as an ex-patriot and the phenomenon called Madhuri Dixit that got unleashed on the unsuspecting and innocent (pun intended) Indian male audience. N. Chandra did a great job in brewing this violent love story with choicest set-pieces lifted straight from Hollywood and Hong Kong movies such as Streets of Fire (main story), The Untouchables (bank robbery scene) and Jackie Chan's, Police Story (the destruction of the villain's lair using multiple cars as weapons of choice). Interestingly, in hindsight, it is hard to imagine Tezaab without any of them. Typical Bollywood elements are also in abundance here such as boy meets girl, the sleazy father beats girl, girl fights boy, boy ridicules girl, villain eyeballs girl, boy threatens social order, and corrupt police whup boy's ass. In other words, the storyline is as old and only as engrossing as a dormant volcano, which, by the way, could explode in any year or century. As one reviewer mentioned - it's the execution that separates Tezaab from the junk routinely made by Bollywood. Rest of the usual shenanigans are covered under measured doses of misunderstood love triangles, the inevitable hero's sidekick (a very good Chunkey 'the Monkey' Pandey here) and his minions, lilting music, songs, dances, and the ubiquitous ugly comedian (Johnny Lever). It's all there- so what's not to like?Well, there is one thing that sometimes only troubles the Coen Brothers and that is originality. Not a single scene in this movie is original by any standard but it worked in those days and it still works in Bollywood because the majority of its audience are neither connoisseur of international cinema nor avid readers of psychology. Why psychology you ask? Well, in the movie Anil Kapoor's character attempts suicide in order to prove his love to the leading lady Madhuri Dixit. Now her character studies psychology and if the screenwriter had done some research on psychology he would have known that any female student of psychology would be extremely cautious around a person who professes his love by threatening suicide by jumping off a multi-storied building. But Indian filmmakers routinely apply to their creation- oops! Did I say creation? I mean inspired creation- the logic of Looney Tunes and that's why no matter how loony the hero maybe, the heroine always tunes into his call.Notwithstanding the flaws, Tezaab also scores mainly due to its smart editing, as mentioned earlier. Movie jumps back and forth in timelines at various crucial moments in the movie and this, in my opinion, is the most original aspect of this movie and is very effectively used to convince the viewers of Kapoor's character's transformation from a patriot to a criminal and also to establish grounds for his volatile love affair with his girlfriend. And all the characters, notably Annu Kapoor as a chaiwallah with lofty aspirations and Suresh Oberoi as an incorruptible cop who acts as Anil Kapoor's conscience, who come in and out of these flashbacks truly propel the story and the director spends enough time with these characters so as to justify their brand of violence. Despite some obvious drawbacks, Tezaab still remains one of the most memorable action flicks from the 80's that even women liked. Watch it and you just might smell the acid that the director so skillfully (with some borrowed elements) distilled for us to enjoy.

N Chandra used to make great films in the past, this film is his most memorable film ever and also was a big hitThe film also is remembered as Anil's one of best performances and also made Madhuri a sensationThe film may sound ordinary today but was different those days the film does have lot of clichés and the initial college scenes and the entire jumping form top scene of Anil is too amateurish but it's okay for it's timeThe film successfully portrays a violent love story which falls due to circumstancesThe scenes between Anil and Madhuri are pure magic while the transformation of Anil should be seen to be believed The pace is hampered at times and also there are too many stupid scenes in the middle plus the ingredients of commercial film yet the film stands outN Chandra does a great job Music was a big hitAnil Kapoor stands out, his walk, talk all make you feel he is a real tapori which he had played before in MASHAAL but here his role became most memorable He kept playing goon roles later in THIKANA and other films Madhuri Dixit was good in her part Anupam excels and evokes more hatred then Kiran Kumar Kiran Kumar irritates as the villain Annu Kapoor is good

Tezaab, with the tag line a Violent Love Story. Tells the story of Anil Kapoor and his life. He goes through a series of serious incidents which causes him Tezaab. As the title suggests, Tezaab means Acid, as in the burning acid in Anils heart. Anil Kapoor in a award winning role gives a Brilliant performance. Madhuri Dixit looks sexier then ever in a great performance. Chunkey Pandey provides plenty of humour with sidekicks like Johnny Lever in a younger role. Chunkey gives his best performance I've seen till the 2005 release D. Mandakini is there for 10 minutes and looks sexy as usual. The supporting Cast give good performances including Anupom Kher and Kiran Kumar. Tezaab has the famous dance song Ek Do Teen, that made Madhuri more popular in her sexy dance. Madhuri looks stunning in the song, but looks more sexier in Khal Nayak - Choli ke peeche. Tezaab is a great movie that is worth the watch.

Teezab - means AcidStory of how an ideal college school student's life turns towards acid path of crime.This is the movie which ripened Madhuri's performance, especially with the popular number Ek, Do, Teen, and the rest is history.The story starts with that song followed by her kidnapping, by Kiran Kumar's extraordinary portrayal of Lotiya Pathan. So Anil Kapoor, who is banned from the city limits, is informed and he is coaxed by his friends to go and rescue her.And so we go in the past of how Anil & Madhuri fell in love in their school days. How their college life is progressing and what makes the hell break loose on them.The other numbers in the movie So Gaya Yeh Jahen ., and Kahe Do Ke Tum Ho Meri Varna . are good.Chunkey Pandey, playing Anil's sidekick and Anupam Kher playing Madhuri's father also bring out and outstanding performance.Again being a N. Chandra movie, it is pretty violent at times. Highly recommended for very less nonsense and sticking to the story plot.