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Drohkaal is a
Hindi
Feature Film
starring
Naseeruddin Shah ,
Om Puri ,
Ashish Vidyarthi ,
Mita Vashisht ,
and more. The movie is directed by
Govind Nihalani , and produced by
Govind Nihalani,
Udbhav Productions . This movie was
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Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mita Vashisht, more »Genre
Drama, ThrillerDIRECTOR / WRITER
Director: Govind NihalaniWriter:
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India Gross: 2.19 Cr.
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Drama · Riveting suspense thriller about a dedicated cop who leads an under-
Riveting suspense thriller about a dedicated cop who
leads an under-cover squad against a group of terrorists. He manages to
capture their leader, but finds himself and his family mentally ...
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Director:
Govind NihalaniWriters:
Govind P. Deshpande (additional dialogue), Govind Nihalani (additional dialogue) | 4 more credits »Stars:
Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mita Vasisht | See full cast & crew »Cast
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DCP Abhay Singh
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DCP Abbas Lodhi
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Sumitra Singh
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Annu Kapoor | ... |
Surinder
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Commander Bhadra
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Amrish Puri | ... |
IGP Pathak
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Milind Gunaji | ... |
Shiv
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Vinit Kumar | ... |
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Ila Arun | ... |
Zeenat
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Joan David |
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Sadiya Siddiqui | ... |
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Rajiv Dhingra | ... |
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Achyut Potdar |
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Shri Vallabh Vyas | ... |
Inspector Tiwari
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Shivkumar Subramaniam | ... |
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Riveting suspense thriller about a dedicated cop who leads an
under-cover squad against a group of terrorists. He manages to capture
their leader, but finds himself and his family mentally and physically
manipulated by the wily terrorist and his followers. Written by
ajmal hussain
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31 August 1994 (India) See more »Company Credits
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Remade as drohi in Telugu and Tamil with kamal Hassan and Arjun in lead characters See more »Connections
Remade as Kuruthipunal (1995) See more »User Reviews
Nihalani's Preachiest, Most Absurd and Weakest Film
Govind Nihalani casts
his favourite actor Om Puri again, this time with Naseeruddin Shah, Ila
Arun, Mita Vashisht and Ashish Vidyarti. Nihalani has earned a
reputation of making hard-hitting raw films depicting that darkness of
middle-class society that is weaved from corruption, chaos and crime.
His 'Ardh Satya' was definitely notable and 'Thakshak' and 'Hazaar
Chaurasi ki Maa' were quite decent and 'Dev' highlighted Om Puri's
performance. Puri has done some of his best works in Nihalani's films
and 'Droh Kaal' is no exception.
However, as a film, it's among the director's weakest. The writing is very poor and some of the plotpoints are quite ridiculous. Not only is the script full of plot holes, but the pacing is extremely slow. Things only get a tad better in the second half as the pace picks up and there is an attempt to build suspense. At times, quite frequently, it gets preachy. It tries to make some political point but that's all lost in the writing. I was also surprised by the flat cinematography (considering that Nihalani is also a well-reputed cinematographer).
What stands out are the performances. Puri is brilliantly supported by Mita Vashisht. Naseeruddin Shah and Manoj Bajpai are wasted. Ila Arun does well in a brief role. Ashish Vidyarti is passable.
Overall, 'Droh Kaal' is a major disappointment. It doesn't have anything new to offer. It's lacking in both style and substance.
However, as a film, it's among the director's weakest. The writing is very poor and some of the plotpoints are quite ridiculous. Not only is the script full of plot holes, but the pacing is extremely slow. Things only get a tad better in the second half as the pace picks up and there is an attempt to build suspense. At times, quite frequently, it gets preachy. It tries to make some political point but that's all lost in the writing. I was also surprised by the flat cinematography (considering that Nihalani is also a well-reputed cinematographer).
What stands out are the performances. Puri is brilliantly supported by Mita Vashisht. Naseeruddin Shah and Manoj Bajpai are wasted. Ila Arun does well in a brief role. Ashish Vidyarti is passable.
Overall, 'Droh Kaal' is a major disappointment. It doesn't have anything new to offer. It's lacking in both style and substance.
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Best of the copthriller films from India. The cast of the film includes On Puri , Naseeruddin Shah , Ashish Vidhyarthi, Milind Gunaji etc. Govind Nihalani handling the major technical part of the film with such grace and everything is pitch perfect. It was remade as Kurthi ...
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