646f9e108c An angry slum-dweller is arrested, found guilty, and institutionalized. Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher&#39;s Lokhandwala Complex along with his sister, Seema; mom and dad. He comes to the rescue of a homeless orphan, Mili, who suffers from a deep inferiority complex, and permits her to live with his family. Brutally outspoken, he believes that India should be awarded unlimited gold medals for corruption at all levels, fully aware that these beliefs portray hima &#39;revolutionary&#39;, and prevent him from securing any gainful employment. His life will be turned upside down when he refuses to go along with the plans of the Khan family - consisting of builder, Majid; his goon brother, Farid, and their seemingly benevolent father, Jahangir. His family will also be traumatized after the Police arrest him for the alleged broad-daylight murder of Farid. Large empty spaces…fore-grounded sound effects…minimal background score…unusual song picturizations…brutal violence and dystopian atmosphere are just a few of the elements which makes this familiar underworld tale by K Shashilal Nayar, a minor masterpiece.<br/><br/>Jehangir Khan (loosely based on Haji Mastan played aptly by Kadar Khan) and his sons; the gangster Farid Khan (Mazhar Khan) and the white collar builder Majid Khan (with an Hafeez Contractor agenda of &#39;Bombay should be clean!&#39; played by Nana Patekar with a nervous calm) dominates the matters of the city. Jehangir Khan, the mafia ruler of the city since the last 40 years now proclaims himselfthe messiah of poor and just like the Mughal king Jehangir promises justice in an open personal court. Whereas, Farid&#39;s men create havoc in poor slums by eve teasing and other illicit activities.<br/><br/>One such slum is &#39;Asha Colony&#39; whose unofficial leader is Jaikishan alias Jaggu (Jackie Shroff) who is a graduate and a job seeker and an occasional street musician. World&#39;s of Jehangir and Jaggu collide when Majid gets determined to wipe off Asha Colony to make multistoried buildings there.<br/><br/>The cinema of Angaar is gritty and atmospheric…the death scene of Jaggu&#39;s father and Jaggu&#39;s torture in the state mental asylum are pretty hardcore. Most of all, the climax where multistoried buildings are blown off is both spectacular and a form of unique vengeance to the old &#39;Basti&#39; problem.<br/><br/>Nayar&#39;s real cinematic achievement comes with his ability of unique treatment of spaces, both visual and aural. Visually, most of the times the spaces were either kept very empty or overpopulated with people which presents the city of Bombaya city of extreme opposites. Aurally, in the key scenes one crucial sound is kept in the foreground instead of always resorting to the mundane background score which provide the scenes with necessary tension and urgency like in the scene where Jaggu first meets Majid at a construction site. Except the dialogue only one sound can be heard which is that of Jaggu&#39;s motorcycle.<br/><br/>Performances in the film are truly A-class, especially those of Jackie Shroff, Kadar Khan and Nana Patekar. Even minor characters like those played by Nina Gupta, Achyut Potdar and Kiran Kumar leave their mark. ANGAAR is one of the best gangster films made in bollywood, In 1992 when bollywood was busy dancing to films like DEEWANA, BOL RADHA BOL.etc K Shashilal Nair had the guts to defy stereotype. The film is a dark gangster film set in Mumbai where we have Kader Khan playing Jehangir Khan a gangster but who has a heart of gold(reportedly based on Haji Mastaan)he has 2 sons Nana Patekar who is a businessman and Mazhar Khan who takes care of the gang. We have jobless Jaikishan who likes playing in bands but never gets a job due to his approach to the society. The film is superbly handled, there is less scope on romance, more on drama and dark scenes. There are some filmy scenes especially the end but those have to be forgiven.The filmmaker also adds emotional angles to the villains, we have Nana who is a ruthless businessman who breaks down bhastis to build buildings but he has a mentally challenged son, also he has a had a lonely school and college life due to his father&#39;s name. One flaw perhaps is the way Jackie suddenly recovers after being a vegetable and some more<br/><br/>Direction is great Music is good<br/><br/>Jackie Shroff is understated and does a good job, Nana Patekar is flawless in his rolealways he performs brilliantly, Kader Khan is brilliantthe DON which he played later in SAPOOT too, he is simply brilliant, he also speaks in a much more gruffy voice perhaps to emulate the gangsters in real life. Dimple Kapadia is superb in her role, Mazhar Khan is amazing, Achyut Potdar is good, Sulabha Deshpande too does well, Kiran Kumar does well in a cameo, Neena Gupta is good, Ajit Vachnani, Om Puri is terrfic in his role and others are good
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