Mashooq (1992). Review on Mashooq

MASHOOQ (1992)

If you`ve ever heard of an unpopular actor nowadays, called Ayub Khan, nephew of the great legend, known as Dilip Kumar, then this is the review you must be reading friends. It`s on his debut movie, Mashooq.

Ayub Khan`s first movie, as an actor, was Mashooq, a typical love-story of the early nineties, all about young lovers and their famous opposition to anyone who opposed them. It was released in the great great days of my favourite singer, KUMAR SANU, back in June 1992. Mashooq was an average hit movie altogether, with some mixed results all over India. Ayub Khan`s character was Karan. Starring alongside were Ayesha Jhulka (Nisha), Pran (Kedarnath), Kiran Kumar (Shankar) and Beena (Suman).

To relate this love-story, I am going to take the characters names, instead of the real actors.

Mashooq opens up with Kedarnath, a business magnet, discovering a letter, written by Suman, stating that she has eloped to get married to her childhood boyfriend (or something similar...), Shankar.

Kedarnath is a very social-class minded person and arrogant in some situations. He immediately sets out to stopping the marriage. Unfortunately, the same day, his younger brother gets killed by a fatal shot, and Shankar is involved. He gets acquitted by the court. Kedarnath swears revenge on Shankar, to destroy his family, showing little emotion towards his younger sister, Suman.

Some years pass by, and as a matter of fact, Karan (Shankar`s younger brother) and Nisha (Kedarnath`s only daughter - a spoilt girl???), study at the same college. At first, Nisha shows a lot of hatred, due to family problems, towards Karan, but soon he proves his true love for her with.....a scarf, blindfolded in some stupid (nowadays, that`s what most girls would call it), act, on a highly-raised platform. These two start loving each other, making the two lovers of this movie.

During the same time, Suman visits her brother, Kedarnath`s mansion, much to the dislike and discourage of going to, by Shankar. There, Suman makes an awkward slip on that great 80`s-styled magnificent staircase, and ends up by getting fatally wounded on the head. This angers Shankar and the family clash is further extended. However, Kedarnath starts repenting his earlier actions. Karan and Nisha try to break up, but being a typical love-story, patch up together during a last fight at Kedarnath`s place. DO NOT EXPRECT ANY GREAT VIOLENCE IN THIS MOVIE.

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DEDUCTIONS ON MASHOOQ

I believe the actors were quite convincing in their roles, apart from a few scenes in Mashooq, showing a lack of maturity for both the characters of Karan and Nisha. However, I appreciated Kiran Kumar`s role as drunkard, in the later stages of the movie.

On a technical point of view, there`s nothing new for me to say here. The movie failed to impress me with some amateurish handling by the director and average editing. The image also lacked sharpness on the original DVD. Sound was excellent, though!

Ayub Khans role could have been much better than what it was. He did better in his later films, then in Mashooq, where he still acted quite well though. In other words, Mashooq was supposed to be a more serious love-story than what it later turned out to be!

Obviously, Mashooq, being a love-story in the early nineties, excelled in music. I really love music, and especially the songs from Mashooq, you know! In fact, all the songs in this movie were melodious and popular as most of them were love-songs. One of the most popular songs of 1992, featured in this movie. I think it was; Deewana Dil Dhoonde....,and it still carries an early-nineties trademark to it. Nearly all of the songs were sung by Kumar Sanu, now a legend of Romance, and Kavita Krishnamurthy, an equally talented and experienced singer. Mashooq, as a music album is still worthy of its price.

The song picturisations, however were a let-down and could have been more thoughtfully and inspiringly shot, bearing the potential popularity of the songs in mind. That`s why I say, there was a lack of maturity from the directors chair!

In the end, Mashooq was a love-story, with very little violence in it.

Rating: 7.4/10.0 (but could have been better!)