Pyar Ka Karz

Pyar Ka Karz review :

Written and produced by bold and dashing Marathi star Sushama Shiromanee, Pyar Ka Karz was her maiden Bollywood venture featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Meenakshi Seshadri, Sonam and Neelam in lead roles with He-man Dharmendra in an extended cameo. Sushama Shiromanee herself, featured as the dhaba owner in one scene where she refers to herself as Fatakadi (1980) - her iconic character from the super hit Marathi film.

This was the last film where Mithun da appeared as a Disco Dancer in the famous song 'Naina Tere Naino ki'. Dharam played the role of movie ticket blacker Shaka who is forced to marry Mithun da's love interest Meenakshi which leaves him heartbroken and he refuses to dance again à la Disco Dancer (1982). The druggie Neelam then enters Mithun's life and they get married but Neelam's past, in form of rogue Shakti Kapoor who introduced her to drugs, catches up with them.

There was also a parallel comic track of Havaldar Kader Khan and wifey Aruna Irani who nags him to get promoted to Inspector at any cost. A mistaken billa no. 430 (if I recollect right) causes Dharmendra's antics to pass off as committed by Kader Khan leading to a hilarious situation.

Shakti Kapoor was main villain with his catchphrase "Hello. Hello ji.". Real life uncle- niece Raza Murad and Sonam shared screen as gang members.

To sum up, Pyar Ka Karz was a fun watch and I caught it at Novelty cinema in Mumbai. The film worked in the interiors and Bengal territory in particular. An overall average grosser at the box office. Buoyed by its encouraging response, Sushama announced her next film 'Kanoon' which she herself directed. More about that some other time...

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.