Suryavanshi

Suryavanshi review :

Long before Akshay Kumar's similar titled film was to hit theatres, his close competitor Salman Khan had starred in and as Suryvanshi - Bollywoods take on the Gladiator - with bit of punar janam formula thrown in.

Salman and the sexy Sheeba get married but prefer to remain "friends" only and sing songs until they travel to the ancient palace which is haunted by Salman's past life lover Amrita Singh. The atrupt aatma wreaks havoc in the newly weds life. A similar plot was handled before by Raj Kumar Kohli in Bees Saal Baad (1988).

Of the cast, Amrita Singh was superlative as the ghost queen. Sheeba looked extremely hot and sexy in the film especially in the sensous song with Salman. But somehow, Sallu Bhaijaan did not fit in to the Gladiator inspired role as he was too young to carry it off in 1992. This film should've been made in 2010s when the star had matured enough to pull off anything and everything.

Overall, not a bad film at all but sadly, Suryavanshi didnt work at the ticket windows. I saw it on VHS on first day of its release and enjoyed it.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.