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Garv is a story of three brave, honest and dutiful cops Arjun Ranawat, Samar Singh and Haider Ali Khan. Samar Singh wants the state to be a crime free state with the help of encounter specialist Arjun Ranawat and Haider Ali's team force. But they can't help him because the powerful politician Kashinath Trivedi, Yeshwant Pandey etc. made the state corrupted by staying connected with the underworld don Zafar Supari. Salman's role as a serious encounter specialist Arjun Ranwat is a good ingredient of the movie. After a long long time Salman figured out himself in such a serious role with no-nonsense manner, which previously he made habit in David Dhawan's directions. He could have become a good role model for the entire policemen if the movie did better than a below average (as per box-office report) outcome. But Shilpa Shetty's role here seems out of requirement as she had no much role to impress the audience just than a bar dancer and later a housewife. Last but not the least, Garv walks in the same route to Sarfarosh but the carriage is not as strong and normal as the latter one.

I had huge expectations for the film. There was quite a bit of hype for the film, considering it is Salman's first film since his last film, the excellent critically acclaimed Tere Naam.

One thing going against the film is the fact so many cop flicks have been released eg Khakee, Ann, Police Force etc. Out the ones released Khakee being the best one.

However, Salman Khan's bravado performance was awesome. Salman Khan is the best in the industry at portraying intimidating characters. Tere Naam is another example of this. Salman Khan makes it believable. At the same time he easily portrays the good son, good brother, good friend and lover at the same time.

Punnet Isaar's script is too outdated to work in this era. Baghban was an exception , however that film had an emotional appeal as the basis of the story happens in this day and age still.

Overall, just watch it for Salman Khan's bravado performance. As an overall film, it is poor.

Garv is a film that appeals mostly to those who are all time serious guys, not to be meddled with carelessly any point of time. Though it's boring, most people generally find perfect guys as boring, still it narrates a well to do decent event of police against criminals. Punit Issar was the evil guy in the Mahabharata who is the director of Garv, retains the same flavor of statement delivery and narratives of Kurukshetra tale. The statements are clear cut and slow to progress, wild and hot for antagony and calm and peaceful for protagony.

Salman Khan is the lead guy in it. Watch it for him. His performance as the hard but honest policeman is worth watching. Apart from that the content is nothing new, the same honesty of good, the same evil traits of evil, the same old foolishness of the villains and the usual climax. There is no place of high profile twist in the film, just everything straight forward, may seem very boring to some with nothing sorts of brilliancy or interesting. Still it is watchable due to performances of Salman and Amrish Puri. Amrish puri is good this time, very unusual but still good. Both Salman and Amrish Puri are like the sparks of the film, they grips the movie.

The film progresses in flashback where Salman had committed mass murder and awaits the final punishment. Amrish puri as the decent senior policman who abided the constitution properly, along with his conscience, acts as the lawyer who tries to defend him. The actresses are average, but it's only for spicing the film, nothing realistic. That's where these films are lowered from real experience. Songs are added for melody, but I feel they were not needed, nothing seems parallel, with the songs, just usual Bollywood masala. Instead some subplots were to be added to make it interesting, thrilling or expansion of the theme or something like that. Finally it's a good watchable action drama where good destroys evil and is redeemed. It's a 70/100.

Back in those days, Salman Khan was a highly popular star, and to his credit he had hardly been part of those big-budget films made by Chopra, Ghai and the likes. Khan is a good entertainer, and a great strength of his is that he never seemed to consider himself a particularly good actor, neither did he really pretend to take the acting part of acting too close to heart. It was all about a good presence and a likably honest persona. In this film he actually does seem to try to show the opposite, but sadly he never manages to turn it into something particularly special since the film is not very good in the first place. Khan apparently just doesn't have the right flair for choosing the right movies. This is the same age old story of pride and honour, love and sacrifice, principles and values, rape and revenge, and they hardly ever ring true. They could have, had they been tackled by a more competent and imaginative writer or director. But the result is a stale, highly outdated film which doesn't work in spite of Khan's presence. The story lacks any possible depth and conviction. Then we have the usual heroine, played by Shilpa Shetty, whose appearance is basically restricted to the lavish songs. Speaking of songs, there's a nice number called "Hum Tumko Nigahon Mein". The action scenes are not that bad, relatively speaking, but they are typically exaggerated and all stretched out, just like the film itself.

Salman Khan shines in these kinds of roles; his performance is good as expected. Amrish Puri also did well in the movie along with Arbaaz Khan and Shilpa Shetty. Mukesh rishi was also OK. Others such as Farida Jalal and Anupam Kher were half-decent too. There's only one good song in the movie: 'soniye to soni'. The story is good and so too are the dialogues, most of which are delivered by Salman Khan. What is best about the movie is the action. A lot of people will say 'ouch' quite a lot throughout the movie and/or turn their head the other way. It is, after all, quite gruesome.

Verdict:you must watch it if you're not squeamish. Since i'm not squeamish, I give it 8/10

This movie was junk, an absolute waste of time. Salman Khan must be the most narcissistic male alive. He constantly has to preen in front of the camera, flexing his muscles while trying to suck in his gut. The movie does have some positive messages such as the need to not scapegoat police for everything and treat them according to double standards. But the fight scenes are garbage, the melodrama is childish, and the gang-rape scene was salacious trashy cinema intended purely for shock value, just like go-go dancing scenes with those ugly dancing girls. Salman's receding hairline and growing gut mean that he'll have to find another career sometime soon, because he won't be tenable on screen for much longer.

One of the most underrated movie of salman. He perfromed brilliantly in this one.

This is less a review of the film than one of the previous reviewer. Envy doesn't look good on you my friend. It's been 16 years since this film dropped and Mr. Khan still has a thriving career in cinema. And where are you dear friend? Still fuming in your lounge at people you don't know and gnashing your teeth with jealousy. So sad.

This Is Best Of Salman Khan As A Cop The Angry Young man Love It!! Arjun Ranawat 🔥

One of the best movies and ahead of it's time .. an excellent movie with power packed performances .. One of the best performances of Salman Khan .. he is fabulous as ACP Arjun Ranawat and the villains were good as well .. good performance by the supporting cast as well.

Salman Khan's portrayal of No Nonsence Cop is the USP of the movie. Each dialogue from the movie is so well written. And it sounds so realistic listening from the man himself Arjun Ranawat aka Salman Khan. Each character is so memorable. Especially, Zafar Supari.