Dancer (1991) User Reviews (2)

Action Film, With a Strange Dances

[artikafitriaramadhani · 5/10 · 23 April 2020]

Long before watching the Dancer film, I saw Akshay Kumar's talents in his various films. He is not as smart as Hrithik Roshan in dancing, but Akshay can act well in every dance. That's what I like about every Akshay dance, he doesn't over-dance and doesn't think to flex his dance.

I've watched this movie twice. The first time I watched it, I swear! I cannot describe this film. The main attraction for me in the movie Dancer is Akshay Kumar. The second time, I tried to look on the other side of the film.

Just an ordinary story. Corny. Indeed there is nothing special. But, this film fascinates me with romantic scenes and action. Hundreds of Bollywood masala films also have the same appeal. That's why this film is normal.

Revenge films are commonplace in Bollywood in the 80s and 90s. The only thing that made me interested in watching this film was Akshay Kumar and Rakhee that I had seen in their other films before. Rakhee performed well as a mother. I also appreciate this film because it displays the figure of a mother as the figure of an angel. This film really teaches about the meaning, "who is mother?". Although there are some dramatized scenes. This is the disadvantage.

Laxmikant Berde also performed well, although he played some scenes with crisp comedy. He appeared to accompany all the main characters quite well. Although his acting seemed ordinary in this film.

Mohnish Behl also performed the same as his other roles. He appeared as a villain in the film. Mohnish is another attraction in this film besides Akshay.

Mohini appeared as a sweetener. I guess, she doesn't work well in some scenes. She only honey for this film.

Akshay is the main magnet of the Dancer film. He appeared as a good dancer. He should be appreciated for his efforts. But what was most disturbing was the strange dance moves. He seemed to be doing martial arts rather than dancing. The only Akshay dance that is very good and quite reasonably referred to as "dance" is the dance in the song Rim Jhim Sawan Barse.

The song composed by Anand-Milind is rather strange. They don't usually make songs like this. Overall, the music for this film is very bad. Of course there are still exceptions. Rim Jhim Sawan Barse's song is the only song that is not strange. Aao Chalo Milke Gaaye's song is not bad either.

My rating: 5/10

Akshay before Khiladi(1992)

[superindrajit · 2/10 · 30 July 2013]

Akshay Kumar originally started as an action hero in the 90s before people saw his talent as a comedian. He proved his talent by doing fabulous comedy, decent emotional and family drama type films, and a couple serious films. In the 90s, Akshay Kumar wasn't much of a big name till he got blockbuster films like Main Khiladi Tu Anari(1994) and Mohra(1994). However, the first time he tasted the super success was Khiladi(1992). In the early days of his career, Akshay only had flop films, but he didn't accept defeat, he got his hit films after a lot of hard work and patience.

Dancer is one of his earliest films that didn't work at the box office. The film was critically and commercially unsuccessful. Many critics didn't even take a look at the film because it was a terrible B Grade version of Mithun's classic super hit film Disco Dancer. Akshay neither had the super dance moves like Mithun not did he have any proper acting skills. He was raw just like Sanjay Dutt was before he got Naam(1986).

I wasn't expecting much from Dancer because it doesn't really work, compared to most low budget films, this is somewhat decent. However, if you compare it to some of Akshay's films later in the 90s or today in 2013, you will see the difference in content and the maturity in Akshay's acting.

The film tells the typical story of a young boy who loses his dad and his mom gets arrested for murdering his dad(when she didn't do it). A devastated Raju grows up without his mom and he becomes a dancing star over night. Everyone wants to see Raju thrust his pelvis, he is so popular. However, all is not smooth because his competitor gets jealous and tries everything he can to stop Raju from dancing(so he can take his place). What follows is how Raju falls for a girl and this girl is the daughter of the same guy who murdered his dad. When his mom(who was released from jail) finds out, she doesn't let Raju be with that girl. Raju is captured and electrified by the enemies but he escapes and fights the villains. As most Indian films, the ending is happy.

Direction by Kishore Vyas is ordinary, the story flows and functions but the story itself isn't anything great. The concept is boring and there aren't many hard hitting scenes, the film fails to grab your attention. It's the same typical movie with poor acting from most stars of the film. The film becomes tedious in the second half because it goes on and on, the drag kills the film, the film moves slowly till it reaches the climax. The ending is ridiculous and the message that describes Raju's condition is so bad it's funny.

Akshay Kumar wasn't much of a good actor, even in Khiladi, he overacted in some scenes as he was raw. Here, he is strictly average because he terribly overacts in certain scenes. However, he has the fresh look and his raw action scenes are a delight to watch. The heroines are wooden and don't know what acting is. Anjana Mumtaaz plays the typical mother, her act is functional. Mohnish Behl and Dalip Tahil play the typical villains, they are functional. The rest provide average support.

On the whole, Dancer is one of Akshay's early films that didn't work. The film isn't anything great and is recommending for fans of Akshay only. Being a huge fan of Akshay, I couldn't resist to watch his below average films.