Sanjay Dutt before 1997 had those delayed films which didn't work and after Khalnayak(1993), he gave flops till Daag(1997). But, even before this Dutt gave some of his worst films like Jeena Marna Tera Sang(1992) which flopped, though Aatish which came later in 1993 was a hit, Dutt was criticized for his typical role. And, between 1991-1993, he gave a few blockbusters and before 1991, in year 1990, Khatarnak was released. The film is nothing new, which Dutt film have we not seen with drugs involved, when hasn't there been any gun fights, when hasn't there been any boring songs though the stars one stand out. The film is an age old gangster action film and the drug scenes are copied from Scarface. Though, the film is still a hit, not a super hit. It manages to entertain, it gives one of Dutt's finiest typical gangster performances. There are no patches and the film is well edited, though it slows down when Farha gets widowed and Dutt's change from a gangster to a good man is slow paced. But, the re entry back to the crime world and the last 30-40 mins of extraordinary action is well shown. Bharat Rangachary impresses with his fine direction and the acting is top noch. But, if Dutt does even more good movies like this, he might not make it through even this decade. Dutt is no gangster, his gangster image is typical and he mostly uses his guns and has no expression. He needs to actually start acting and not shooting yet his role as Suraj is awesome, his ice cold killer role is good but he needs to find different roles, he's too typical. The film is pretty good and I recommend it. Though, again the reason it didn't get a 8 or a 9 out of 10 is because it is a typical movie where Dutt changes from being bad to being good!
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superindrajit16 February 2012
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Li_8514 August 2008Its always great to see a old movie of Sanjay Dutt. Khatarnak is a gangster action movie about the life of Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay is slick, smart, aggressive and does not care about life too much. Sanjay starts of as a kid from the streets with no parents and fights/kills his way up and ends up working for crime boss Anupom Kher. There are some copied scenes from the movie Scarface which include the drug deal. The remaining supporting cast were average to good. Farha who usually is annoying in all her movies is average in this film. Anita Raj plays the slutty gold digger, she may be alright for that decade but not for this decade. Anupom Kher is as usual good and there is not much other famous faces in this film. Govinda appears in a song in this movie, overall this film is a average entertainer.