April 24th, 2010

Dacait (1987)

Dacait (1987)

Dacait (1987)

Cast: Raakhee, Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Paresh Rawal

Director: Rahul Rawail

Music: R.D. Burman

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Capsule Review: Dacait takes us into the ravines of Chambal Valley to show the class persecution of Deol’s character and his family to the extent that he becomes an outlaw. Rawail’s treatment of the dacoit drama is singularly striking. Never before have the crust-brown deserts and the parched-yellow ravines looked so threatening and symbolic of the persecutions of the downtrodden. There are harrowing moments of violence, more damning for their emotional than physical impact. The implosive impact of Deol’s performance was complemented by Paresh Rawal’s portrayal of the loutish law-defying cop who is as unscrupulous as he is avaricious. Dacait painted a landscape of abject desolation and despair.

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