Yateem
Tags: revenge

Plot synopsis:
Story revolves around a police officer who kills a bandit and adopts his orphan son. The boy becomes a police officer and falls in love with the man's daughter Gauri played by Farha. The step-mother who is the police officer's wife falls for khrishna(Sunny). Meanwhile, she is also having an affair with Girivar(Danny). Khrishna rejects the step mother. In anger she tells her husband that Krishna raped her. Shiv Kumar(Inspector) has Krishna thrown into jail. The step mother now arranges for Gauri who is in love with Khrishna to marry Girivar. Khrishna breaks out from jail to prevent this. He crashes the wedding and runs off with Gauri hoping to prove his innocence.

Review: Awesome!!. There has been only three Hindi movies till date which can be categorized as pure Western and Yateem is one of them with Sholay and Dacait being the other two. Released in 1988, Yateem was much ahead of its time and narrated a story which would find few takers in even 2008 i.e. a son and a step-mother relation. Like JP Dutta's other films, cinematography is top notch and could be adjudged as his finest in terms of shot takings. Sunny has given a performance of his life time, which's as good as Ghayal. The Salim Chisti Dargah at Fatehpur Sikri is shot so beautifully, it stays in your mind much after the movie and the Qawalli is brilliant. On the acting front, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Danny, Amrish Puri, Sujata Mehta light up the movie screen when ever they come. For me Yateem is one of the best movies I've ever seen and still watch the re-runs on television when ever I get a chance. Sad, JP Dutta doesn't make these kind of movies now a days but Yateem rocks!!. excellent!. have always been a JP Datta fan! especially his early cinema. one of the few 'orignal' film makers from India. yateem probably has been his best work. strangely neither the media or the box-office saw much in it.see the film for the brilliant characterisations, for the scene constructions, for the cinematography, for the use of a beautiful location (datta always picks stunning locations, has a keen eye for using India well, specially rajasthan. though yateem was shot mostly in Madhya Pradesh and UP.Danny and kulbhushan kharbanda in their best performance ever!(i do tend to be generous, but you have to see the film for yourself!) so is the rest of the cast.the film is a bit long, the revenge could have been 'non-filmi' but then i am nit picking. overall a truly nice film! see it if you like Hindi cinema. A Fantastic Film. The story depicts the plight of an orphan. Sunny Doel and Farha give magnificent performances and have never looked better on screen. Khulbasan as the father delivers his greatest performance. Amrish Puri in a cameo is menacing as is Danny.JP Dutta, the master film maker wonderfully depicts the narration of the story of Krishna and his search for name, destiny, love and revenge.The cinematography is visually stunning, and the score like all his films is haunting.A definite must see for the elite Bollywood fans.. One of the better Sunny Deol films from the 80s. Sunny Deol started his career with the 1983 blockbuster Betaab but success eluded him till his next blockbuster Arjun from 1985 which established him as an action hero. What followed after this were a bunch of hits like Dacait and Yateem supported by super hit Tridev and hit Chaalbaaz. Whereas, other Sunny Deol releases from this time like Manzil Manzil, Zabardast, Soni Mahiwal, Samundar, Sultanat, Savery Vali Gadi were average runners while Sunny was a flop and Vardi was a disaster. It may seem like Sunny Deol didn't have a good 1980s period but those few super hits and blockbusters were enough to establish him as a star.Yateem is one of his better films from the late 80s period, this is the time when Sunny Deol wasn't at his best as the turning point(Ghayal) released in 1990. However, he still managed to get a good amount of hits. Yateem is a simple story of how an orphan gets adopted by a police inspector. However, a rift is created between that police officer and the orphan. The orphan is arrested and lodged in a cell, it is then Sunny escapes prison, runs away with his love and tries to unravel the truth in front of his fathers eyes. How he does this and how he stops the villains forms the crux of the story.The movie is actually good but being a simple and original story of an orphan. Being an orphan's story, he isn't always pushed around and he knows how to fight for his rights which is well shown in the film. However, there is no actual verbal abuse done to him therefore, that part doesn't apply much to the film. The film has been well written and there is a flow. However, as most films the movie slows down and tends to drag and bore in typical style. This means all that crying and that sobbing could have been a bit less used in the film which is what got irritating. But then again, what's a hind movie without typical ingredients like crying? Absolutely nothing is the write answer.Direction by JP Dutta is fab, he handles many scenes properly, he could've dealt with the drag but for the most part, he does a brilliant job. Dutta's films were always original which were the best things about them, there wasn't any copied story with Bollywood nonsense thrown in.Action is good, not many action scenes are in the film which isn't a bad thing as too much mindless action is what mediocre Bollywood movies contain. However, the end where Sunny deol drops picks up the gun and shoots in time to kill Amrish Puri is hilarious and unrealistic.Sunny Deol does a good job as the orphan, he makes everything look real and he doesn't overreact. Farha Naaz looks simple and does a good job as the actress, she is natural. Sujata Mehta simply annoys especially when she pretends to be molested by Sunny Deol(to frame him). Kulbhushan Kharbandra is good, he doesn't overact surprisingly. Amrish Puri and Danny are the villains, they do what is required.On the whole, Yateem isn't a bad film and it works well for the most part. This is one film of Sunny Deol's worth watching from the 80s as it not only contains good performances but good direction.