Hatyara

This film essentially begins with a notorious bandit chieftain by the name of "Daulat Singh" (Pran Sikand) leading a raid into a small town and killing an innocent man in the process. Needless to say, this has a devasting impact upon Daulat when the young son of the murdered man confronts him over it. So much so, that he turns himself over to the proper legal authorities to accept whatever punishment that they might deliver. To that effect, he is then sentenced to life in prison which, in turn, results in his wife "Shanta D. Singh" (Chand Usmani) having to raise their two young children all by herself. Then, after dutifully serving 14 years at hard labor, he is suddenly paroled from prison due to good behavior and joyfully reunites with his family in a small village where nobody knows of his past crimes. Life is good for Daulat Singh who has learned from his ordeals and become a better person for it. And it's because of this new wise and humble nature, that his son "Vijay D. Singh" (Vinod Khanna) is given permission to marry the daughter of a prominent member of the local village. Unfortunately, it's during this wedding that Daulat is recognized by the widow of the man he killed years earlier--and this results in disastrous consequences for all concerned. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a good movie which suffered, to a certain degree, from some noticeably bad special effects during a couple of action scenes. To its credit, however, I liked the in-depth plot and having three attractive actresses like Moushumi Chatterjee (as "Gauri V. Singh"), Priyadarshini ("Geeta Singh") and Laxmi Chhaya ("Champakali") certainly didn't hurt either. Be that as it may, while I don't consider this to be an outstanding film necessarily, it was still quite enjoyable, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.