Koyla (1997)

The film is a remake of REVENGE which was remade in 1996 as KHILONA before

This film is hideous The film has an okay story but the treatment by RR is bad There are many forced rape scenes to titillate the crowd

The scenes involving SRK and Johny Lever aren't funny The Madhuri comedy scenes at the start are too childish

The marriage scene is well handled, by the way SRK played a similar role in PARDES which released at the same time, meaning getting a girl for someone else

The running away by SRK and Madhuri is well handled and then the film gets worst, suddenly SRK gains his voice(and talks in a fake put on tone) and goes on killing people

Rakesh Roshan disappoints with bad handling Music is okay

SRK tries hard and does manage a few scenes as the mute well but then when he gets his voice he irritates Madhuri overacts in initial scenes but is okay otherwise Amrish Puri is good but his bloody fool irritates Ashok Saraf irritates, Johny overacts

Fmovies: I had high hopes from this film but this turned out to be surprisingly bad. The storyline is very weak and full of clichés. Shahrukh is silent in the first half and changes his voice in the second. Despite these gimmicks, there is little worth mentioning. Amrish Puri is decent but very over the top as the villain. The other villains are rather sadistic and the nastiness leaves a foul taste. The violence should have been toned down. The action scenes are middling and overblown. Madhuri Dixit has a thankless part. Luckily, she has some watchable dance numbers with Shahrukh. Very disappointing.

Overall 2/10

When you think of action, you don't think of Shahrukh Khan, who only plays the role of a romantic naturally. First of all, I'd like to say that Madhuri's performance was superb; she didn't overact at all and kept things going nicely. Shahrukh, on the other hand, totally overacted, like he did in the other few action movies he made (with the exception of Darr of course, but that was a different role). He kept screaming annoyingly loud and grunting in the action sequences. No wonder he has kept away from action movies for the last 15 years (with the exception of Don, but there was no convincing action on his part there - mostly car chases). The music is good, and so is the story. Amrish Puri is as great as ever in his role. Could've been much better had they chose someone like Salman Khan to deal with the action sequences as effortlessly as he does.

Verdict: worth a watch once or twice. I give it 6/10 just for the story + Madhuri's performance.

Koyla fmovies. I watched this film when I was young and since then I must have watched this film 13 times. It is an very entertaining film and something new for a Bollywood film. Rajasaheb (amrish Puri)is one of the best villains in my opinion and deserves an Oscar for his portrayal as rajasaheb. Madhuri's performance as Gauri is fantastic as usual as she is my favourite actress and shahrukh khan as a mute Shankar gives another fine performance. It has a very good storyline and performance and the action scenes are very well executed. What stands out the most is the soundtrack, which will surely make you dance to the tunes. Rakesh Roshan did a fantastic job and hope in future he makes films similar to this one

Must watch movie, Hope you like it 9/10

I feel that this film, while it had potential, failed to live up to expectations. While the first was entertaining, containing romance, drama, and several good songs, the second half dragged considerably. I would warn potential viewers that this film is graphically, and often unnecessarily violent, especially against women. The performances.... Madhuri was good as ever, although she was not given nearly enough to do in the second half, seeming to fulfill a decorative function only. Amrish Puri plays a typical bolly villain with his usual booming voice. Shahrukh plays the cute, mute hero well, however his transition to angry, avenging young man seems too far fetched. on the whole, i would not rate this film as a wonderful or warm movie.

I've just been watching this movie after a long time of hesitation because I was afraid to regret it yet the result wasn't bad after all.

I liked the general idea of the movie, the actor's playing wasn't bad at all even if there was some non sense in it (like a dumb deaf person who's singing some songs). Any way it's maybe normal in Indian movies so I can't criticize it.

So I advice to watch this movie at least one time because you won't regret the great credible lovers couple Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.

I give 7/10 and believe this movie could be better if they payed attention to some important details.