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Grahan (General Movie ,2001)  Starring
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Synopsis
After being eclipsed for years Jackie Shroff’s maiden production venture Grahan will finally see the light of the day on coming
Friday.
The film has been moving at a snails pace for years and has been often shelved for one reason or the other. There were even times when
it seemed wiser to abandon the project altogether. But Jackie didn’t lose patience, went the whole hog, completed the film and has now
roped in Govinda to distribute it.
Directed by K. Shashilal Nair, the film is the story of a rape victim’s struggle for justice, and a man who helps her come out of the
trauma of this tragedy.
A politician’s son sexually molests Manisha Koirala and when she drags him to the court, he manages to walk away unblemished thanks to
ace lawyer Jackie, who is tricked in to believing that the rapist is innocent. When truth dawns upon him, Jackie sets out to nail the
culprit.
The film also marks the debut of model-turned-actress Anupama Verma who plays Jackie’s love interest. The film's tight script and a
contemporary subject (a legal battle with political overtones) promises to be its key assets. But will it set the cash tills ringing
or not, coming Friday we will know.
Review
It is the story of a rape victim’s quest for justice. But justice is hard to come by because the culprit happens to be the pampered
son of an influential minister. The traumatic experience ruins her life, and her pet up emotions make her go to dangerous limits.
Manisha Koirala takes a break from the pelvic grind routine and plays the hapless rape victim in Jackie Shroff's first home production
"Grahan". Directed by Shashilal Nair, the film has Jackie playing a lawyer and Manisha's sole savior. The film also marks the debut of
the Delhi-based model-turned actress Anupama Verma.
"Grahan" is a legal drama with a political twist". At the center of the story is a simple girl Parvati (Paro as she is fondly called)
who makes a living teaching dance to kids in a school. But happy days are transient as a politician's notorious son Sanjay Acharya
rapes her.
To bring the wrongdoer to the book, she drags him to the court. But she realizes that justice is not easy to get in a system where
custodians of law are marionettes in the hands of the wicked ones.
The saving grace is the chief minister, who believes in upholding the law even if it means sending his own son to the gallows. But
before truth can prevail, he is assassinated and his daughter Sunita (Anupama Verma) sets out to fill the political void left by him.
Meanwhile, the law takes its course and Sanjay is arrested. Sunita, however, sees this as the oppositions' trick to finish her party.
She entreats her lover Jaggu Sinha (Jackie Shroff), who is an aspiring lawyer, to defend her brother. The case is Jaggu's first one.
And a special one because it involves the brother of his heartthrob. So he tries his level best to prove Sanjay’s innocence.
Ultimately, he wins the case, Sanjay is acquitted and Paro ostracized as a whore. A shocked Paro retreats into oblivion.
But soon Jaggu realizes the truth: that he was hoodwinked into believing Sanjay's innocence. Having lost his peace of mind, the
conscience stricken Jaggu sets out to find Paro so that she can get justice.
Distraught Paro is, however, no more keen on getting justice the right way. In a desperate attempt, she shoots the rapist and
surrenders before cops.
Now comes the biggest challenge for Jaggu. Against the wishes of his lover Sunita, and his lawyer brother (Raghuvaran) he sets out to
ensure justice for Paru.
Although "Grahan" brings a welcome respite from the mushy romantic sagas of Bollywood it fails to offer anything fresh. The script is
tight but the dialogues are devoid of any subtleties. Even the presence of newcomer Anupama Verma fails to lift the film. She has a
long way to go and needs to spruce her histrionics.
Still, it is good to see Manisha in a sensitive and finely etched role. She carries off her character with the ease of a veteran.
Jackie too impresses with a convincing performance. He does well in the courtroom scenes and arguments.
All in all "Grahan" turns out to be an average fair.