![]() Even though Kapoor tends to go a bit over the top Saeed Jaffrey steals the show with a balanced portrayal of a once loyal employee struggling to pursue his dream. The best performances were by Saeed Jaffrey and Anil Kapoor. Sonam is terrible and her wardrobe is among the worst ever in cinema. Raj Babbar is over the top but Moushumi Chatterjee shines in a brief role. Hema Malini's performance is flat while Rajesh Khanna is wooden. Anupam Kher caricatures Sanjeev Kumar's role from 'Trishul'. More so when the fat Rishi Kapoor was lying on top of her. This was meant to be sensual but it had me laughing out loud. Of course there are many unintentionally funny sequences like an overweight Hema Malini dressed as a teenager or Sonam prancing on the beach in a cheap two-piece bikini and a bad 80s hairstyle. Now the songs themselves are forgettable (a few are unbearable) but Meenakshi Sheshadri 's dance and beauty makes one or two watchable. Not surprisingly, several songs appear randomly. Now this is a pre-2000 Yash Chopra film so one can expect songs visualized in Switzerland (even if the entire movie is set in Switzerland). Considering that this is an 80's masala film one can expect below-average execution. While some sequences were terribly rushed, others dragged on and a few could have better been left out. Confused? Ah, don't worry, it ain't as confusing as it looks but the story is badly developed, obviously. Things get more complicated (yes, it really does) as Lala gets desperate for Gujral's property. Vicky befriends Arjun who has fallen in love with a hot babe (Meenakshi Sheshadri) but this one has some brain and class unlike Vicky's air-headed girlfriend. ![]() Meanwhile, Gujral (Lala's ex-employee, now rival, played by Saeed Jaffrey), is planning to build a hotel with the help of his son Arjun (Anil Kapoor) but Lala has his eyes on that property. A quarter of a century pass by and Suman's son Vicky is about to become a shareholder of the family business while Vicky is busy screwing an airhead (Sonam). Oh, I forgot, Suman and Ajit had a baby amidst all this. Using his daughter's sympathy, Lala manipulates Suman by guilt-tripping her into leaving her husband and moving back with the grandchild. Unfortunately, Shashiraj proves to be a terrible pilot when he fatally crashes his plane (that his ancestors must have borrowed from the Wright brothers) and dies. ![]() Lala sends him off on a business trip and tries to buy Rita into walking out of their lives. Things don't get any better when Lala's son, Shashiraj, proposes to poor Christian hottie named Rita (a stunningly beautiful Moushumi Chatterjee). Against her father's wish, Suman marries a poor clerk, Ajit (Rajesh Khanna), and temporarily moves out of the expensive Yashraj studio in order to live with her husband. A selfish idiotic Lakhaire (the lakh version of a millionaire) Lala Yodhraj Bhalla (Anupam Kher) lives in a typical Yashraj studio's lavish mansion and owns a business where both his chatterbox son Shashiraj (Raj Babbar) and fat daughter Suman (Hema Malini) work under his employment. 'Vijay' pretty much echoes Yash Chopra's own 'Trishul', with a higher budget but poorer execution (mostly because of the typical 80s campy style).
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