#25YearsOfKaranArjun : How Director Rakesh Roshan built his legend by cracking the revenge formula | Bollywood Life

Rakesh Roshan has not only cracked the code of revenge-based thrillers and actioners at the box-office for over 30 years, but is one of the select few filmmakers whose commercial potboilers, revolving around tried-and-tested themes, seldom fails to find favor with critics

Bollywood and revenge themes go hand-in-hand. Films based on heroes avenging the deaths or other wrongdoings meted out to their near and dear ones have been existing since the days of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor and continue to click with modernday moviegoers. However, amidst this melee of ‘badlas’ and ‘baddies’ on the receiving end of said badlas, only a quarter have truly managed to stand out on the sheer strength of their memorable characters, strong plots and having the sensibilities of presenting old wine in a new bottle. And none have done it better and more consistently than Rakesh Roshan over a period of more than 30 years. (perhaps, Manmohan Desai is the only other Bollywood filmmaker who did it so well for so long).

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