Maalik Ek Movie Reviews

It's indeed a whole new role for Jackie Shroff. The actor who enunciated the quintessential tapori in Hindi cinema now plays the saintly miracle man in Malik Ek. And surprisingly, he plays it well, with a restraint and an earthiness that brings alive the seer. The film is essentially a chronicle of the miraculous incidents that marked the life of people who interacted with the sage and ended up becoming his devotees. But more importantly, it shows the protagonist

Jackie Shroff slips into the robes of Shirdi's famed Sai Baba in "Maalik Ek", a simplistic but earnest film that celebrates the life and teachings of the fakir-saint with magical healing powers. A 1977 film titled "Shirdi Ke Sai Baba" starring Sudhir Dalvi as the revered protagonist remains a favourite among devotees. And much in the same vein as that film, "Maalik Ek" is not so much a conventional plot-driven movie as it is a series of incidents strung together

Jackie Shroff plays Sai Baba, at times ably, but at other times, like a tapori! On the whole, Maalik Ek is so weak...