Aatank means Terror but what you may think it means when you see the poster for this Bollywood movie is Jaws. Directed by Prem Lalwani and Desh Mukherjee and written by Sachin Bhowmick, the truth is that sharks are just part of this movie.

Jesu (Dharmendra) and Peter (Vinod Mehra) are childhood friends who have become fishermen. Their entire town is run by organized crime figure Alphonso (Amjad Khan, who died during the time this was filmed in the 80s and released in the mid-90s, so his voice is dubbed). Whenever someone sees a little bit of success like when the fishermen find pearls, that fortune eventually goes to Alphonso. And when the gangster overfishes the ocean for those pearls, a man-eating shark is disturbed enough to start eating his divers.

Jesu is the only person willing to stand up to Alphonso. But even he can’t stop what happens next. Peter gets married to Suzy D’Silva and after the ceremony, he and his wife start to consummate their marriage on the beach. And that’s where, nearly an hour into this movie, the shark does what sharks do in movies. As Peter passes out on the beach, drunk from his wedding night, his bride is devoured by a shark that was paying attention to Jaws: The Revenge and roars like a lion.

Peter goes to get revenge and then, as you can expect yet again, is also bitten into pieces. I mean, just look at this shark. It’s nearly a megalodon. At the same time, the government has finally cracked down on Alphonso and his men, so their getaway by helicopter seems to be cosplaying one of the best moments of Jaws 2. Or The Last Shark.

At other times, the shark sounds like Godzilla. I love that choice, I also adore the miniature ships being tossed around on the waves, challenging The Ghost Galleon for realism. The shark attack scenes are also completely wild, mixing quick cuts, multiple looks and seemingly an endless array of colors and angles.

Aatank at times may not seem like it’s the shark movie you’re looking for, but be patient. It gets pretty amazing before it’s all over.

You can watch this on YouTube.