Journalist Roma Singh is the daughter of a jailer. While taking a tour of the jail, she is molested by some of the inmates, and an inmate, Vishal Agnihotri comes to her assistance. She finds out that Vishal is in for four homicides, and decides to investigate further. She finds out, with the help of the owner of her publications, Jindal that Vishal was compelled to take the law in his own hands when the courts failed to punish the assailants of his sister and sweetheart. Soon, Vishal is released from prison, and begins to work for Jindal. It is then that he realizes that he has just walked from a walled prison, to an open prison, as the truth behind his release slowly but surely starts to dawn on him.
Acting
Naseeruddin Shah devouring villainy like it's butter chicken.
Direction
Rajiv Rai stacking reveals like a card shark with trust issues.
Score
Viju Shah's synths that aged like aggressively fermented wine.
Director
Rajiv Rai
Akshay Kumar
Amar Saxena
Suniel Shetty
Vishal Agnihotri
Raveena Tandon
Roma Singh
Naseeruddin Shah
Mr. Jindal
Raza Murad
Jibran
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Jailer (Roma's dad)
Priya Tendulkar
Pooja (special appearance)
Paresh Rawal
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Comissioner Kulkarni
Gulshan Grover
Tyson
Avtar Gill
Kunickaa Sadanand
Tej Sapru
Razak Khan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The iconic 'Tip Tip Barsa Paani' was shot during actual monsoon rains, which explains why Raveena's yellow sari became permanently cemented in pop culture memory.
Rajiv Rai essentially remade his own 'Tridev' formula—corrupt systems, wronged men, puppet masters—but cranked the nihilism to 11 with Jindal's genuine monstrosity.
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