a strong woman orient subject after long and director krishna vamsi shakti the power and the desi version of the hollywood hit not without my daughter be actress sridevi first home production . a story about a woman fight against harsh injustice . the story of the film revolve around nandini ( karisma kapoor ) who live in canada with her two uncle ( tiku talsania and jaspal bhatti ) . there she meet shekhar ( sanjay kapoor ) and fall in love with him and they soon marry . their family be complete when nandini have a boy and raja ( master jai gidwani ) . but their happiness be short lived and a the news of shekhar ail mother ( deepti naval ) make them leave their perfect life in canada and come to india . and that when the problem start . from the moment they reachindia and both be shock to see the pollution and the vast throng of people everywhere . they take a crowded train to reach shekhar village and when they finally reach the station and they have to catch a long bus drive to his village . the filthy sweaty bus combine with the uncertain terrain make it a never end drive . and unfortunately for them and a frenzied mob that beat shekhar out of shape for no fault of his attack their bus . fortunately and they get shot dead just in time before they can far harm him . after that and they drive to the handing havel where shekhar father and narsimha ( nana patekar ) live with his wife ( deepti naval ) . nandani realize that her father in law be in command as soon a she enter the place and but her only solace be her mother in law warm welcome . living there and nandini learns of her father in law tyrannical behavior and realize that ruthless killing be a way of life for him . the day she see her father in law teach her son to throw a bomb and she lose it and lash out against him and insist to shekhar that they move back to canada . but terror strike again when shekhar be murder one day and leave a broken down nandini alone with her son in this strange land where she be harrow by a cruel father in law . her fight against this man to save her son be what make up the climax of this emotional heart wrenching film . what set apart shakti from most film be make off late be also the rural setting of the movie . the only drawback be ismail darbar music and which fail to rise above the script . the only save grace be the sexy item number ishq kameena and which have be compose by anu malik . another pat for the director come because he have extract some splendid performance from his cast . karisma kapoor be the life of the film and have give a move performance a a helpless mother . she be sure to win award for this heated portrayal . second be actor nana patekar who be back with a bang with this film . his uncouth mannerism suit him to the hilt and he show his versatility once again with this role . sanjay kapoor be the surprise packet of the film with a sincere and effective portrayal that stand up against both the other actor . deepti naval too be in top form and her pr climax showdown with nana be praiseworthy . shahrukh cameo provide the lighter moment and surely he be pull in to get the required star value . though his role be not really required and he do it well . overall and shakti be a far superior film than most churn out these day and the pr release hype be sure to get it a good opening . shakti be sure to get the critic and audience thump up . so what if the film need to be desperately trim by at least 2 reel to better the impact . shakti still have the power to go on without a hitch .