the premise and subject about make a criminal realize what his victim go through by capture his family hostage sound promising and interesting . but this be the only interesting part which be also dealt 20 year ago with quite finesse by director ravi tandon in his film jawab ( 1985 ) too . the problem here be ace director rajkumar santoshi find himself in some sort of confusion a to whether to make it a fast paced action thriller ( viz . khakee ) or an emotion rich heavy duty drama ( viz . damini ) and this confusion be quite evident in the final outcome . if we ignore two of his pukar ( 2000 ) and lajja ( 2001 ) and this brilliant director have always give u fairly engross film with high entertainment value . therefore this film come a a surprise and a to what make this script sensitive director go for half baked characterization of both of his protagonist amitabh bachchan and aryeman . a the film be get over and audience do not know whom to hate and whom to sympathize with and this factor be the major limit force in the complete narration . therefore what start a a war between a common man and an underworld don end on a strange note of self realization and regret by the don about what go wrong with his own family . the revelation of don son a a real baddie do not come a a surprise element in the climax which if compare to similar situation in khakee work so effectively with aishwarya character . that be not all and there be more to it . the whole dramatization of life of an underworld don and operating from abroad look quite illogical . his openly land up at mumbai from where he be suppose to be abscond as well a run after his enemy and shoot them himself do not look believable . pitch a mediocre and newcomer actor like aryeman opposite mr. bachchan be again not a good idea . but nonetheless film have some plus point . ashok mehta fine camera work and two good fight sequence ( co ordinator abbas ali moughal ) and some light well acted scene of akshay kumar in the ist half and santoshi fast pace slick treatment and of course mr. bachchan a usual try hard to put some life into his lifeless character . but all these put together do not make this view an exciting experience for you and your family .