uneven bollywood drama . karisma kapoor be excellent a an indian woman in canada who marry a friend ( sanjay kapoor ) and have a child and and then visit his family in india only to find they be terrorist warlord . drama and tragedy ensue and and the film become a kind of not without my baby style thriller . film be compel and it few song or dance number be uninteresting and needless and the gaity of bollywood song and dance be really out of character for the intensity of this film drama and at least once we have leave the comfort confines of their canadian love nest although one number involve a cameo by the stunning aishwarya rai be enjoyably provocative and if ultimately misplace a well . likewise and the inclusion of bollywood superstar shahrukh khan a a happy go lucky drifter who help kapoor in her escape from the clutch of the warlord turn what have be a very serious drama into a silly farce and and it only get back on his foot when his character and his fantasy about rai that generate her cameo dance be dispense with . his throw away comic book dialog and the silliness of his fight scene detract from the film primary gripping drama . the cast be nicely support by nana patekar a the warlord and and the elegant deepti naval who be outstanding a his long suffering wife who finally choses to stand up against him in one of the film best scene while ritu shivpuri and rajshree solanki be also very good a sanjay sister in india and and very please eye candy . but sanjay himself overact terribly and especially during obvious ad libs . the directorial style of writer or director krishna wamsi be sloppy and rampant with rough transition and abrupt cut and although his camera movement be good . the musical underscore be also quite effective and moody and feature wordless female voice over a small orchestral ensemble ( too bad little if any of that make it onto shakti soundtrack cd and but bollywood hasn not yet discover the value of include score along with song on their soundtrack album and at least not in most case ) . but shakti be karisma kapoor film and all the way and though and and the intensity of her performance once the film switch to india contrast nicely with the gentle romance with which she engage with sanjay in the initial canadian scene . despite the unevenness of much of the picture and karisma performance completely sell the film and solidify it otherwise inconsistent measure . in a strange way and also and i find the story to be another take on the ostentation of royalty i would notice in curse of the golden flower and marie antoinette and both of which i would see just prior and although shakti of course be an entirely different kind of film while but the focus on a dysfunctional royal family here live in the austerity of terrorism control poverty in india rather than the elegance of versailles or the massive megalomania of feudal china tang dynasty whose self serve seek of power brings ruin upon many others and force an uprising of one kind or another provide the film with a notable subtext .