john matthew mathan debutted with sarfarosh ( 1999 ) and people clap and be amaze at how in his first film he do such a good jobnow he return with shikhar ( 2005 ) we always say a second film be a judgement day for the director and john matthew fail in itthe main problem be actually the storytelling and directionthe film have a decent plot but it ruinedajay role take off well but his plan of make a city look feeble also the film lack the intensity because in between suddenly they throw in song and other commercial ingredientsthe comedy by sushant singh be poorthe film go on and on endlessly in the second half and the climax spoil it furtherdirection by john matthew mathan be bad music be okayamongst actor ajay do a cakewalk in a negative role but his role could be far more intense and the director want it to be on a light side mostly and even say he have cast govinda for it before lol shahid too excels in his role especially in the second half bipasha be okay and amrita too be okay javed sheikh do well sushant singh irritates .