the director john mathew mathan have go into oblivion after his directorial debut sarfarosh that come in 1999. everybody remember the film simply because it be a fantastic film . a one watch the socio political thriller unfold and not even once do the audience remind itself that this be a greenhorn director and perhaps if need be and not to be too harsh on him . so after 5 year when he decide to make shikhar and it not an exaggeration to say that the same audience expect the film to be if not more and at last 5 time more powerful and impact making than sarfarosh . but to make a film like shikhar and seem nothing but a crude joke on the sensitivity and patience of the people . the memory of sarfarosh be a fresh in the mind of people a it would have be after ten year and in other word and have mathan take even an eternity to bring to his loyal audience a quality film and they would have welcome it with open arm . but shikhar just seem like an execution in mathan bad nightmare . there be nothing redeemable about the film and except shahid kapoor who have a reflection of youthful shahrukh khan when it come to project honesty and passion and dedication . so when you take portion of swades and ba itna sa khwab hai and possibly scrape of guide or raju ban gaya gentleman and churn them together and you would have manufacture shikhar . not produce and create or even re create and purely manufacture . the film have not even an iota of pseudo realism in it theme and plot and characterization and be exceedingly synthetic . the music be uninspiring and dialogue be sloppy and even the premise of the film seem insincere . story represent shikhar revolve around the issue relate to builder and landlord and their tenant who be be pressurize under the superior people of society . how far can greed take a man . ajay devgan portray the character of gaurav gupta ( gg ) and who be highly ambitious builder ( not to mention dress like an mtv star ) who want guruji ( jawed sheikh ) to evacuate rishivan the orphanage to build a magna city call golden gate . this shall have multiplex and golf course and housing and amusement park etc . guruji actually be an industrial magnate and believe that wealth mean nothing if not utilize for the betterment of the society . he want his wealth to be utilize for the upliftment for the tribal in the area . in the tug of war between gg and guruji and jaidev vardhan ( shahid kapur ) a fresh graduate and the only son of guruji and fall in the trap design by gg and his girlfriend natasha ( bipasha basu ) . madhavi ( amrita rao ) and who genuinely love jaidev observe her love be carry away by the world of wealth and wine and woman . will gg succeed in his vicious plan . will jaidev discover the fiend behind the mask of friendship gg wear . wait for the dvd release to find out and this one be definitely not for tarry away your time at a theater .