i saw teen deewarein recently and be mesmerize by this film . at first i get the feeling that i have see all of this before and i hate that . a little bit of analysis tell me that i have see all that in ba ek pal which come out 3 year later . nagesh kukunoor masterpiece inspire a less ripoff which still manage to keep me engage . but that be another topic . back to teen deewarein . three men be on death row . jaggu ( jackie shroff ) repeatedly stab his wife and naagya ( nagesh kukunoor ) be accuse of push his wife in front of a speeding car and and ishaan mirza ( naseeruddin shah ) be accuse of shoot a pregnant bank teller during a botched bank robbery . they be all in the same jail be run a a benevolent dictatorship by the jailer mohan kumar ( gulshan grover ) . a beautiful documentary film maker chandrika ( juhi chawla ) walk into the jail and want to document the life of these prisoner on death row . she follow them around and try to get their story . naagya repeatedly profess his innocence and claiming that he do not push his wife and jaggu be wait to die so he can be justly punish for kill his wife and ishaan say he trip over someone and the gun go off accidentally but he can not find who he trip over . jail life be show simply and effectively the story treat the magical and sordid moment in a very matter of fact way . chandrika husband be a wife beater and abuser and we get that story without any melodrama . the circle do not seem complete though and you wait for something to happen . it do seem to happen when chandrika help ishaan to escape from jail . the shock revelation that follow do not complete the circle and also leave one important hole in the story for me . hence the spoiler warning . why be it important to show who trip ishaan yet not show her have any remorse over the fact that he really do not fire the gun deliberately . either we do not need to see this and could have be leave with an enigma be ishaan pull our leg all along or be he innocent and or we need to see the circle complete fully which do not happen . this be one thing that prevent me from give this film a rating of 10. other than that i love it and love it . a bit about the acting . juhi choose the best role for her comeback . shabana and smita lover take note . this lady will leave behind a legacy that will be hard to beat . we finally have a woman with the charisma and persona to carry a film on her shoulder . as soon a she arrive on the scene the movie zip and zing with magic . naseeruddin shah give an awesome performance a the charm scoundrel ishaan . this be one role where you see how mistaken film maker be if they think he could not do the conventional leading man . he play a man who can charm bird out of tree . jackie shroff be give a role he can bite into and he do a terrific job . nagesh kukunoor be amazing and gulshan grover can act . the recent bep heavily borrow so many element from teen deewarein the wrongly accuse man in jail and the abuse and sordidness in jail and the spousal abuse sideline and the abused spouse in jail try to do some good etc . etc . after see teen deewarein i be even less impressed by mr. onir and his bep . juhi reprise the role she play in teen deewarein manage to salvage bep somewhat . back to teen deewarein . there be no song and no hoopla and just an intense movie view experience one well worth the investment of 2 hour . a brilliant gem from kukunoor .