Big stars, lots of them, including Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Juhi Chawla, Karishma Kapoor, nice commercials promising powerful family drama, and nice songs; these features lure the audience to the theater to see 'Ek Rishta'. But once you get there, it is all downhill. The commercials show the most powerful family drama on TV. Nothing new or appealing, just some disjointed ideas held by flimsy threads of a famous cast, who are all helpless to save the sinking ship of a film.

A powerful business tycoon, Vijay Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is taken for a ride by a new MBA graduate, Rajesh Purohit (Mohnish Bahl), who is hired as a manager in his company. As the storyline continues, Purohit mismanages the company, distances father Vijay and son Ajay (Akshay Kumar), and marries his favourite eldest daughter Priti (Juhi Chawla). When creditors come clamoring for the properties and home, Purohit jumps ships, along with a few crores and his wife. Ajay marries the girl of his dreams, played by Karishma Kapoor, without family participation due to the rift..

Father is down and under this circumstances son wishes to help, but now, his pregnant wife objects. And so it continues—with separations, Ajay’s and Priti’s and a family reunion with the reopening of the closed family business under the new name of Vijay Kapoor and Sons.

The plus points to this film are few. Amitabh plays his usual self as a patriarch. Vivacious Juhi Chawla gives an insipid performance. Even talented Karishma Kapoor looks unconvincing. The dialogue is good and is well rendered by father and son. Overall, this is a disappointing multi-starrer for all its promises.

We give this film a poor rating.