His friend and legal adviser Rohit
Saxena (Milind Soman) takes up his case. The body is missing and Avinash cannot
remember doing the devious crime. As the case proceeds Avinash finds that he
cannot prove his innocence. His finger prints on the murder weapon works against
him. Moreover a witness (Shakti Kapoor) appears at the last moment and testifies against him.
Avinash is sentenced to lifetime imprisonment.
Avinash is shattered and his only
support in the ordeal is his ardent but secret admirer Sonia (Gul Panag). He
decides to break out of jail and get the real culprit. Rohit helps him out but
Avinash is in for a shock of his life ...what follows is the revelation of
betrayal, and the subsequent revenge.
Vikram Bhatt narrates a tale told
before in Fida, Humraaz etc. The film is shot very stylishly with good action
and okay music. The first half recounting Rohit and Sanjana's relationship,
their marriage, her subsequent murder and his arrest, till the interval is
interesting but afterwards it becomes downright predictable. The director
reveals the suspense too early, moreover the protagonists escape from prison,
his journey to Malaysia and the chase for the culprits leaves much to be
desired.
Bobby Deol presents a reasonably good
performance. Lara Dutta and Milind Soman are okay in their roles. Gul Panag
performs well. Overall the film has an interesting first half, which fails to
keep up momentum in the second.
We rate the movie as an average fare.
