Anees Bazmee was a writer of several films and then turned into direction with Hulchul(1995), which flopped and then he returned with Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha(1998) a superhit which was a remake of French Kiss Deewangee is a remake of Primal fear(1996) however only the first half is inspired from that film. The film starts on a superb note when Vijayendra Ghatge is murdered, the scenes between Ajay and Akshaye are superb, the split personality part is superbly handled, even the courtroom drama is brilliant. Only flaws are the romantic track of Akshaye and Urmila which is typical,also the songs do interrupt. The interval point is surprising, especially for those who haven't watched the original. The original film ended in the first half while in second half director tries to continue the story and end it on a happy note however the film suffers in this hour, Except some scenes like Ajay assaulting Tanaaz,Akshaye-Ajay scene in the mental assylm mostly the film gets repetitive and nothing exciting, the game of oneman upmanship does get boring after a while, also the director adds several filmy scenes like the pre-climax when Ajay suddenly dresses as a driver and kidnaps Urmila, also the end is prolonged
Direction is quite good, Music by Ismail Darbar is hardly impactful, considering the film is based on music there could be better songs, also their placement ruins the impact
Ajay Devgan in his first negative role, does a superb job in a complex role, he is simply brilliant in this film and also won several awards for his work, he kept doing several negative roles like Khakee,Shikhar.etc Akshaye Khanna except his bad wig, does a superb job in a complex role, those days Akshaye's career was on a high after DCH and Humraaz he does a superb job as the lawyer and also won a nomination for best actor.I wish his career could go on the same length sadly he signed bad films. urmila Matondkar gets less to do and she is alright except in scenes of anxiety she tends to overdo Vijayendra Ghatge is good in a small role, Farida Jalal, Tiku Talsania are typical, Tanaaz Currim is alright, rest are okay
Direction is quite good, Music by Ismail Darbar is hardly impactful, considering the film is based on music there could be better songs, also their placement ruins the impact
Ajay Devgan in his first negative role, does a superb job in a complex role, he is simply brilliant in this film and also won several awards for his work, he kept doing several negative roles like Khakee,Shikhar.etc Akshaye Khanna except his bad wig, does a superb job in a complex role, those days Akshaye's career was on a high after DCH and Humraaz he does a superb job as the lawyer and also won a nomination for best actor.I wish his career could go on the same length sadly he signed bad films. urmila Matondkar gets less to do and she is alright except in scenes of anxiety she tends to overdo Vijayendra Ghatge is good in a small role, Farida Jalal, Tiku Talsania are typical, Tanaaz Currim is alright, rest are okay