Best movie of this year hands down!

Very well executed

Good concept, poorly executed.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This was Amitabh Bachchan's comeback after INSANIYAT (1994)Sadly this film bombed at the box officeThe film has a storyline that may have worked in the 70s but this is the 90s which was full of college campus, justice and a revenge-seeking hero This film just had to release in the 90sAmitabh and Pran had some memorable work like AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY, NASEEB, NASTIK, SHARAABI and the last to be JAADUGAR which was horrible and also crashedAmitabh Bachchan can't get his emotions right Dimple Kapadia is alright Karisma Kapoor's voice sounds different Arbaaz Ali Khan cannot act Deepak Tijori is a loser Mukesh Rishi is typecast Ashish Vidyarthi is funny

ABCL's maiden production with Big B in the lead. Gave away expectations that the movie will showcase Big B in its glorious form and deliver a product that is nothing short of perfection. Add to that Mehul Kumar fresh out of success of "Tiranga" & "Krantiveer" which breathed a new lease of life for Rajkumar and showcased Nana Patekar in his best. The icing on the cake was the comeback movie of Big B after his sabbatical. You bet, it couldn't get any better. Sadly even the hardcore Big B fans found it appalling. It seemed the stale 1980's script was served a decade later and fan-base questioned how could the star even approve of it. "Foul" they yelled. Surprisingly the audience cheered when Daler Mehendi's song was injected which gives an inkling how poorly the proceedings were. There was absolutely nothing that seemed positive about "Mrityudaata". Later Big B accepted with humility that as an artist it was a bad decision to impose a self-exile which led to turning a blind eye to the real world. "Mrityudaata" will be remembered for first amongst the series of flops which sunk his "larger than life-size" image deeper than the reason. Nonetheless he later returned as a true "phoenix".

Amitabh after INSANIYAT(1994) returned with this filmLot of expectations were from this film because it was Bachchan's comeback after 3 yearsSadly it became one of his worst filmsFirst and Foremost: Bachchan looks so aged and out of shape that he doesn't look like the hero of the film and the angry young man doesn't suit Arbaaz Ali Khan is terrible and can't act for anything The film has a story which could've worked in 70's not in 1990'sIn Short the film is another Bachchan masala which went outdated by late 80'sThe story is done to deathComing to the execution Director Mehul kumar was never a great director, his films like KRANTIVEER and TIRANGAA relied on the actors to save it and their powerful scenes, in 1997 he had 2 disasters, LAHU KE DO RANG which had Naseeruddin and Akshay and this film both were similarly crap, because in this too the director thought Amitabh will save his day This film is the last film of Amitabh and Pran together after their memorable work in the past like AAA, ZANJEER, MAJBOOR, NASEEB, SHARAABI and their last before this JAADUGAR which also was horribleThis is also one film starring Bachchan and Dimple who were seen last in a crap AJOOBA(1991) and recently in HUM KAUN HAI(2004)This is one film starring Bachchan and Karisma, another film of theirs ZAMAANAT started perhaps at the same time and never released till dateWondering why im giving so much trivia instead of a review? Well the film is not worth a mention at allThe film as I said has the same formula done to death it has the same villains Mukesh Rishi, Paresh RawalThe mandatory romance, songs, fights.etc Suddenly in the middle of the chase of Bachchan being chased by some goons we break to a last minute planned song NA NA NA NA RE which comes all of a sudden perhaps to save the filmThe climax has Bachchan dieing another time after killing all the villains Surprisingly he died in his last film before retirement in INSANIYAT and also his comeback and both the films crashed tooDirection is bad Music is bad Amongst actors Bachchan looks too aged and out of shape and just goes through his motions Dimple is alright karisma irritates, Arbaaz Ali Khan is a non actor Amongst rest Mukesh Rishi, Paresh Rawal, Ashish Vidhyarthi are as usual

After almost 4 years of break, Amitabh came back with this movie and as it released, it became the biggest flop of the year, perhaps Amitabh's biggest since Ganga Jamuna Saraswati. By then people declared Amitabh as the villain of the year. As far as the movie was concerned, it was the typical ingredients of an Indian movie, fighting against corruption and revenge for murder. Amitabh played a doctor in this movie, who had a happy life with a wife and a young brother. Who knew that fate had something tragic in store. Amitabh's young brother, an engineer, gets framed for murder and in jail, he dies. The police claim it was suicide. After the brother died, Amitabh's wife died. Now Amitabh had to save a patient, but another doctor killed him despite a successful operation and therefore was framed for a patient's murder. Another twist, another prisoner tells him that his brother was actually murdered by the police. Amitabh soon gets out of jail and then kills all the culprit who were responsible for his brother's death. On top of that, he also kills the corrupt politician before he dies. There are many possible reasons for this movie to be a flop, perhaps Big B, or Amitabh Bachchan, was playing a character that he should have played a decade ago. Another reason could be that Amitabh was featured with a different actor Arbaaz Ali Khan and 90s leading ladies Karishma Kapoor, who briefly appeared. Maybe the audience did not like Amitabh to play a fighter for justice. At least now he is recovered, thanks to his fronting of India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and some further hits.