Writer-director Abhishek Jawkar, in an unintended tribute to Naseeruddin Shah's interactive energy with Om Puri in Govind Nihalani's Aakrosh, pitches policeman Pawan Malhotra against the prime suspect played by newcomer Karan Hariharan.
With his angst-laden frowning look of disorientation and incriminating body language, Karan brings to his part of the anguished reveler a certain dignity that other newcomers in the film find difficult to muster.
