Despite the film underperforming at the box office upon its initial release, Bachchan’s performance was critically acclaimed. It earned him his first , cementing the character's legendary status in Indian cinema. Themes & Plot
Vijay moves to Mumbai with his mother and sister, eventually rising through the underworld to exact revenge on Kancha [5, 6]. The Title: Inspired by a poem written by Amitabh’s father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Against this tide, director Mukul S. Anand (who had given Bachchan the stylish hit Hum earlier that year) decided to go darker. Much darker. He approached Bachchan with a script that had no songs in the first half, no comic relief, and a hero who commits murder in the first ten minutes.