A tense court room drama where a blind lawyer, Shiv Shankar attempts to free an innocent defendent (Arshad Warsi).
Director: S. Ramanathan
Writers: Prayag Raj (screenplay), Om Shree (story),
Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Vijayshanti, Arshad Warsi
Story Line: A unfulfilled love story of a prominent lawyer, 'Shiv Shankar' who loses
his vision in an accident and is thrown into a life of seclusion. He
also loses contact with his beloved (Vijayshanti) a doctor by
profession. Shiv starts leading the life of a recluse. Years later, a
college girl (Karisma Kapoor) knocks at his door seeking his help to
secure justice for her Engineer beau (Arshad Warsi) who is falsely
implicated in his own mother's murder case and put behind bars. He first
turns her down stating that he had quit practice but later takes up the
case as the young lovers reminded him of his amorous youth. In the
climax Shiv reveals the truth and makes a key witness confess the truth
before the judge. The trial is carried out in public as the case had
snowballed into a major public issue.