Plot:One dissenting juror in a murder trial tries to influence the verdict with his personal prejudices and biases
This is probably the best Hindi remake (The original is a fantastic Sidney Lumet movie, "Twelve angry men") I've watched. K. K. Raina is no Henry Fonda; but he's done a great job -- as has the rest of the very talented cast; and none more than the brilliant Pankaj Kapoor as the broken-hearted father/juror no 3 (played by Lee J. Cobb in the original) Ironically, what makes it work is the fact that it is such a complete plagiarism; it is guided entirely by Lumet's masterpiece in style and substance. The cast and the crew have done an excellent job with the execution; but they could have probably done it without the director. An interesting artifact of the plagiarism is that we have this movie about a hung jury -- when India doesn't have a jury system at all!
I give this 4/5 for being true to the original and not including unnecessary song sequences or deviations as seen in other remakes.
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