Shikaar borrows its subject from Bollywood films of the 80s and 90s. There is nothing new which the movie can offer to its audiences.

The narrative revolves around the age-old formula of revenge - someone is murdered and years later, the heirs take revenge.

Directed by Darshan Bagga, the film opens with the theft activities of a car thief, by the name of Vijay Sanyal (Jas Pandher).

A group of casino owners (Danny Denzongpa, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Tej Sapru, Ashish Vidyarthi and Shweta Menon) kill a bank manager.

During a car auction, they meet Vijay and are impressed by his salesman-ship.

Some days later, Vijay offers to sell them his hotel which is actually owned by his wife. They happily come to an agreement. So a deal is done amongst them.

But when the partners get together to finalize the legal matters and get the ownership, something mysterious and dangerous is in store for them.

Here, a twist in the tale emerges. One by one the partners are murdered. So onto the scene enters police officer Sumed Singh (Raj Babbar). He is baffled by the killings.

Vijay becomes the key suspect due to his strange business dealings. Who is the murderer and what does he want?

The script is poorly written and laced with a heavy flow of songs. These have been entered forcibly in the narrative making them look out of place.

Unwanted fight sequences lower the film's graph further. In the pre-climax, when the identity of the murderer is revealed, it does surprise you.

But the brother-sister's meeting, which is unbuttoned in the finale, looks like a hurried job.

Darshan Bagga's direction is just average. He cannot arrest the viewers' attention throughout.

Cinematography by Narein Gedia falls flat whilst the music by Anand Raj Anand lifts the spirits to some extent.

Tumpe Marne Lage Hain Hum and Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyaar are the pick of the lot. Action sequences are adequate.

Jas Pandher executes the acting well but he still has to overcome some weaknesses to improve himself as a good actor.

Kanishka is just about okay. Raj Babbar as a cop is appropriate. Saadhika and Shweta Menon look steamy and do impress with their performances. The rest of the cast seems average.

On the whole, Shikaar does not have any charm to help the audience sit till the end. A boring piece of work. No surprise that the flick hasn't spelt magic at the box office.