Footpath
Emraan Hashmi's debut film.,References Donnie Brasco (1997),Chain Aapko Mila
Written by Sameer
Composed by Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod
Performed by Asha Bhosle and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Courtesy of Tips Cassettes & Records Co.,Footpath is a crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and stars Aftab Shivdasani, Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu, Late Irrfan Khan, Anup Soni, Aparna Tilak and Rahul Dev.

An undercover policeman reunites with his childhood friends who are now criminals and tries to make change their way.

A futile attempt to remake the flop film 'Angaaray' directed by Mahesh Bhatt which itself is a remake of the Hollywood classic 'State of Grace'.

I went through lots of public reviews and everyone was going gaga about the acting of Emraan Hashmi and no one is talking about how the film is actually made, in my opinion the film was a big disappointment, be it screenplay, execution or the climax it looked like that almost every scene was copied from 'State of Grace' and no recreation is been attempted by director.

Acting is itsy bitsy decent but majorly disappointing, Emraan Hashmi in his debut film proved that he possess the talent and proved to be a dark horse in his career, Aftab Shivdasani looked impressive in few of the scenes but majorly got overshadowed by Emraan and did a forgettable role, Bipasha Basu cried throughout the film and was majorly disappointing, Rahul Dev is a talented actor but tired too hard to look tough (he had to fill the big shoes as his character was played by the legend Ed Harris in the Hollywood original) hence it seems that he wore the same face throughout. Anup Soni was very impressive in his limited screen-time, Late Irrfan Khan was wasted and Aparna Tilak was forgettable.

Screenplay of the film is slow and the length of the film is painfully 2.40 hours. Those who had seen State of Grace will easily anticipate the next scene but those who are watching the film for the first time might also not get too excited with the limited twists in the film.

The music of the film is good and the songs are beautiful and some of the songs are still played, the climax of the film is also average and doesn't impresses much. Overall a wasted attempt to copy/remake/recreate another Hollywood classic.,