After Salman's success of TERE NAAM(2003) Plenty of his films released like GARV which released in 2004, The film worked only because of Salman's presence The film is otherwise a heckeyened outdated film, In that year suddenly cop films were in fashion and thousands of cop films released like KHAKEE(the best), AAN, Police Force.etc and it got irritating Watching GARV it looks like watching an 80s film with actors speaking dialogues(shouting) like there are doing a Mahabharat act. The film starts well but there's nothing that you haven't seen before, the first half is fast paced, only to be punctuated with songs and a forced romance. There are clichéd villains, loud politicians, maa and behen and almost everything we thought disappeared from Hindi films.Direction by Puneet Issar is not great Music is okaySalman Khan has thousands of hairstyles in the film, he does a restrained job and is decent at many places though monotonous at some Also his X marking part looks odd, Arbaaz Khan is decent in his role Shilpa Shetty has a blink and miss role, Farida Jalal is typecast, Akanshka who is the producer's relative annoys with her loud acting and shouting, Amrish Puri is decent, Anupam Kher excels, Govind Namdeo hams, Mukesh Rishi is as usual, Anant Jog, Shivaji Satham are as usual

Salman plays Arjun Ranawat, Inspector is a terror to the underworld. The underworld has tried time and again to get rid of him, but has failed.Amrish Puri plays a Sr. Inspector samar Singh who is a very honest. When Samar comes to know that Kashinath Trivedi has won the election, he puts his resignation. The reason being Kashinath Trivedi is a corrupt politician and has got underworld connection too.Zafar Supari played by Mukesh Rishi, the self-declared king of underworld is delighted too as he is happy that he can reign again. Though Samar Singh resigns from his job, two honest police officers Arjun Ranawat and Hyder Ali (Arbaaz Khan) are the thorns in their path. They won't allow Kashinath Trivedi and Zafar Supari sit in peace. They try the usual method of divide and rule among them in which Hyder Ali is killed. The blame is put on Arjun Ranawat who is suspended from his duty. Trial continues against him in connection with Hyder's murder as well as his alleged affair with his sister too played by a small time actress Akshanksha. How Salman defends his case and proves his innocence is the story of the movie. He also has to take revenge of Hyder Ali'e murder.Anupam Kher plays the role of Tyagi, a lawyer who defends cases against Zafar Supari and Kashinath Trivedi. All the characters are good and justified their role. Directed by Puneet Issar, for a change Salman has acted very well.

I had huge expectations for the film. There was quite a bit of hype for the film, considering it is Salman's first film since his last film, the excellent critically acclaimed Tere Naam. One thing going against the film is the fact so many cop flicks have been released eg Khakee, Ann, Police Force etc. Out the ones released Khakee being the best one.However, Salman Khan's bravado performance was awesome. Salman Khan is the best in the industry at portraying intimidating characters. Tere Naam is another example of this. Salman Khan makes it believable. At the same time he easily portrays the good son, good brother, good friend and lover at the same time.Punnet Isaar's script is too outdated to work in this era. Baghban was an exception , however that film had an emotional appeal as the basis of the story happens in this day and age still. Overall, just watch it for Salman Khan's bravado performance. As an overall film, it is poor.

This movie was junk, an absolute waste of time. Salman Khan must be the most narcissistic male alive. He constantly has to preen in front of the camera, flexing his muscles while trying to suck in his gut. The movie does have some positive messages such as the need to not scapegoat police for everything and treat them according to double standards. But the fight scenes are garbage, the melodrama is childish, and the gang-rape scene was salacious trashy cinema intended purely for shock value, just like go-go dancing scenes with those ugly dancing girls. Salman's receding hairline and growing gut mean that he'll have to find another career sometime soon, because he won't be tenable on screen for much longer.