Track record: He reinvented the thriller, made one of the grittiest gangster films ever, and dealt with a romance in pre-independence India with admirable delicacy.

The goofup: The music and the yellow-dupatta'd promos had us waiting, but this was a letdown of monumental proportions. Bobby Deol played the fool, Neha also starred, and, all in all, this took its toll on our patience.