Many years before Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar came onto the scene, Mehra helmed this very enjoyable, gloriously over-the-top comedy starring Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna as a pair of conmen so dedicated to their craft that they actually, briefly, walk on water.

Yet the two buddies grow estranged when a murderous backstory emerges involving their fathers and even though high melodrama is reached via the circuitous plotline, the film never stops being fun.