A dozen years before he wowed audiences by aiding a fast bowler in Iqbal, Naseer acted in this uninspired drama for Mahesh Bhatt.

Playing the likeable but stern Professor Verma (think Sidney Poitier in To Sir With Love, laced liberally with Professor Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady), he brings out the personality in the introverted and reticent Pooja Bhatt.