Ever since Bachchan returned from politics, his successful streak ended and he chose some of the worst films ever. If Toofan and Jaadugar(from 1989) weren't horrible enough, then check out films like Ajooba(1991), Indrajeet(1991), and Insaniyat(1991). All these films flopped terribly and even if Akayla(1991) was a flop, it was somewhat decent. Hum(1991) was a hit and a damn good film. Aaj Ka Arjun(1990) was a hit but it wasn't anything great, Agneepath(1990) flopped but it was brilliant and Bachchan got a national award for his performance. This was a decline period for him and sadly, he had more losses than wins in the last of the 80s and most of the 90s.
Insaniyat(1994) was actually started in 1991 but got delayed and finally released in 1994 because Nutan and Vinod Mehra passed away, the film also had some production problems. The film was supposed to be the right action comeback Bachchan needed from a streak a flops from 1991-1994. Yes Khuda Gawah(1992) despite being a nice film flopped and Sadhu Sant never released. Insaniyat was planned with Bachchan in a guest role and the heroes were Sunny Deol and Chunky Pandey but all that changed and Bachchan became the main hero. The film was pinned with expectations and people though it would become one of Bachchan's biggest hits because not only were the songs decent, the combination of Amitabh, Sunny, and Chunky was considered strong. Sadly, this film become one of the worst ever.
There is no actual story of the film, the start is clichéd yet promising with Amitabh's childhood and him beating a villain. The film is actually about Bachchan a police officer who is after the villain and his brother(the main villain after the initial villain dies) and he plans to do this by making enemies Sunny and Chunky friends. That doesn't happen smoothly, Bachchan finds out his mom is alive and his little brother is the eye witness of some murder. His mom doesn't recognize him but hates him for not being able to save his brother from dying. Bachchan kills the hired assassins only to be arrested and sentenced to be hanged for murdering 3 innocent people(who are actually corrupt). Sunny and Chunky plan to kill the villain Anupam Kher and Amitabh escapes from jail to join the duo. Watch how Bachchan and the duo kill the villains in a prolonged climax only if your choice of action movies is this poor.
Direction by Tony is extremely poor, not only does the script let him down but he doesn't put in much effort to make the film rise above the shabby script. This kind of story has been used millions of times in the past and it's the handling that decides whether a typical film like this will work. This factor goes completely against the movie as well. Not only are most scenes stupid but how certain people survive from explosions aren't explained. After Bachchan goes to prison, the film becomes even worse with some stupid planning to harm the villain and the film just goes on and on till it reaches the climax where Amitabh kills the villain. There are only a few well handled scenes like the scenes between Amitabh, Sunny, and Chunky, the murder Amitabh commits to avenge his deceased brother, and some dialogs Amitabh gets to speak. Apart from that, this is one of the worst action movies from the 90s.
Amitabh Bachchan is not at his best here, he hams terribly in some scenes but his dialog delivery is powerful in some scenes making the film watchable in those small portions. His expressions are timed well but his overacting in parts ruins his performance. Sunny Deol's performance fails to deliver completely here. His voice is dubbed by some guy who fails to sound like Deol and some of the scenes involving his own story is poorly handled and explained. Chunky Pandey was never a good actor though he provides decent support to Sunny and Amitabh. However, his act is nothing great. The heroines don't have much to do but they look good and they are well used in the songs. Goga Kapoor is hardly present in the film and his character gets killed by Bachchan in the beginning, he just hams it up as the villain. Anupam Kher also hams it up badly as the chief villain, he cuts his own leg off to survive a train accident and why he doesn't feel any pain makes no sense at all. Prem Chopra is wasted in a role that requires him to act as the stupid and timid inspector afraid of crocodiles. The rest provide poor support that the film needed.
On the whole, Insaniyat is one of those crap Hindi action films that should've never been made. Not only did this film successfully cripple Amitabh's career but also gave Sunny Deol a flop who was going good in 1993 with many hits.
Insaniyat(1994) was actually started in 1991 but got delayed and finally released in 1994 because Nutan and Vinod Mehra passed away, the film also had some production problems. The film was supposed to be the right action comeback Bachchan needed from a streak a flops from 1991-1994. Yes Khuda Gawah(1992) despite being a nice film flopped and Sadhu Sant never released. Insaniyat was planned with Bachchan in a guest role and the heroes were Sunny Deol and Chunky Pandey but all that changed and Bachchan became the main hero. The film was pinned with expectations and people though it would become one of Bachchan's biggest hits because not only were the songs decent, the combination of Amitabh, Sunny, and Chunky was considered strong. Sadly, this film become one of the worst ever.
There is no actual story of the film, the start is clichéd yet promising with Amitabh's childhood and him beating a villain. The film is actually about Bachchan a police officer who is after the villain and his brother(the main villain after the initial villain dies) and he plans to do this by making enemies Sunny and Chunky friends. That doesn't happen smoothly, Bachchan finds out his mom is alive and his little brother is the eye witness of some murder. His mom doesn't recognize him but hates him for not being able to save his brother from dying. Bachchan kills the hired assassins only to be arrested and sentenced to be hanged for murdering 3 innocent people(who are actually corrupt). Sunny and Chunky plan to kill the villain Anupam Kher and Amitabh escapes from jail to join the duo. Watch how Bachchan and the duo kill the villains in a prolonged climax only if your choice of action movies is this poor.
Direction by Tony is extremely poor, not only does the script let him down but he doesn't put in much effort to make the film rise above the shabby script. This kind of story has been used millions of times in the past and it's the handling that decides whether a typical film like this will work. This factor goes completely against the movie as well. Not only are most scenes stupid but how certain people survive from explosions aren't explained. After Bachchan goes to prison, the film becomes even worse with some stupid planning to harm the villain and the film just goes on and on till it reaches the climax where Amitabh kills the villain. There are only a few well handled scenes like the scenes between Amitabh, Sunny, and Chunky, the murder Amitabh commits to avenge his deceased brother, and some dialogs Amitabh gets to speak. Apart from that, this is one of the worst action movies from the 90s.
Amitabh Bachchan is not at his best here, he hams terribly in some scenes but his dialog delivery is powerful in some scenes making the film watchable in those small portions. His expressions are timed well but his overacting in parts ruins his performance. Sunny Deol's performance fails to deliver completely here. His voice is dubbed by some guy who fails to sound like Deol and some of the scenes involving his own story is poorly handled and explained. Chunky Pandey was never a good actor though he provides decent support to Sunny and Amitabh. However, his act is nothing great. The heroines don't have much to do but they look good and they are well used in the songs. Goga Kapoor is hardly present in the film and his character gets killed by Bachchan in the beginning, he just hams it up as the villain. Anupam Kher also hams it up badly as the chief villain, he cuts his own leg off to survive a train accident and why he doesn't feel any pain makes no sense at all. Prem Chopra is wasted in a role that requires him to act as the stupid and timid inspector afraid of crocodiles. The rest provide poor support that the film needed.
On the whole, Insaniyat is one of those crap Hindi action films that should've never been made. Not only did this film successfully cripple Amitabh's career but also gave Sunny Deol a flop who was going good in 1993 with many hits.