But since he was tasked with a carbon-copy impression of Gabbar from "Sholay", his villain Jageera was on the whole less interesting than the character's pet vultures (who were overused to a fault). ) Mukesh Tiwari tried hard, in his film début. The role allotted to poor Tinnu Anand, for example, was less memorable than that given the character's dog. But the rest of the ten 'old soldiers' were given nothing to work with. Naseeruddin Shah delivered, as did Danny Denzongpa (always one of India's most underrated actors, in my opinion). I had thought, when I bought the movie, how could a film possibly go wrong with such a fantastic cast of great veteran actors? Casting the two Puris - Om Puri and Amrish Puri - as, well, two Puris was a nice touch, I'll grant you. But "China Gate" was so poorly done that at every single major crisis point I predicted EXACTLY what was going to happen, simply because the equivalent character in "Sholay" did this or Toshiro Mafune in "The Seven Samurai" did that. "China Gate" is better described as COMPLETELY derivative of the two referenced classic movies. Credited as an homage to the Japanese master director Akira Kurosawa, "China Gate" (1998) offers zero suspense whatsoever. If a viewer has seen both the classic films "Sholay" (1975) and "The Seven Samurai" (1954).
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