that, Vijay is able to settle the court payments. Priti tells Rajesh that she can never forgive him for the atrocities he inflicted on her family and orders him to leave for good. Nisha and Ajay unite, and the family finally comes together and lives happily as it used to be before. Cast Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Kapoor Raakhee as Pratima Kapoor Akshay Kumar as Ajay Kapoor Juhi Chawla as Priti Kapoor Purohit Karishma Kapoor as Nisha Thapar Kapoor Mohnish Behl as Rajesh Purohit Simone Singh as Priya Kapoor Alok Nath as Jagmohan Thapar Shakti Kapoor as Ladoo Ashish Vidyarthi as Hari Singh Sharat Saxena as Police Inspector Swarnvijay Shergill Avtar Gill as Vivek Khanna Anang Desai as Brijbhan "Brij" Singh Kunika as Sweety Aunty Suniel Shetty as himself (special appearance) Vrajesh Hirjee as Ramesh, the stall owner. Nagma as herself in the song "Mulakat" (special appearance) Soundtrack The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan while lyrics were by Sameer. The album was the tenth most sold album of 2001. Manish Dhamija from Planet Bollywood gave 7.5 stars stating, Release Critical reception Dharmesh Rajput of BBCi-Films gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising the performance of Amitabh Bachchan stating, "the real pleasure of this film is Amitabh's performance — is it any wonder he was voted best actor at the BBC Online Millennium Polls? This man is good value for money on the big screen". N.K Deoshi of Apunkachoice.com also gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars but said "Suneel Darshan had all the ingredients to make a blockbuster, a celluloid virtuoso like Big B, a bevy of willowy beauties Karisma, Juhi and Simone Singh and, last but not the least, the khiladi Akshay Kumar. But despite such an impressive ensemble Ek Rishta turns out to be quite a disappointing fare". Savera R Someshwar of Rediff.com gave the a negative review calling the screenplay terrible but praised the performances of Amitabh, Akshay, Karishma, Rakhee Gulzar, Juhi Chawla and Mohnish Behl. Box office It was the seventh highest-grossing Hindi film of 2001. Home media Ek Rishtaa was released on DVD on 6 August 2001 across all regions in an NTSC-format single disc by Tip Top Video. A high-definition DVD version, with audio and video digitally restored, was later released by Shemaroo Entertainment. Even after Ek Rishtaas box office success, as he had with his previous works, Darshan refused to sell