The film asks uncomfortable questions: Can you choose your identity over your blood? Is justice blind when family is involved?
: Before this film, Ajay Devgn was largely seen as an overnight "action star" following his debut in Phool Aur Kaante . Director Mahesh Bhatt recalled a conversation with Ajay’s father, the legendary action director Veeru Devgan, who told him: "If my son works with you, he will become an actor. Right now, he is just a star" . Naajayaz was designed to force Ajay to "hold his own" against a veteran powerhouse like Naseeruddin Shah.
On the other side stands as Ranjit , the undisputed king of the Mumbai mafia. Ranjit is not a one-dimensional villain; he is a philosopher, a poet, and a man who believes that society made him a criminal.