After Dutt was arrested for giving shelter to terrorists and smuggling arms, he was in his worst days ever. During the period after his last blockbuster Khalnayak from 1993-1997, he was in prison. Though, he was released in 1995 to complete some of his films and re arrested and re released in 1997. Luckily, he completed his unfinished films in time but failed to complete his dubbing. To make matters worse, all of Sanju's films releasing after 1993 post Khalnayak till Dushman 1998, were either flops or washouts at the market. Namak was released in 1996 and this was too in the time period of when he was in prison. Namak wasn't a flop nor a disaster. It was a complete washout earning a few lakhs and maybe a few crores in its lifetime earnings, this film was the mother of disasters at its time of release. The audience found this film to be another typical family drama which turns into a mindless action film and it is poorly handled. Kawal Sharma the director was an assistant director to main super hit film making directors. But sadly, he couldn't create the magic his seniors could. The film has a age old story dealing with enemities in the big family and how the servant Dutt will become the leader after lots of family arguments and finish of the betraying elder cousins. Dutt gives another trash performance after his previous films like Zamana Se Kya Dara although Andolan was a decent film and so was Aatish. His voice is again dubbed by Chetan Shasital which doesn't suit him at all. He sleepwalks through his role and provides no effort just like he did in 5 flops last year though his 6th flop Andolan was a good movie and Aaatish was a hit. On the whole, Namak doesn't work even with the good concept of changing a family drama into an action film which doesn't work even in the 90s. A must avoid for even Sanju fans who will be disappointed mostly at Dutt's dubbing by Chetan Shashital.