It stars Karisma Kapoor as the eponymous lead,[2] along with Hrithik Roshan as her terrorist brother and Jaya Bachchan as their mother.

Fiza's innocent younger brother, Amaan, disappears during the 1993 Bombay riots to save his life after his friend Firoz was brutally killed.

He narrates how he survived riots and the horrendous views he witnessed amidst this and how Murad Khan involved him in his terrorist group after saving his life.

Amaan tries to find a job as he doesn't want to be a burden on his sister and mother but is repeatedly rejected due to his shady past.

A confrontation with two men who harass Fiza leads Amaan to reveal his involvement with the terrorist network to his sister, mother, and the police.

Khalid Mohammed originally wanted to have Ram Gopal Varma direct this movie when he finished the script and had Urmila Matondkar in mind for the central role of Fiza, which was eventually played by Kapoor.

[10][11][12] Vinayak Chakravorty from Hindustan Times gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Fiza is more than just about Mohammed's foray into film-making.

"[13] Mimmy Jain of The Indian Express, in a positive review, wrote, "Fiza is the kind of movie that every critic prays will never come his way.

[15] Suman Tarafdar of Filmfare gave a positive review of the film and Kapoor's acting,[16] and Chaya Unnikrishnan of Screen praised the performances and concluded that Fiza "does live upto the expectations".

[18] Dinesh Raheja of India Today praised the performances but concluded: "Fiza remains watchable for its captivatingly-captured sequences within a close-knit family.

"[19] In May 2010, Fiza was one of the 14 Hindi films selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center to be screened as part of a section called "Muslim Cultures of Bombay Cinema" which aims to "celebrate and explore the rich influence of Muslim cultural and social traditions on the cinema of Bombay to the present".

[26] It features popular songs like "Aaja Mahiya", "Aankh Milaoongi", "Tu Fiza Hai" and "Mehboob Mere".

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 25,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was one of the highest-selling of the year.