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Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages: Hindi Subtitles: English Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2001 Running Time: 140
Piya (Sandali) is a young girl who falls in love with Shekar (Priyanshu), without knowing that he is the man who hides a dark past ? one which would shatter Piya if she knew about it. She was once in love with another man (Rakesh) who was tragically killed and the accidental killer is none other than Shekhar. Piya now runs the business that her dead lover owned and she takes the help of Abhi (Himanshu), in making crucial business decisions. Abhi is secretly in love with Piya too????. This love-story, depicting love, fate and sacrifice, is the first directorial venture by television-serial director, Anubhav Sinha. Music for the film is composed by Nikhil ? Vijay. The film has been shot in scenic locales in Calgary, Canada.
There is a lot to learn from the T-Series philosophy of using talented debutantes to come up with a film product. By doing this the film can be backed by superb production values since a lot of money has already been saved by not having super-stars on the roster. And if one were to go by the box-office reports of recent releases, Anubhav Sinha's 'Tum Bin' is holding steady in urban centers against such movies as 'Aks'.
The plot itself is not very new. Shades of it was tried by Gulzar not so long ago in 'Kinara'. Ofcourse Gulzar is a poet first and hence his handiwork was decidedly more fluid and it is Anubhav Sinha's first feature film effort in any case, so one hopes there can be only better stuff to be expected.
The movie begins with the shot of a young man living in a studio apartment when he actually could have been living in a huge bungalow left behind by his parents. The young man Shekhar(Priyanshu in a competent performance) is visited by a friend from Canada (establishing the overseas link) who complains as to why he will not mend his lonely ways. They go to a party and happen upon another young tycoon(Rakesh) who is in Mumbai to ink a deal for Shah Industries, the conglomerate he runs back home in Calgary, also in Canada. Hindi movies have these astonishing instances of people criss crossing each others' lives. If one were to believe them, the only people inhabiting this world are the ones shown on screen. But we nit pick !!
A freak and tragic accident later, Shekhar is left with nothing but a heavy conscience for which he has to visit Calgary to set things right. In Calgary he meets Rakesh's family, his fiancee and an ailing Shah Industries that has taken a beating at the stock market, following the sudden departure of its main driving force. Conveniently then, Shekhar who is incidently also equipped with an MBA and the requisite work experience steps in to help the managing director Piya (Sandali) save the company and the lives of the people Shekhar has inadvertently wrecked. What follows is a tale of ups and downs till everything settles down as in most Hindi movies.
The acting by Priyanshu and Himanshu (he plays a competing tycoon) are good. Sandali tries very hard but is not at all natural at the job of emoting. Vikram Gokhale as the grief struck father is wasted. I wonder what he was doing in this enterprise. Navneet Nishaan and Rajendra Gupta provide some moments of comic relief. Vrajesh Hirjee hams to the core. Once again here's an actor (if anyone has seen him on stage in 'All The Best' they would readily concur) who is capable of much much more but is totally wasted.
The cinematography by Vijay Arora (he also shot 'Jungle') is breathtaking. Here is a technician worth watching out for. The editing is slick and helps keep the pace nice. The music is nothing worth noting except for the song 'Choti Choti Baatein'. The choreography by Remo is alright, but nothing spectacular.
It is certainly not recommended that one spend expensive dollars to see this movie in the theater but may not be such a waste of time on the small screen.
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