This is a Hindi film based on NRI couple based in London. The leading ladies of the movie are not able to speak Hindi well, however the movie is made in Hindi language.
Bollywood in the past decades did seem to have been slowly shed its conservative approach but Aruna Shields seems to have broken all the barriers. Going bold and baring all, Aruna Shields is the most talked about pretty young thing in the entertainment fraternity. According to Aruna nudity is not the highlight of the movie. There is nude scenes in the movie but is shot from sideways, or pixeled out.
Society is not willing to take extra marital affairs, they take it as accidents which happends to others. You only get a jolt when it actually happens to you or to someone you know. The movie has four main characters. Mrs. Singh (Aruna Shields), an agony aunt columnist, is obviously agonized upon discovering her husband’s infidelity. It is the story of Ashwin Mehta and Neera Singh, who find that their spouses are having an affair. Ashwin Mehtan is a talented painter still waiting for the world to discover him. However his wife has confidence in Ashwin’s talent. This causes Mrs. Singh (Aruna Shields) and Mr. Mehta (Prashant Narayanan) to be drawn to each other and seek comfort in each other’s company.
While he is confident in his art, in his personal life Ashwin is unable to stand up for himself. He is someone who is living on his wife’s money and loves her so much.
It is one of the few adult films bollywood has to offer. In one way the film is a type of wife swapping, eventhough unintentional. And the fact that it is dealt with a degree of understatement and maturity, with a great music score (Ustad Shujat Hussain Khan and Sharang Dev) to translate the emotional quotient on to the screen, makes it a decent watch. The film seems to be generating a lot of buzz only for the kissing and the nude scenes. Even though there are many nude scenes involving Aruna Shields, she was very professional and did a wonderful job. The movie is not meant to titillate anyone so there were no vulgar scenes. Every shot is done very aesthetically.
It’s a bold film, not just in terms of the sheer physicality of it but also because Pravesh has dared to raise some uncomfortable questions where (other) people tend to play safe.
Cast: Aruna Shields, Naved Aslam, Lucy Hassan, Prashant Narayanan
Direction: Pravesh Bhardwaj
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