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By Taran Adarsh, April 15, 2005 - 17:14 IST
Every once in a while comes a film which makes you sit back and think.
Produced by Pritish Nandy Communications and directed by Sudhir Mishra, HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI, which has already won several international accolades, lives up the expectations. It is an awe-inspiring socio-political drama.
HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI revolves around three characters primarily: Siddharth [Kay Kay], Geeta [Chitrangada] and Vikram [Shiny Ahuja]. It is a love story against a backdrop of a politically decaying India, from the late 1960s to the 1970s.
Geeta is in love with Siddharth, but politics is Siddharth's first love. Vikram too is in love with Geeta, but she treats him as a mere friend. Geeta gets married to a bureaucrat in Britain. Vikram becomes a fixer in the corridors of power in Delhi, whilst Siddharth decides to join the Naxal movement in Bihar.
HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI is a realistic film handled with ?n by Sudhir Mishra. The start of the film itself gives you the jitters! Scripted by Mishra, Ruchi Narain and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, the film has several interesting moments. But the execution of the subject is such, it caters more to the intelligentsia or the discerning viewer.
Cinematography captures the mood of the film with precision. The background score is appropriate.
HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI is embellished with fine performances, by the principal performers mainly. While Kay Kay might be the best known of the lot, there is no denying that the film belongs to Ahuja. He is perfect in the role of the cocky powerbroker from Delhi.
Kay Kay and Chitrangada, playing complex characters, are competent as well. The actor enacting the role of Geeta's husband is efficient.
On the whole, HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI is a shining example of quality cinema. At the box-office, it holds appeal for the discerning viewer mainly.
 
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