Woh Lamhe

Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Kangana Raut, Purab, Shaan Randhawa
Director: Mohit Suri
Music: Pritam. Excellent music.
Action: Not much. More of a serious drama
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Mohit Suri comes up with a very serious film high on emotion and drama. The performances of the cast are commendable. The screenplay is very good and keeps the viewers gripped to the storyline.

The top draw in the movie is the performance of Kangana Raut and the music. Kangana Raut’s portrayal of a schizophrenic is outstanding. The trainsition from a normal person to one with bouts of schizophrenia within a single scene is excellent. The negative however is that her character has shades of her previous role in the film Gangster especially the costumes and the portrayal of an alcoholic smoker look a bit stereotypical.

Shiney Ahuja just seems to go through the motions and doesn’t really do anything outstanding. Purab’s role is worth a mention and so is Shaad Randhawa who comes up with a rather decent debut although he looks really stoned.

The plot is about wannabe director Aditya Grehwal who aspires to make it big and considers himself a creative genius and his love with a top actress Sanaa Asim which is modeled on the lines of the Mahesh Bhatt-Parveen Babi historyline. Aditya tries hurting Sanaa’s ego to get her interested in his movie which he does. However he falls in love with her during the making of the film. The first half is at a very good pace with a nice storyline and great music. The second half is about how Aditya discovers that Sanaa Azim is actually a schizophrenic and tries to rescue her from degenerating into psycho.

The music by Pritam is very good and adds very well to the feel of the movie. There is a extremely generous bit of skin show by kangana but she also scores high on her acting skills as well. A good film to watch.