Bas Ek Pal (2006)
Nikhil Kapoor decides to re-locate from Parksville, USA to Bombay; meets with Anamika Joshi and instantly falls in love with her but she does not reciprocate. When he sees her again, she is in the company of a possessive male, Farhad, who does not permit Nikhil to even talk with her. When Nikhil persists, an altercation ensues, weapons are drawn and Rahul, Nikhil's friend, is shot and ends losing the use of his legs, and Nikhil is arrested. After 3 years, Ira Malhotra enters Nikhil's life, hears his story and decides to assist him - not knowing that this move will jeopardize not only her life but also three other lives.
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Strong and Moving!
Overrated and overhyped
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
People say it's a "complex" movie . Hello if the audience here is not even prepared to watch such films then nothing but the sad plight of Indian cinema is reflected.This film not only portrays the fact that we are nothing but puppets in the hands of destiny but it also unerringly maps the rival geography of the human heart. So, I feel BEP is a winner and it also scores over MBN.Most people these days watch movies after hearing the reviews and that too on DVDs. So whether a film is a Box-Office hit or not , today it hardly matters for the reputation of the film.BEP has a superb cast.I am spellbound to watch Juhi and Jimmy in such roles .Hats-off to Onir to bring out the best in such a talented cast and most importantly because he projected the actors in a way never before.Bravo Onir .Kuddos to you .Keep up the good work
As has happened so often before, the Indian reaction to this movie doesn't predict my reaction at all. I have to say that Urmila Matondkar makes the most interesting movies! Banaras, Bas Ek Pal, Main Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Ek Hasina Thi, Tehzeeb. There is a MINUTE number of artists in the India movie trade who can produce on that level over and over. But in this movie, she is matched with a fine cast. I'm not a great Jimmy Shergill fan, but I gotta say that drop him down with Urmila, Juhi, and Sanjay Suri, and he blends into that environment. And when that happens, he's a different guy.This is a very mixed up but realistic plot about a guy who falls in love with a girl he runs into when he goes out for a good time with his buddy. But he has no idea just what a tangled mess he's stepping into (sorta like Bush in Iraq!) Soon he finds himself charged with attempted murder, caged with the worst scum of Mumbai, his life in tatters. I think this is also one of the SCARIEST movies I've seen because something like this could happen to any of us. It is really the grace of God that saves us, nothing else.Juhi of course is pure gold. If its possible to be in love with a complete stranger you only see on the screen, them I'm in love with her. I know if I met her in real life, I'd be useless to the world because I'd be able to think of nothing but her.What I really liked in this movie was the quiet dialogue with mood-setting music in the background. It is so rare in Indian movies, but I hardly wanted to breathe, the mood seemed so fragile.Anyway, the critics who badmouth this movie are TOTALLY wrong. The fans who shunned it are TOTALLY wrong. This is a 9/10 if there ever was one.But if your idea of a good movie is Krish or Rang De Basanti, don't see this. You won't like it.
I have seen many a movies and have only seldolmly come across such a vague storyline....twist and turn like Chinese noodles....The good part of the movie is that I cant describe it to be slow or fast....it has everything.The character selection is perfect. Juhi Chawla as of course done the role of Rita very well. What surprised me however was the suttleness of all the characters and instances where how you would think that you would react in such a situation ~(which of course is not filmi.). I can obviously recommend it to persons who love watching modern lifestyle and its predicaments.I would definitely rate it good to give it a better average than it is now. The readers can understand that I specially made a profile in IMDb as I did not like the comments logged for this film.
OKay first of all, I was really surprised to GET tickets for this movie the day it released. On top of that , I was wondering HOW only the top 3 rows were full and the rest of the theatre EMpty! I mean, does word spread so fast about the movie?? I don't think I've ever seen such a vague story line. Seemed like even the director/screenplay writer had no clue where he wanted to take the audience.And yes, unlike some other fine directors (Lage Raho Munnabhai for eg), this dude seems to take the audience to have IQs of less than 10.Story is something like this.A,B,C,D and E are the main players. A sees B in a Discotheque and falls for her. C is friend from childhood days. D is C's Friend and E is D's wife. So an "accident" happens and A shoots C and C is crippled for life.A gets to spend 3 harrowing years in the jail. All the while A lives Solely with B's memories in his heart. Why? I cannot fathom the reason how he can fall in love sooo deeply with one e has met but twice! Meanwhile C is all set to marry B, who probably "loves" me out of pity since she holds herself partly responsible.D is an alcoholic and a wife beater and does not allow E to leave.E meanwhile has had an affair with C. D kills everyone around him including himiself. Only C & B remain in the end.Okay too confusing isn't it? Welcome to BAS EK PAL