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Starring: Sanjay Suri, Gul Panag, Jackie Shroff, Mita
Vasisht, Shruti Seth, Raj Zutshi, Sudha Chandran, Anoop
Menon
Directed by Rajiv Nath
Anubhav
has many layers and talks about how life is not
completely black or white.
It is about a character that takes a positive stand in
life, gets on with his decision and then eventually
looses his way.
One point precisely conveyed in Anubhav by director
Rajiv Nath is that men are as vulnerable to sexual abuse
as women in the Bollywood which is the Hindi film
industry based in Mumbai.
Anubhav (Sanjay Suri), Antara (Shruthi Seth) and Aadi (Anoop
Menon) who nurture big Bollywood dreams, are products of
the Bombay theatre academy. It is by now generally known
what all it takes to face the struggle in Bollywood and
achieve the success a struggler dreams of.
During his struggling times, Anubhav comes across Meera
(Gul Panag) who excitedly declares that she is his fan.
They fall in love and get married against Meera’s rich
parents’ wishes.
These unanticipated turn of events drives Anubhav to
become a gigolo who trades his body to sex hungry woman
in return of money. While he is satisfying his clients,
he imagines them to be characters in a movie. These
thoughts drive him to a point when he doesn’t realize
who he is, a gigolo, an actor or an ordinary man.
Towards the end, there is a melodramatic angle about
Anubhav’s new born daughter’s illness and how his wife
thinks that their daughter is dead.
Sanjay Suri, who plays the title role is the only saving
grace in this film. He is brilliant in those touchy
scenes where he is shown grieving and is unhappy with
his decision to be a gigolo to save his newborn
daughter. He is ably supported by Gul Panag, who plays
his wife, who is impressive in the emotional scenes.
Sudha Chandran and Raj Zutshi have not much in their
parts. Jackie Shroff too is wasted in this role.
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They are now supported and backed by the theatre guru
Ibrahim Vakil (Jackie Shroff). Meanwhile Anubhav’s friend
Aadi gets a producer for the film which is supposed to be
an adaptation of famous Shakespearean play, Hamlet.
Anubhav is in the main lead of that film which gets stuck
midway owing to a sudden demise of their producer. It is
at the same time that his wife Meera runs into some
pregnancy complications which in turn lead to an
unexpected turn of destiny for him.
The basic premise of the film is really interesting
since its topical and such things do happen in present
times in Bollywood. It is sad that a National Award
winning director Rajiv Nath has come out with this
average fare, especially since the fundamental theme
could have been tackled with a more sensitivity. Nothing
much in this film.
- Amarjeet
Cast:
Anubhav - Sanjay Suri
Meera - Gul Kirat Panag
Antara - Shruti Seth
Aadi - Anoop Menon
Ibrahim Vakil - Jackie Shroff
Mita Vasisht
Rajendranath Zutshi
Sudha Chandran
Credits & Crew:
Director: Rajiv Nath
Screenplay Writer - Anoop Menon
Cinematography - Azhagappan
Associate Director - Shankar Ramakrishnan
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