Waqt: The Race Against Time

Waqt (Hindi: वक़्त, Urdu: وقت, English: Time) is a Hindi film, released in India and the United Kingdom on 22 April 2005. It is a remake of a 1999 Malayalam movie Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal.

Waqt is loaded with family drama and comedy. It has its comic element in the form of the bumbling servant Laxman, who misunderstands the most simple requests made of him in a style reminiscent of certain Shakespearian comic relief characters. The drama comes from the conflict between the father Ishwarchand and son Aditya. More comes from knowing critical facts that other characters don't know which would completely change their perspectives.

Priyanka Chopra electrocuted herself during the song "Do Me A Favour Let's Play Holi". She spent a day in hospital.^[1]

Plot

Ishwarchand Thakur (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra Thakur (Shefali Shah) are a married couple who run a toy factory together. They have a son called Aditya Thakur (Akshay Kumar) who does not have any interest in responsibility or what he wants to do in life. It gets even worse when he elopes with his girlfriend, Pooja (Priyanka Chopra), the daughter of Natu (Boman Irani).

When Pooja gets pregnant, both Ishwar and Sumitra decide to make Aditya realise his responsibilities, as he will have to take care of his wife and child. They take drastic measures and throw Aditya out the house along with Pooja. As a result, he and she live in a room at the back of the house in the garden. The force becomes so bad that Aditya begins to hate his father and they do not speak to each other for a long time. At the same time Aditya becomes aware of his role in life.

However, Ishwar has done all this for a reason and is hiding something from Aditya. Ishwar is trying to make sure that his son is secure but because he is suffering from lung cancer and he wants his son to be responsible. Aditya succeeds in becoming a responsible man and also finds out the truth about his father when his father comes for his performance on the stage. He steps on the stage but instead he asks the audience to pray to god to give a minute of their lives to keep his father alive until his son's birth. His father is alive until his son is born and he names the baby boy 'Ishwar' after himself and he dies. The movie reaches its climax with Aditya welcoming children at his father's toy factory and playing with an alone, disabled boy like Ishwar did at the start of the film with his family there including his toddler Ishwar. The spirit of Ishwar touches Sumitra's flowers in her hair and it reminds her of the old times.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Ishwarchand Thakur
• Akshay Kumar as Aditya
• Priyanka Chopra as Pooja (Mitali)
• Boman Irani as Nattu, Pooja's father
• Rajpal Yadav as a Servant
• Shefali Shah as Sumitra Thakur
• Anu Malik as a DJ in song, "Miraksam"
• Benjamin Gilani as a Director

Box office

The film was successful at the Indian Box Office with a net gross of 20,48,00,000 and a distributors share of 11,50,00,000, however Overseas/Internationally the film was a Hit and grossed 70,000,000 in the UK and 4,500,000 in North America.^[2]

Awards

• Nominated - Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female - Priyanka Chopra

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Anu Malik and Aatish Kapadia. The lyrics are penned by Sameer and Aatish Kapadia.

Track listing

References

External links

• Waqt: The Race Against Time at the Internet Movie Database