Bewafaa

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Bewafaa

Movie poster for Bewafaa
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Produced by Boney Kapoor
Written by Dharmesh Darshan
Starring Akshay Kumar
Anil Kapoor
Manoj Bajpayee
Kareena Kapoor
Sushmita Sen
Shamita Shetty
Music by Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography W.B. Rao
Distributed by Sridevi Productions
Release dates 25 February 2005
Running time 151 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget INR200 million (US$3.2 million)
Box office INR853.6 million (US$14 million)

Bewafaa (English: Unfaithful) is a 2005 Bollywood romantic drama musical film starring Akshay kumar, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Manoj Bajpai, Sushmita Sen, Shamita Shetty and Kabir Bedi. The film is directed by Dharmesh Darshan who had earlier directed films like Raja Hindustani (1996) and Dhadkan (2000). Bewafaa tells the story of changing morals and values in a fast-changing world, with the tagline "When cultures meet." Bewafaa was produced by Boney Kapoor, with music composed by Nadeem-Shravan. It borrows a lot of elements from the 1963 film Gumrah.

Synopsis

Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) is the younger daughter of her Canadian mother (Nafisa Ali) and Indian father (Kabir Bedi), living in the city of Montreal, Quebec. She shares a healthy relationship with her parents but has a secret to hide. She reveals this secret only to her elder sister Aarti (Sushmita Sen).

The secret is her love for a budding musician Raja (Akshay Kumar). Raja is not a rich man, but that does not deter Anjali from loving him. Aarti assures Anjali and Raja that she will convince her parents of their true love.

But unfortunately fate has different plans for them. Aarti passes away on the birth of her twin babies. Circumstances force Anjali to marry Aarti's husband, Aditya Sahai (Anil Kapoor). With the much older and mature Aditya, Anjali migrates to New Delhi.

Aditya is a business tycoon who hardly finds any time for his sister-in-law turned wife or his two lovable daughters. Anjali fulfills every role asked for her by society but cannot bridge the gap between herself and Aditya. She finds herself in a marriage that has no compatibility but only compromise. Her only source of solace are her two endearing girls.

Amidst all this, one day Raja, who is now a famous fusion singer, walks back into her life. Suddenly Anjali is torn. She begins hanging out with Raja. When Aditya returns, he senses a change in her and decides to look into it. He seeks the help of his friends, a flamboyant couple — Dil and Pallavi Arora (Manoj Bajpai and Shamita Shetty). After revealing to Anjali that he did know about Raja and acknowledging that Anjali is not at fault, Aditya gives her the freedom to choose between Raja and himself. She chooses Aditya over Raja, not only because of her duty as a mother, but also because she realises that she loves Aditya. Raja leaves and Anjali embarks on a tour with her husband.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod, with the lyrics authored by Sameer, using the voices of Ghulam Ali, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan, Sonu Niigam, Alka Yagnik, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sapna Mukherjee, Shantanu Mukherjee(aka Shaan). The song "Mera Dil" was recorded in voices of Udit Narayan, Sonu, Shaan although the respective have dissimilar lyrics and depict different emotions. Although the movie tanked at the box office, the songs were chartbusters. (This was the first and only time so far that Lata Mangeshkar sang for Nadeem - Shravan - Ronak Shah).

Song Singer(s)
Ek Dilruba Hai (Part 1- Mera Dil) Udit Narayan
Pyaar Ki Raahein (Part 2- Mera Dil) Shaan
Ek Bewafaa Hai (Part 3- Mera Dil) Sonu Niigam
Pyar Ka Anjaam Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Sapna Mukherjee
Kaise Piya Se Lata Mangeshkar
Ishq Chupta Nahin Abhijeet
Kehta Hai Kabutar Asha Bhosle & Shaan
Teri Yaad Yaad Ghulam Ali

Trivia

After their older sisters Karisma Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty worked with each other in the movies Rishtey and Jaanwar, Kareena Kapoor and Shamita Shetty worked together this time in Bewafaa. Also, the plot is taken from the Telugu movie Abhinandana

Response

The film had an average opening, and collected Rs.10 crores. Box Office India declared the film as an below average grosser.

Reviews

The film got positive reviews,[1][2] with the performances getting also good notices.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/review/7383.html
  2. ↑ http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Bewafaa/
  3. ↑ http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/7205/index.html

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