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Synopsis: Author Shaukat Vashisht lives a wealthy life-style in India with his wife, Antara, who is a College Teacher. Shaukat achieves fame when he is nominated for the Booker prize, and goes on to win it. His publishers, hoping that they have unleashed a goldmine, are disappointed with his subsequent works, and soon Shaukat is depressed to such an extent that he almost gives up writing. Then he decides to write a story on a woman named Tamanna, and figures that he will base this story on none other than Antara herself. For this purpose he starts to make note of her every movement, and it is then that he finds out that she has an admirer in fellow-teacher, Yash, a dashing young man - with a bright future ahead of him. Shaukat also finds out that Antara has never mentioned Yash to him, nor has she informed Yash that she is married. Watch how his obsession with Tamanna blurs Shaukat's reality with fiction and hallucination - with hopes still high that he will make a come-back and be nominated aga
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Leena Yadav
Production: Contentino
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Year:
2005
140 min
206 Views


But you're forever ahead or trailing

Are you scared of your folks?

Sorry, but why must you be angry?

What mistake have I made?

You must've been bored arranging

the clothes in the wardrobe...

I'm only keeping you entertained!

Mother's right

Good deeds aren't meant

for these sinful times

You talk so much, Yash, one never

knows where you start and where you end

You know Antara? You are right.

The world is round.

Go where you want to,

you'll return to the same place

Why're you wearing that ugly look?

Because I'm not feeling like

laughing at what you're saying

All right, let me try

something else

If I don't make you laugh by the

time we get there, my name...

sorry, I'll take a ride up there!

What sort of a joke is this, Yash?

- Laugh, if you think it's a joke!

Okay, Lalaji and Laliji once arrived...

- I'm going home

Lalaji said to Laliji...

"What will you give me if I reach

the peak of that mountain?"

This is not funny.

Laliji was a bit shy.

Lalaji again asked her...

"what will you give me if

I make it to that peak?"

Guess what Laliji said?

She said...

A push!

Should I make dinner

for the lady?

What happened?

- How did she leave him alone like this?

He'll leave water all over the place!

And we can't even stop him

Take off this blindfold, Yash.

- My eyes are open. Trust me

Ask her whatever you want to.

Damayanti knows everything. Sit down

Damayanti...?

- About you, about me...

about today and tomorrow...

she knows it all

crazy

You have something to lose

and something to gain

You'll get to discover a very

crucial truth. Do you want to?

The same old story told afresh.

From childhood to adolescence

Dreams of those days of youth,

you shall now revisit

"Tell me, someone...

what is love?"

"Tell me, please...

why do I pine thus?"

"As I sit by myself,

why am I reminded of someone?"

"Are you also going through

what I'm going through?"

"Are you...?"

"No, never... don't ever

let such a thing happen"

"Don't ever lose your heart,

let's not talk about this, please"

"Don't say such things,

please tell me...

"what's love?

Tell me, why do I pine this?"

She's beginning to soften

towards him

"Tamanna's stepping into

adolescence all over again"

"It's this age of adolescence

that is beyond one's control"

"Or it's perhaps how

you and I feel at heart"

"Not without reason does one feel

a sense of belonging to someone"

"This in itself bears testimony

to what I've just said"

"There is someone I love

from the depths of my heart..."

"does she also have the

same feeling of love for me?"

"No, never... don't ever

let such a thing happen"

"Don't ever lose your heart,

let's not talk about this, please"

"Don't say such things,

please tell me...

"what's love?

Tell me, why do I pine thus?"

Unknown territory for you, Tamanna

I hope you know where you must stop

and where you can walk on

Where to stagger,

where to steady yourself

"This is the path I've

chosen to tread..."

"even if the world

calls me mad"

"With you, it all began.

With you, it now culminates..."

"that's the story of my life,

everything I have ever done"

"Are you also going through

what I'm going through?"

Say "yes", Tamanna

"Tell me, please do..."

"Don't ever lose your heart..."

Between gaining and losing there's

just a moment... don't refuse

Go ahead. Take his hand

Else, your refusal will turn

into a long wait for me

I want to move on. I want to see what

lies behind this thing we call love

Go ahead!

Antara, you...?

I had stolen the idea of Tamanna

from your life

But how could you yourself

turn into Tamanna...?

Congratulation, shaukat

The story has turned into a reality.

And it's time now to accept love

No shaukat. What are you writing?

Your wife's love...?

Antara cannot love Yash.

- Why?

Because it is wrong.

- Wrong, forbidden, taboo

That was the theme, isn't it? How come

realisation dawns all of a sudden?

And what about reality?

I have come too far to rectify it

Love will happen,

the outcome hardly matters

How could you do this?

She is your wife.

You can't write about that

Might be your wife, but

she's only a character in my story

And a story cannot stop

sorry, shaukat

What's there in your house

that you can't show to others?

There are some things...

- Like the house? That's new to me

I'm new to you too.

- You're keeping something from me?

Probably.

- Why?

Because that's how

I want it to be

My car awaits me

All right, I can't come in,

but do I exit from your thoughts too?

Yash, there are some things...

- Okay, I don't want to know

That we met, is enough for me

You know, I like everything about you,

your secrets too...

your self-drawn limits too...

your slip of the tongue too

There's something that stops you

from smiling. Well...

that's what draws me towards you

for me, that's you;...

Your secrets, your innocence,

your reservations...

and your weakness

Where were you until now, Antara?

She doesn't return home tonight...

will that conclude your story?

Shaukat, the writer,

answer me

You are the one who decides,

aren't you? Can you answer that?

How was the play?

Aren't you asleep?

I was waiting for you

But...

- How long?

I waited till 4:
30 am.

Was it such a lengthy show?

Or was it dinner and analysis

after the play?

No... we didn't go to watch the play

I knew it.

- Meaning?

Will anyone go and watch plays

in such a lovely weather?

I'm very sorry.

I didn't notice the time

sometimes you never know

how time flies

Where were you? At the beach?

Must've seen the clouds descending,

before it started pouring

Rains wash away everything...

even the sense of time...

trees, plants, grief, sorrow, sin

sometimes accidents also take place

Is your car on track, Antara?

I trust you completely

I was sure, my Antara would come back

It happens sometimes

What happens?

Why do you trust me so much?

Doesn't it make

any difference to you?

I'm your wife. Ask me

what kept me so long

What game are you playing?

What are we doing?

Shaukat, this is reality

And the truth is, he's a man

after all. Young and handsome

Why doesn't it make

any difference to you?

It happens? What if love happens?

Damn

Novel, life, fiction, reality...

it's all the same now

Let's see what happens

Don't be afraid, Antara.

You won't have to do anything

I will decide on everything

shall we go out somewhere?

Want to run away from Yash?

Is it wrong to run away?

Then what's right?

How could I forget the time?

That you forgot the time

didn't hurt me

But I will certainly be hurt

if you return home...

because of your responsibilities,

because of your conscience...

because of your marital status

We're staying here.

You're not running away

Why did Yash come into our life?

It was inevitable.

- What?

You can neither hurt me

nor Yash

You're kidding.

- It's the truth

And people say

I don't understand reality

I have mind-power

And I love it

I love you too

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Leena Yadav

Leena Yadav (born 6 January 1971) is an Indian Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter & Editor. She started her career in the television industry and gradually moved on to making feature films. Her first international feature film, Parched, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. more…

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