August 2007


Last week, I saw Awarapan.

The movie is all about the life of a gangster named Shivam. The first few moments of the movie, he is shown as a loyal gangster working for his boss Malik. Malik, also treats Shivam not only as just one more gunda in his gang but rather treats him with special care and has a personal liking for him. He takes care of Shivam more than his own son.

Shivam in his past life before working for Malik, falls in love with a girl. The girl is very pious to god unlike Shivam who is an atheist. But, Shivam unfortunately loses this girl in an accident. The accident happens such that, the girl’s father sees them talking to each other and denies the girl’s hands to Shivam since he is a gunda. Shivam promises that he will live a proper life if her father promises to give his daughter’s hand to him, and he hands over his personally possesed revolver to him. Her father, gets angry on his behavior and shoots Shivam, while Shivam moves away, the bullet hits his love and she dies. Her father also shoots himself and commits suicide.

Shivam, unable to come out of her thoughts lives his life in loneliness. He also, never forgets his love’s belief that freeing few bound souls is equivalent to service to god.

He in course of work with Malik, comes across a girl whom Malik himself was in love with. Malik wants Shivam to spy that girl. Shivam, feels this girl is kind of similar to her own girl friend. But she is in love with a guy of his own country(Pakisthan) but not with Malik. Since he is loyal to Malik, he tells this to his boss and his boss wants him to kill her.

When he is about to kill her and her boy friend, due to his thoughts of freeing bound souls as said by his girl friend he spares them. This act of Shivam, makes Malik turn against Shivam.

The rest of the story is how Shivam helps the guy and girl to get free from Malik. In the course of time, during this process, due to certain sequence of activities in his life he starts believing in existence of God. Finally, succeeds in freeing the two souls from Malik and dies himself in course of action.

I guess you like my review or just story telling ;) Will make it better next time. It may not be well written due to time constraints :-)

I thought its a good idea to add movie reviews or just my own thoughts on the movie and how it affected me my blog. Perhaps, even though we watch movies for entertainment, they leave us in our own trail of thoughts. I am not sure, if its true for everyone else but certainly true for me.

Stay tuned !!!