Ek Hasina Thi (2004)

Director:

Sriram Raghavan

Writers:

Sriram Raghavan (writer)
Pooja Ladha Surti (writer)

Release Date:

24 February 2004 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Sarika and Karan are employed in a big city called Mumbai in India. They meet, have a date, and find that they are attracted to each other...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Love | Arrest | Murder | Revenge

Awards:

2 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Saif Ali Khan	...	Karan Singh Rathod
Urmila Matondkar	...	Sarika Vartak
Seema Biswas	...	ACP Malti Vaidya
Aditya Srivastava	...	Kamlesh Mathur
Pratima Kazmi	...	Pramila (as Pratima Kajmi)
Madan Joshi
Zakir Hussain	...	Sanjeiv Nanda
Abhay Bhargav
Rasika Oak
Seema Adhikari	...	Dolly
Gopal Singh	...	Abhijeet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheeba Chaddha
Rajendra Sethi	...	Sarika's neighbour

Also Known As:

There Was a Beautiful Girl (India: English title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Company:

K Sera Sera

Trivia:

Loosely based on Sidney Sheldon's novel "If Tomorrow Comes".

Goofs:

Continuity: When ACP Malti Vaidya is sitting in the hotel, she's shown first sucking on a long cigarette (unlit), then in the next shot, is lighting the same cigarette with a noticeably shorter and already smoked cigarette.

Movie Connections:

Features Do Phool (1974)

Khatarnak hasina!

Loved the film. It was gripping, well acted, beautifully shot and I changed my opinion about Urmila after this one. Boy, can she act and look good! She was great as the vulnerable girl and then amazing in the prison scenes. She was better than Saif, although he did a really good job playing the cold selfish man. There were times in the beginning when I thought he was leading her on, and then he would parry it off with some remark! I can see how this moved him on to his landmark role in Omkara.

The script was taut, the film was exceptionally well edited, had no songs and dances, and was real, brutal and honest for the most part. Yes there were some issues with the film. If you were stealthily stalking someone then it might not be a good idea to be dressed in hot pink, bright orange and bright red, and hardened criminals should be able to spot a closely following car. But I was not bothered much by this and other issues as I sat on the edge of my seat almost the whole time. And the director followed this up with Johnny Gaddaar! What talent! My two cents worth is that RGV should go back to production and giving chances to talented directors.