Shabd (2005)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Leena Yadav

Writers:

Sutapa Sikdar (dialogue), Leena Yadav (screenplay),

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Zayed Khan

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Shaukat Vashisht
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Antara Vashisth / Tammana (as Aishwarya Rai)
Zayed Khan	...	Yash
Sadiya Siddiqui	...	Rajni (Maidservant)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susheel Chabra	...	Nerd
Imran Hasnee	...	Asylum Doctor
Brajendra Kala	...	The Servent
Brijendra Kala	...	Ramakant
Kamini Khanna	...	Mrs. Kapadia
Lou Lou	...	Publisher
Akash Pandey	...	Shouting Asyllum Inmate
Lalit Parashar	...	Mr. Bhargava
Rucha Pathak	...	Publisher's Assistant
Happy Sharma	...	College Peon

Storyline

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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

writer's block | crush | one word title | typewriter | mental imbalance | 

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Taglines:

Their's was a magical love story until she chose to rewrite the script

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

4 February 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Goa, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Mono DTS

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before Sanjay Dutt was cast, 'Sharukh Khan', 'Salman Khan' and 'Akhsay Kumar' were all considered but were all committed to other projects.

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Soundtracks

"Sholon Si"
Written by Irshad Kamil
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Vishal Dadlani and Sunidhi Chauhan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Beautiful !

Just came back watching the movie and I should say it beautifully portrays the mind of a writer. The way he thinks when writing a novel and things he goes through. It really happens when you're writing some stories and get so deep inside the thoughts that you don't realize what the truth is.

Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai pair's up really nice. Things would have been much better if Zayed Khan wouldn't have been the part of this story. You surely wanted a more dedicated and good performer like Saif Ali Khan or Hritik Roshan.

Overall, I would rate this film as 7 out of 10 and would encourage an applause from the audience.