Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow (2005)

Bhavna Dayal and Maya Jalan had been fellow collegians and close friends, both come from very wealthy families. Bhavna is in love with another ex-fellow collegian, Tarun Haksar, who also ... See full summary »

Director:

Ruchi Narain

Writer:

Ruchi Narain

Stars:

Shiney Ahuja, Murad Ali, Gopi Desai

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shiney Ahuja	...	Tarun Haksar
Murad Ali	...	Tejendra "Teji" Singh
Gopi Desai	...	Sajida Dayal
Boman Irani	...	Yeshwantrao Dayal
Ram Kapoor	...	Rohan Sehgal
Arbaaz Ali Khan	...	Sameer Dayal (as Arbaaz Ali)
Vivek Madan	...	Anuj Jalan
Smriti Mishra	...	Maya Jalan
Deepak Qazir	...	Laxminarayan Jalan
Sarika	...	Ira Haksar
Murli Sharma	...	Shekhar
Malaika Shinoy	...	Sangeeta Nair
Saurabh Shukla	...	Rajesh Jalan
Chitrangda Singh	...	Bhavna Dayal

Storyline

Bhavna Dayal and Maya Jalan had been fellow collegians and close friends, both come from very wealthy families. Bhavna is in love with another ex-fellow collegian, Tarun Haksar, who also comes from a wealthy family, and is also in love with Bhavna. Their respective families' expect both to marry each other. However, Tarun and Maya suddenly announce their engagement, and get married, leaving a shocked and heart-broken Bhavna to deal with this situation on her own. She eventually breaks off all contact with her former lover and friend respectively. One night, several months later, a disturbed Tarun returns to her life and apartment, and stays there overnight. The next day she is shocked to find out that Maya has been shot dead, and the police suspect Tarun of killing her. The question remains if Tarun had spent the entire night with Bhavna, then who killed Maya, and further why did Tarun decide to return to Bhavna's life all of a sudden?

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

9 December 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Raas Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Just OK - could have been much better

Yes, Chitrangada looks good in this. Yes, Smriti has acted well in this. Yes, Shiny has acted OK and not screamed in anger as much as in his other films.

With a plot this interesting (A likes B but gets married to C where C and B were college friends as well; A spends a night at B's while C gets killed; Suspicion points towards A and, later, on C's family as well as the A-B combine), I feel the movie could have ended as a much better product if the characters had been given time to develop.

I just could not digest the poor editing. The editor might think his work is "slick" and ends in a "fast-paced" product. However, in my opinion, the editing spoiled the movie and many times after a "quick- snip" shot, I found myself trying to remember the previous scenes to understand what exactly happened in the current scene. Besides, I don't understand why they kept many unnecessary slow scenes at all (this editor's "skills" could have helped) while major parts were cut.

Overall, a good premise but poor execution ends up as an average product.