Dor (2006)

Two woman --different backgrounds, miles apart, and strangers to each other-- are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.

Director:

Nagesh Kukunoor

Writers:

Nagesh Kukunoor (screenplay), Nagesh Kukunoor (story)

Stars:

Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, Gul Panag

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ayesha Takia	...	Meera
Shreyas Talpade	...	Behroopiya
Gul Panag	...	Zeenat Fatima
Girish Karnad	...	Randhir Singh
Prateeksha Lonkar	...	Gowri Singh
Rushad Rana	...	Amir Khan
Anirudh Jaykar	...	Shankar Singh
Shivani Joshi	...	Leela
Uttara Baokar	...	Laxmibai Singh
Pavan Singh	...	Pahad Singh
Banwarilal Taneja	...	Baig Saab
Ikhlaq Khan	...	Hanif
Veena Sajnani	...	Waheeda
Vibhu Kashyap	...	Post Master
Dhruv Jagasiya	...	Bhumi Singh

Storyline

Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randhir. The family feel that they are blessed after Meera's entry in this family. Shankar must go and abroad in Saudi Arabia and bids farewell to Meera, promising to keep in touch, which he does, and also sends them a large portion of his earnings, which is used to pay off the family's debts. Then when no word is received from him, a worried Meera phones, and is devastated to learn that Shankar has been killed by being thrown off a 10th floor balcony. Her status quickly changes, her jewelery, ornaments, fancy clothes are taken off, and she is told to remain indoors. wear dark clothes, and is only allowed to pray at a Mandir. Things brighten up for Meera when she befriends an Islamic woman, Zeenat, who has come all the way from Himachal Pradesh to look for her husband, Amir Khan. Shortly thereafter, Meera's world is turned upside down when ...

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Plot Keywords:

journey | father in law | husband wife relationship | love | widow | 

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Taglines:

How far would you go to save the one you love?

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Sahara One Media [India] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

22 September 2006 (India)

Also Known As:

Vom Schicksal verbunden

Filming Locations:

Himachal Pradesh, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Percept Picture Company,SIC Productions,Sahara One Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

147 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Bunty Aur Babli (2005)

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Soundtracks

Yeh Honsla
Written by Mir Ali Husain
Composed by Salim Merchant and Salim-Sulaiman
Performed by Shafqat Amanat Ali and Salim Merchant
Courtesy of Universal Music India

User Reviews

A plain story which is spiced up with a good screenplay, cinematography, dialogues and Kukunoor's sensitivity as a filmmaker...

Film: Dor

Cast: Gul Panag, Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, Nagesh Kukunoor, Girish Kanad

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor.

Zeenat and Mira are women from two different worlds. Be it geography, culture, religion attitude, lifestyle or their names. In other words, its either black or white, the difference is tremendously visible. In spite of all these differences, there is a connection "a dor" and Nagesh Kukknoor has effectively trailed on it.

Mira played by Ayesha Takia, hails from Rajasthan. The mystic and forlorn beauty of the desert coupled with the orthodox ideas and views, reflects Mira's life, whereas, confidence and vigor is synonymous with Zeenat (played by Gul), the girl from lush and green Himachal.

Their husbands went out to the foreign shores to make things better at their respective places. The emotions of a newly wedded woman and her pain when he leaves out for work, the once in a month phone call by her husband which would last for a few minutes only, the desires , the love and longing in case of Mira is well portrayed. And the way she would climb up a stone to get clarity or network of the call is very apt in village as in Jodhpur.

While in case of Zeenat, she had to change the mind set of her in-laws about her. A very strong and determined lady. She takes everything to her stride.

The story takes a turn when Mira's husband gets killed and Zeenat's husband is held responsible for it. They used to be roommates. The only way Zeenat's husband could get out of the situation is Mira's letter of consent saying she has forgiven him.

So the journey begins for Zeenat. With nothing, but a photograph of her husband with Shankar ( Mira's husband), she begins the quest. The song, "ye honsla" is very fitting. On the way she meets up with a "Behrupiya", played by Shreyas Talpade. This character brings life to the entire story. He has done complete justice to the character. Very lively, the audience keeps asking for more.

The way they track the Shankar family and how Zeenat becomes Mira's best friend and helps her to shed her inhibitions is very interesting. "Imaan ki Udaan", as Zeenat puts it.

The best part of Kuknoor' film is his ability of not ignoring human emotions. The way the Behrupiya helped Zeenat and he eventually falling in love with her even after knowing that she is married is one example of it.

All throughout their friendship, she never gets the courage to confront Mira the fact for which she takes up the journey. The final outbreak of the film is a typical Kukunoor touch which he specializes!!!!!

In terms of performances, there is nothing great. Credit goes to the strength of the characters in the story itself and there is one scene where Kuknoor looks at Mira and the very look is so suggestive of his intentions. Kudus to the scene!!! A plain story which is spiced up with a good screenplay, cinematography, dialogues and Kukunoor's sensitivity as he tried to bring forth the issue of female foeticide into it.