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Mausam

  • 20112011
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 41m
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4.8/10
5.4K
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Mausam (2011)
A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.
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  • Drama
  • Romance
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A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.

IMDb RATING
4.8/10
5.4K
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  • Director
    • Pankaj Kapur
  • Writers
    • Carl Austin(story and additional screenplay)
    • Pankaj Kapur(screenplay & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shahid Kapoor
    • Sonam Kapoor
    • Anupam Kher
Top credits
  • Director
    • Pankaj Kapur
  • Writers
    • Carl Austin(story and additional screenplay)
    • Pankaj Kapur(screenplay & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shahid Kapoor
    • Sonam Kapoor
    • Anupam Kher
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Mausam (2011) Trailer
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    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Mausam (2011)
    Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)
    Mausam (2011)
    Mausam (2011)
    Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam (2011)

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    Shahid Kapoor
    Shahid Kapoor
    • Harinder Singhas Harinder Singh…
    Sonam Kapoor
    Sonam Kapoor
    • Aayatas Aayat
    Anupam Kher
    Anupam Kher
    • Maharaj Krishas Maharaj Krish
    Supriya Pathak
    Supriya Pathak
    • Fatimah Buaas Fatimah Bua
    Aditi Dev Sharma
    Aditi Dev Sharma
    • Lajjoas Lajjo
    • (as Aditi Sharma)
    Manoj Pahwa
    Manoj Pahwa
    • Tangewalaas Tangewala
    Vaibhav Talwar
    • Javed Rasoolas Javed Rasool
    Calib Logan
    • Baker Boyas Baker Boy
    Lorna Anderson
    • Mariaas Maria
    Gurpreet Bhangu
    Gurpreet Bhangu
    Jass Bhatia
    • Kartaras Kartar
    Stephen Colvil
    • Ball Guestas Ball Guest
    Paul Coulter
    • RAF officeras RAF officer
    Aman Kaur Dheer
      Callum Fuller
      • RAF Officeras RAF Officer
      Maya Mankotia
      • Pammoas Pammo
      Ken Matthews
      • Art Dealeras Art Dealer
      Joseph McLean
      Joseph McLean
      • RAF Officeras RAF Officer
      • Director
        • Pankaj Kapur
      • Writers
        • Carl Austin(story and additional screenplay)
        • Pankaj Kapur(screenplay & dialogue)
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      Storyline

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      Circa 1992, Mallukot-based Harinder falls head-over-heels in love with Aayat, who has come to live there with her Bua, Fatimah, from Kashmir. Hoping to woo and marry her despite receiving romantic overtures from village belle Lajjo, he instead faces heartbreak following the attack on Babri Masjid by right-wing Hindu extremists. Seeking safety in Bombay, Aayat re-locates there with her father and Bua. The couple are then fated to meet in 1999 in Scotland, where Harinder is now an Indian Air Force Pilot and Aayat is a ballet dancer. They rekindle their romance and set a wedding date. Unfortunately, the Kargil war compels Harinder to return home, and Aayat doesn't hear from him and doesn't know that he has been gravely injured and his left arm is paralyzed. After being discharged, he still hopes to connect with her, but when he returns to Scotland he is told that they have relocated to the United States. Following the events of 9/11, he gets a lead that she might be in Switzerland. He travels there and locates her rather dramatically, but nothing could have prepared him for the shock of finding her resting on the shoulder of an unknown male with a child on her lap. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
      • child in jeopardy
      • scotland
      • misunderstanding
      • switzerland
      • kargil war
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      • Plot summary
      • Plot synopsis
      • Genres
        • Drama
        • Romance
        • War
      • Certificate
        • Not Rated
      • Parents guide

      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        Pankaj Kapur's first film as director.
      • Connections
        References Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)

      User reviews38

      Review
      Top review
      I love and respect Pankaj Kapoor, as an actor a lot, but honestly cannot appreciate his first directorial venture with the same spirit.
      Despite the fact that I am a die-hard fan of the Living Legend, Pankaj Kapoor from almost two decades, I am sorry that I am unable to praise his first film as a director with the same spirits.

      The major reason for my dissatisfaction from MAUSAM remains its unexpectedly weak script having such strange sequences of co-incidences where the lead couple, suddenly meet each just like that both within India as well as abroad. And the most bizarre sequence among these was the foreign one (Switzerland), where Shahid is sitting in a train and he discovers Sonam standing there alone in the middle of snowy mountains with her packed bags and she is not even standing on the exact Station platform in a very questionable way. In fact throughout the film, they both keep bumping into each other, as if there is someone truly desperate to write their eternal love story from the sky above. At first they meet in Punjab, then Scotland, Switzerland and then towards the end, finally in Ahmadabad again. Particularly the shift from Punjab to Scotland puzzles the viewer hugely as there is no explanation given for that in the film itself.

      The second big factor which works against the film is its near 3 hours long duration which is too lengthy considering its unimpressive story build-up. The whole first hour of the film says nothing except showing the culture of Punjab with some childishly executed comical moments focusing on a particular sect. Truly speaking, I never expected Pankaj Kapoor making fun of few SIKH characters in his self-directed film quite purposefully. As I felt the entire first half of the film could have been easily wrapped up in only 30-40 minutes which eventually could have saved it from getting so uninteresting and even boring. Post intermission too the story has nothing new to say other than the usual plot of misconceptions and gap of communication between the loving couple which becomes the only cause of their separation.

      Frankly, in a romantic film, there is a basic requirement that the viewers must feel the love flowing between its lead couple and everyone should be able to relate with their heartbreaking departure from each other. But here, either the proceedings are too dead slow or they just jump from one point to another which never lets the viewer connect with its emotional storyline in the desired manner. MAUSAM is a pure love story of two innocent characters coming from distinctive religions, that's fine. But the entertainment factor remains completely missing throughout the film, which really becomes painful after a while. Neither the AIR FORCE PLOT insertion (which is only included to bring in the KARGIL event), nor the reference of various communal riots, suffered by different countries is able to pull the viewer in. However, the music does give you some soothing moments in this tiring never ending saga but sadly the soundtrack is again not "anything exceptional" from Pritam. As usual I also felt traces of the song "Om Shanti Om" from KARZ in the track "Tashan Mein Rehna".

      The film is hugely over-length and tends to go on and on with more deliberately created situations in the plot (within a span of time of a decade), where the lead couple meets repeatedly after many long gaps. And one of these absurd co-incidence comes right in the end where they both meet each other once again in the middle of "Gujarat Godhra Riots" all of a sudden. This weakly written and unconvincing climax is also one of the major drawbacks of the film which tries to bring in Shahid as the only Savior Hero to save the Girl in the end and it simply doesn't justify their decade long love story from any angle.

      Performance wise, both Shahid and Sonam have really worked hard for their respective roles having various shades and character transformations in the script. Shahid is surely better in the second half and looks like overdoing it in the Punjab part of the film. But Sonam is the real winner here since she perfectly underplays her role, exactly as required by the script. Probably this is her best performance till date, contrary to her fashion Diva image in the Industry. From the rest of the cast only Supriya Pathak and Manoj Pahwa register their presence impressively and Anupam Kher simply remains wasted.

      In the end, I would like to share, that it strongly seems Pankaj Kapoor had only a one line idea before writing the script of MAUSAM, which must have been "A Love Story written around all the major Communal Hatred Events happened in India and abroad in the last two decades." Since he couldn't start with the Sikh Riots in 1984, so he begins from PUNJAB itself, with his Hero mentioning the BLUE STAR movement and its aftermaths in his dialogues. Talking about the homeless issue of Kashmiri Pandits, he then moves into the Babri Masjid Issue, followed by Mumbai Riots, Twin Tower Attack in America, Kargil Warin India and then ending it all within the Gujarat Riots on a positive note.

      So, giving an extra star for this brilliant thought alone, I wish to give my best wishes to Pankaj Kapoor for his next directorial project, moving ahead of this forgettable first attempt called MAUSAM.
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      • bobbysing
      • Sep 29, 2011

      Details

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      • Release date
        • September 23, 2011 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • India
        • United Kingdom
      • Official site
        • Official site
      • Languages
        • Hindi
        • Punjabi
        • Urdu
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Времена года
      • Filming locations
        • Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
      • Production companies
        • Cinergy Pictures
        • Religare Capital
        • Seasons of Love Films
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      Box office

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      • Gross US & Canada
        • $728,316
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $459,024
        • Sep 25, 2011
      • Gross worldwide
        • $1,473,341
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        2 hours 41 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital

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