Mausam (2011)

A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.

Director:

Pankaj Kapur

Writers:

Carl Austin (story and additional screenplay), Pankaj Kapur (screenplay & dialogue)

Stars:

Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shahid Kapoor	...	Harinder Singh / Harry
Sonam Kapoor	...	Aayat
Anupam Kher	...	Maharaj Krish
Supriya Pathak	...	Fatimah Bua
Aditi Sharma	...	Lajjo
Manoj Pahwa	...	Tangewala
Vaibhav Talwar	...	Javed Rasool
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorna Anderson	...	Maria
Gurpreet Bhangu
Jass Bhatia	...	Kartar
Stephen Colvil	...	Ball Guest
Paul Coulter	...	RAF officer
Callum Fuller	...	RAF Officer
Maya Mankotia	...	Pammo
Ken Matthews	...	Art Dealer

Storyline

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 of 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 Scotland during 1999 where Harinder is now an Indian Air Force Pilot and Aayat is a ballet dancer. Both meet and re-kindle their romance, as well as set a date for their wedding. Unfortunately, the Kargil war compels Harinder to return home, and Aayat does not hear from him. Little does she know that he has been gravely injured and his left arm is paralyzed. After being discharged he still hopes to connect with her, returns to Scotland, and is told they have re-located to the United States. Following the events of 9-11, he gets a lead that she may...

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Plot Keywords:

scotland | misunderstanding | switzerland | kargil war | ballet | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India UK

Language:

Hindi Punjabi Urdu Gujarati English

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jahreszeiten der Liebe - Mausam

Filming Locations:

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$103,018, 30 September 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$725,966, 16 October 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinergy Pictures, Religare Capital, Seasons of Love Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

161 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film begins in 1992 and ends in 2002.

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Connections

References Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

User Reviews

Did you watch this movie on completion - Mr Pankaj Kapur

Pankaj Kapur is a really talented actor. Even though direction is not his forte, its not unreasonable to have high expectations from an artist of such caliber. The movie starts really well making you feel its a winner. Then comes the feeling that plot is moving bit slowly. You brush it aside as minor flaw and look forward. Finally, after long wait, you expect and want the movie to wrap up soon and you see an intermission flashed on screen. What???? And then follows strings of impossible coincidences. Not once but again and again and again. Topped by desire to have Shahid in every frame of movie and including all depressing religious flashpoints from Kashmir to 9/11 to Gujarat, into a love story finally killed it completely. I felt sad not from the movie but from the fact that it could have been such a good movie. The idea of showing important world evens in the backdrop of a love story is not new. I have seen it executed well in many movies. Can't recall which one was the first and best. But this is the worst. You got to know when to stop. Also, the idea is to write love story and then fit world events that could be plausible. This script decided on sort of unconnected events scattered around the world and then tried to fit the love story around it throwing logic and common sense out of window!!! You got to know that you are losing the grip over logic. Well, lack of common sense is indeed common. In the end despite all the money and technology the Bollywood is really short of basic ingredients of art and originality. There is kin promotion everywhere including Hollywood. However, if kins are only ones everywhere around in almost every Bollywood movie, you know it has really gone too far.....