Bewafaa
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| Bewafaa - The Unfaithful | |
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 Movie poster for Bewafaa |
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| Directed by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Produced by | Boney Kapoor |
| Written by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Shamita Shetty, Manoj Bajpai, Nafisa Ali, Kabir Bedi |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
| Distributed by | Sridevi Productions |
| Release date(s) | 25 February 2005 |
| Running time | 149 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
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Bewafaa (English: Unfaithful) is a 2005 Bollywood film starring Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty and Kabir Bedi. The film is directed by Dharmesh Darshan who earlier directed films like Raja Hindustani (1996) and Dhadkan (2000). The film that tells the story of changing morals and values in a fast changing world, with the tagline, "When cultures meet." Bewafaa was produced by Boney Kapoor, with music composed by Nadeem-Shravan.
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[edit] Synopsis
Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) is the younger daughter of her Canadian mother (Nafisa Ali) and her Indian father (Kabir Bedi) living in the city of Montreal, Quebec. She shares a hale and hearty relationship with her parents but has a secret to hide. And she reveals this secret only to her elder sister Aarti (Sushmita Sen).
The secret is her love for a budding musician Raja (Akshay Kumar). Raja is not a rich man but that does not deter Anjali from loving him. Aarti assures Anjali and Raja that she will convince her parents of their true love.
But unfortunately fate has different plans for them. Aarti passes away on the birth of her twin babies. Circumstances force Anjali to marry Aarti's husband, Aditya Sahai (Anil Kapoor). With the much older and mature Aditya Sahai, Anjali migrates to New Delhi.
Aditya is a business tycoon who hardly finds any time for his sister-in-law turned wife Anjali or his two lovable daughters from Aarti. Anjali fulfills every role asked for her by the society but cannot bridge the gap between herself and Aditya. She finds herself in a marriage that has no compatibility but only compromise. Her only source of solace are her two endearing stepdaughters.
Amidst all this, one fine day Raja who is now a famous fusion singer walks back into her life. Suddenly Anjali is torn between two men - her indifferent husband and her ex-lover. By the time Aditya wakes up to reality, Anjali has embarked on to an extra-marital affair with Raja. And thereby she is tagged as a Bewafaa - The Unfaithful.
How Anjali negotiates her relationship with Aditya and Raja as also Dil (Manoj Bajpai) and Pallavi (Shamita Shetty) who are Aditya's close friends and confidantes forms the basis of the second act of Bewafaa.
In the end, Anjali must forget her true love and end her affair with ex-lover Raja in order to give her two step daughters and her husband a better life
[edit] Cast
- Anil Kapoor ... Aditya Sahai
- Akshay Kumar ... Raja
- Kareena Kapoor ... Anjali Sahai
- Sushmita Sen ... Aarti Sahai
- Shamita Shetty ... Pallavi Arora
- Manoj Bajpai ... Dil Arora
- Nafisa Ali ... Anjali and Aarti's mother
- Kabir Bedi ... Anjali and Aarti's father
[edit] Response
[edit] Box office
The film did not do as well as expected despite a huge star cast. Bewafaa was given a below average status [1]
[edit] Reviews
The film got average reviews [2], [3]. The performances also got mixed reviews [4].
[edit] External link
- Bewafaa at the Internet Movie Database
