Shabd (film)
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| Shabd | |
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 Movie poster for Shabd |
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| Directed by | Leena Yadav |
| Produced by | Pritish Nandy Communications |
| Written by | Leena Yadav |
| Starring | Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai Zayed Khan |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| Cinematography | Anil Mehta |
| Editing by | Leena Yadav |
| Distributed by | Pritish Nandy Communications |
| Release date(s) | February 4, 2005 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Shabd (Hindi: शब्द, Urdu: شبد, English: Word) is a movie released in 2005, produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by Leena Yadav. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai and Zayed Khan.
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[edit] Synopsis
Shaukat (Sanjay Dutt) is a Booker Prize-winning writer, whose latest work has been criticised by one and all for being too surreal for anyone's liking. Antara(Aishwarya Rai), his wife supports him never-the-less.
Shaukat has some weird plans for his next book though. He decides to manufacture a realistic story by making Antara (Aishwarya Rai) hide her marital status to Yash (Zayed Khan) and pursue a relationship with him. Things go wrong as Antara begins to have real feelings for Yash. She still loves Shaukat though.
Whatever Shaukat pens turn out to be true. He starts believing he can change their fate by his writings, and writes according to his logic that Yash would commit suicide after getting to know Antara's reality. But Antara comes to know of this soon. She lies to Shaukat that Yash really committed suicide to disillusion Shakukat. Shaukat out of his guilt becomes schizophrenic. The film ends on a disturbing note.
[edit] Cast
- Sanjay Dutt ... Shaukat
- Aishwarya Rai ... Antara
- Zayed Khan ... Yash
[edit] Response
The movie was not regarded highly by most critics, and was a box office flop. However, it garnered attention for actress Aishwarya Rai performing a love scene with Sanjay Dutt. After the film released, the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected Shabd's script for its library. [1] Yadav, the director, responded with, "I am very proud that our hard work has been appreciated and it reinforces our belief in the script regardless of its box office results, I am delighted by this honour." [2]
[edit] External link
- Shabd at the Internet Movie Database
