Madhoshi Movie Review * John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Smita Jaykar

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Credits
Producer/s:	Anil Sharma
Director:	Tanveer Khan
Cast:	John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Smita Jaykar
Music:	Roop Kumar Rathod
Lyrics:	Shakeel Azmi

This is another one of Bipasha Basu's heroine-centric films but there's something about her, either her looks or talent, that leaves the audience unmoved!

Anupama (Bipasha Basu) is the daughter of wealthy parents (Rajiv Verma, and Smita Jaykar), which is evident from her lifestyle and spending spree. The film starts with the wedding anniversary of her parents. Soon tragedy strikes in the form of Anupama's sister and brother-in-law getting killed in the September 11 terrorist attack on World Trade Centre in New York. Don't know why this sequence has been inserted into the film because there seems to be no mention of the dead anywhere in the film after that. Probably it was the maker's way of showing his originality by showing the Twin Tower tragedy on the big screen for the first time!

A couple of years later, Anupama 's parents introduce her to Arpit (Priyanshu), a famous ad film maker. Arpit is smitten by Anupama at first sight and wants to tie the knot at the earliest. However, fate has something else in store. Anupama bumps into Aman (John Abraham), a member of an anti-terrorist organization. Cupid strikes and she is madly in love with him. They go out for a movie together and end up making love in his house that night. Now it is only natural for her to refuse to marry Arpit. When her parents protest, she slashes her wrist in frustration. She survives the tragedy but unfortunately it is discovered that there is no Aman existing. It is further revealed that Anupama suffers from schizophrenia.

The film is disappointing from now on. One would have rather had, clichéd as it may sound, a heavy love triangle. Instead there is a close to death Bipasha, a face off and on by Priyanshu, on and off appearances by John Abraham until the suspense is revealed in the end.

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