Aksar

Article Updated 06 February, 2006 01:24:50 PM IST

Aksar

Must say that Hindi films are getting bolder! This is no old-fashioned formula film where good wins over evil. If 'Murder' brought extra-marital affairs back to the screen, 'Aksar' is a step ahead. While the former showed a woman cheating behind her husband's back, this one is right in the husband's face sorts.

This shows the Indian woman coming into her own. But let's get one thing sorted out. This concept may jell with the metro audience but is a definite no-no in the interiors. Add to the open extra-marital affair, the angle of the rich NRI husband hiring a Casanova to make his wife fall in love with him. The suspense element that has been thrown into the second half of the film is good except that it gets quite predictable after a while.

Ricky (Emraan Hashmi) is a talented fashion photographer, who like most in his profession, believes in having an affair with the women he shoots. Sheena (Udita Goswami), is a hot looking face that Ricky has been trying to shoot for a while. One day out of the blue he gets a call from her asking him to meet her.

Out springs Sheena's best friend, Nisha (Tara Sharma), whom Ricky had used and dumped almost three years ago. This had led her to contemplate suicide. There's a showdown!

Ricky is holding an exhibition of his pictures. A millionaire, Rajveer (Dino Morea), walks in and buys the entire lot giving him a fat sum. The reason- Ricky should make his wife, Sheena, fall in love with him (Ricky) so that she divorces Rajveer.

Complex? Right! After a bit of hesitation, Ricky agrees. He's given a time period of 15 days. It starts with Sheena detesting his very sight followed by Ricky slowly but surely letting his charm work on her. What follows is exquisitely shot love making and smooch scenes.

Perfect! Raj catches Ricky and Sheena red-handed and asks for a divorce. Instead Sheena tells him that she will carry on the affair while being married to him. Plans misfired! Raj asks Ricky to pack his bags and leave. Now there's a twist in the tale. It is interesting, no doubt. Watch it if you are hooked so far.

There is a gradual buildup of the story. Direction and scripting is great except in the last 15 minutes of the film where the sequence of events start getting predictable. Himesh Reshammiya's music is excellent. 'Jhalak Dikhlaja' and 'Lagi Lagi Lagi' are superb. 'Mohabbat Ki Guzarish' is good but seems wasted because it comes after the film is over.

Emraan Hashmi fits the character but is getting repetitive. Dino Morea is okay. Udita Goswami is superb. She seems to have come a long way since 'Paap. She still needs to brush up her acting skills but in the looks and body department, she is excellent. Her skin show and body language is tasteful. Suresh Menon is irritating, especially in the first few scenes. Tara Sharma in a special appearance is quite a surprise. On the whole, 'Aksar' is an entertainer with no pretensions.

*** (Three stars)
*poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent

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