Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Agni Varsha (The Fire and the Rain) (DVD) Drama ~ Hindi w/ English Subtitles (2005) Run Time: 130 minutes ~ Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva ~ Directed by: Arjun Sajani

  • Drama (2005) Run Time: 130 minutes
  • Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva.
  • Directed by: Arjun Sajani
  • Hindi w/ English Subtitles
An established writer, Ranbir is living in marital bliss with his wife Anjali. But one fine day, he gets a phone call and everything changes. On the other side of the line is Ziya his former lover, but their relationship ended as Ziya turned schizophrenic. Ziya informs Ranbir of a well-kept secret that tears his world apart. He has a son by his former lover! This son is now purportedly residing with a family in Goa and Ziya wants Ranbir to accompany her to wish their son on his birthday. So Ranbir decides to go to Goa. Meanwhile Ziya attempts to convince Ranbir that his wife is cheating on him and succeeds in her plans to a large extent. Is Ziya trying to destroy his marriage? Or, is she just another jilted, anguished woman craving for sympathy?Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he explains to Nisha that if he takes her before they are married the people would make an issue of it and promises to return in 4 days. On his return, Shekhar is surprised to find out that the Zamindar's son is ready to marry his sister. His mother tells him that the Zamindar's daughter Sweety loves him from their childhood days. The Zamindar had approached his mother to fix the marriage but she told him that she cannot fix her son's wedding until her daughter is married. Sweety's brother agreed to the marriage for as his mother says, brothers are those who sacrifice everything for their sister's happiness. He has no alternative and marries Sweety. So, during the day Sher Singh stays with Sweety and at night Shekhar stays with Nisha. One day both of them meet Sher Singh and tell him that he cannot go till Shekhar arrives! At that time a person makes an entry who looks like Sher Singh claiming to be Shekhar - what is going on?Adapted from the play by the same name (by one of India's foremost playwrights, Girish Karnad), the film is set in a land that has been in the midst of a ravaging drought for ten years. ! In order to appease Indra, the god of rain, a grand fire sacrifice is being conducted at the palace. As this sacrifice draws to a close, thus begins our story: a grand tale of lust, seduction, love, betrayal, sibling rivalry and ultimately murder. Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva. Directed by: Arjun Sajani

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