Episode: Witness
By: Imtiaz Ali
Plot: It’s a classic Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights plot where a damsel in distress meets a smart and sensitive guy whose work is to earn by becoming witness in court marriage. She is waiting for her beloved who doesn't turn up for their marriage. Now, our hero arranges a roof for this girl and gradually falls for her. The girl also starts feeling for him. They decide to marry and in the climax, the lover of the girl appears from nowhere. Hero realises taht the girl doesn't love him... she still longs for her lover only. He lets her go.
Legacy: Imtiaz Ali reworked on the story and with some little tweaks presented it as Ahista Ahista, Shivam Nair's Directorial debut. Ahista Ahista had a promising casting of Abhay Deol and Soha Ali Khan in the lead roles with Jhankar Beats and Jessica Lall Murder case fame Shyan Munshi in a small role of Soha's boyfriend. Music of Himesh Reshammiya was one of the strong points of the movie.
Note: Imtiaz retained the basic plot and names of the characters in his screenplay. The telefilm was a worthy 45 minutes of entertainment. The chemistry between leads brings smile on your face. Cameo by Akshay Anand (a big TV Star then) was a bit over the top though.
1 comment:
Really gr8 episode of the series.
Nowadays something like that is not possible(story), I think.
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