The filmmakers behind the forgettable yet an average runner at the box-office,?Market?,namely director Jai Prakash,Manisha Koirala and Aryan Vaid are back with their latest film ?Chaahat-Ek Nasha?.This time around,it`s a triangle love story and it is Preeti Jhangiani,who forms the third angle of this triangular love story.If there was anything which was being discussed about this movie,then it was Manisha`s and Preeti`s roles which were said to be inspired by Madonna`s and Britney Spears` real life characters.Both the ladies are playing the roles of popstars in this movie.So,how do they look as ?desi? Madonna and Britney Spears?
Chamunda Films.?Chaahat-Ek Nasha?,directed by Jai Prakash,stars Aryan Vaid,Manisha Koirala,Preeti Jhangiani,Sharad.S.Kapoor,Sayaji Shinde and Govind Namdeo.Manisha Koirala makes a comeback with this film.Preeti Jhangiani tries her luck in Bollywood again,by changing her image from a ?chui mui? girl to a sexy babe and Aryan Vaid tries to become a hot ?n? happening hero,through this film,as in this film,it can be judged that as a solo hero,can he carry off a movie on his shoulders?So,does this film help,these three actors in achieving their goals?
The film revolves around,a young and ambitious girl,Rashmi (Preeti Jhangiani) who wants to make it big in the Indian Music Industry and who dreams of becoming like her favourite popstar,Malika Arora (Manisha Koirala).Yes,she has two dreams in her eyes.The first dream is that she wants to meet Malika and secondly,she wants to become like Malika.For that purpose she oftenly goes to a music company,that is owned by Rahul Khanna (Aryan Vaid),to try her luck,but as Rahul is too much busy and involved in his work and his girlfriend,Malika Arora,Rashmi never gets a chance to prove herself.
Rashmi finally gets a chance,when Malika`s latest album releases and flops badly.Due to this failure,Rahul`s secretary,Rangeela (Sayaji Shinde),advices him,to leave Malika and look after some new girl,who can bring success back to his music company.
At first,Rahul is disgusted by this idea but then he realizes,that he should do so.Malika very firmly agrees to Rahul`s term saying that she would always remain Rahul`s friend.This makes things easier for Jaidev (Sharad Kapoor),who is Malika`s bodyguard and also her secret admirer.He feels that now she and Rahul are not so close,so he can declare his love to Malika,but until now,he has not been able to tell her this thing.
One day,Rahul gets a VCD on which Rashmi has recorded a video of hers.When Rahul views that disc,he is impressed by Rshmi,and so,he gives her a chance,to sing and dance infront of the camera.As a result,Rashmi`s song becomes a hit,amongst everyone and starts looking as a perfect replacement for Malika.
Slowly,Malika starts feeling insecure and on the other hand,Rashmi and Rahul start getting attracted to each other.With lots of difficulties Rashmi`s father (Govind Namdeo) agrees to her marriage with Rahul and when Rahul gives this report to Malika,she is very jealous and upset.She starts drinking and smoking and gets completely out of touch with the rest of the world.
Malika,tries to make Rahul understand,that she is ready to get married to him and also agrees on taking her decision back,which she made sometime before-that she won`t marry him and by then,it`s too late.The media spreads rumours that Malika announced in her interview that she had physical relations with Rahul and as a result Rashmi thinks of stopping her marriage with Rahul.
Rahul in return gets angry with Malika and calls her a ?wh*re? infront of everyone.Malika gets even more upset and as she is drunk she asks Jaidev to get Rahul killed as soon as possible.The next day,when Malika is back in her senses,she realizes what mistake she made,but now Jaidev is off to kill Rahul.What will Malika do now?Will she be able to save Rahul?
Manisha Koirala comes back on the big screen,after a year,in a role which was said to be based on Madonna`s life but more than Maddona`s life,it seemed to me as if Manisha`s role was based on her own life.Just like in this film,Manisha in real life was also a leading actress (in the film,a popstar),but somehow due to her love affairs with various people such as Nana Patekar (sorry,I`m not discussing her personal life,here but still,I want to say what I feel),etc.her career`s graph started going downwards and she also got in the habit of drinking (just as in this movie),etc.
That is why the actress who did films such as ?Bombay?,?Khamoshi? or ?Dil Se??,to just name a few,is doing a film such as this one,today.Well,coming to Manisha`s performance,she has done a good job,and there was no reason why she shouldn`t have performed well in a role,which was actually based on her own life?But she was okay in some scenes,such as the one,in which it is her Birthday party and Rahul comes there.
She is also better in the scene,where she is completely drunk and can`t get over the fact that Rahul called her a ?wh*re?.Still,she looked very disinterested throughout the movie.She also looked very fat in the film,but I`ve been hearing that she has lost a lot of weight and in her latest photos she is also looking very smart.I want to see her with her new ?slim n trim? look in her forthcoming film ?Mumbai Xpress?,with Kamal Haasan.(I hope that one turns out to be good!)
Aryan Vaid,surprisingly does a reasonably well job,and I think that he should definitely get better roles.The actor should now carefully sign his future projects and must not restrict himself to such sex movies like this one or his forthcoming film ?Fun-Can Be Dangerous Sometimes?.The actor makes his presence felt,throughout the movie.
Preeti Jhangiani in a new avatar,as a sexy and a bold girl,looks good and is also competent.Her acting is good in the scene,where she is suspicious about Rahul and tells him that ?a man is like an animal who is always searching for new girls?,but she also overacted sometimes a bit.She should also look after her face expressions.But all in all,that was a good performance,from her too.
Others in the supporting cast were intolerable.Sayaji Shinde,especially irritates a lot and Govind Namdeo is also terrible.
Jai Prakash`s direction is poor and he has wasted such a good script.So many scenes,such as the one where Rashmi and Malika meet each other for the first time,could have been handled more interestingly.The scene,where Malika slaps Rahul on her birthday could also have been very interesting,had the director handled that scene more sensibly.The climax is also long and unending.The director could have also avoided some stupid comedy scenes,like the ones which involve Rahul`s driver who wants to be a musician or the scene,where a guy comes to the music company and acts like Amitabh Bachchan.Actually,these days such comedy scenes are not needed in films,because the audience,even the masses of today,have matured a lot.
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