| Ishq
Qayamat Movie Review : |
Here's
yet another Indianised version of UNFAITHFUL. After
HAWAS and MURDER, this week has ISHQ QAYAMAT coming
to a theatre near you. But this film is not merely inspired
by UNFAITHFUL, but BEZUBAAN [Reena Roy - Shashi Kapoor
- Naseeruddin Shah] as well.
Suman [Suman Ranganathan]
has been married to Ravi [Milind Gunaji]. Suman takes
a break from her household chores and goes to visit
her friends from college days. There, she meets Ajay
[Deepak Jethi], one of her friends when in college.
When Ajay and Suman
meet this time, there are sparks... the passion ignites
and she spends some intimate moments with him.
Suman returns to her
husband, completely oblivious to what's in store for
her. She receives a call from a woman who claims to
have pictures of Ajay and Suman in various compromising
positions. The woman is Shweta [Kashmira Shah], a club
dancer cum professional blackmailer, who now demands
a ransom. Or else, she'll reveal all to the unsuspecting
husband.
Suman decides never
to meet Ajay, but she is lured towards him. With lust
on their minds, they spend some cosy moments yet again.
Strangely, Shweta clicks their pictures and now demands
a fatter ransom this time.
Suman tells Ajay all
about Shweta and the blackmailing tactics. Ajay decides
to teach Shweta a lesson. The next morning, Suman watches
a television news-report that states that Ajay and Shweta
have been found murdered under mysterious circumstances.
Later in the day, Suman
gets a call from Ajay and she is perplexed. Is Ajay
dead or alive? If he has been murdered, who's making
calls from his cellphone? The mystery deepens...
ISHQ QAYAMAT has ample
doses of sex and drama as its selling points. While
the first half is routine, concentrating on intimate
moments, the suspense factor takes over the post-interval
portions.
Director V. Menon succeeds
in building the mystery in the second half. However,
a better-thought conclusion would've only helped. To
make the husband forgive the wife so easily looks like
a total compromise from the writing point of view.
Even otherwise, the
script is not foolproof. The flashback portions, when
Milind Gunaji narrates his tale in the climax, could've
been better penned. Yet, Raghu Menon's screenplay is
engrossing at places. Dialogues [Deepak Sneh] are alright.
Music [Bobby Rehman]
is decent. However, the romantic song in the second
half [filmed on Milind, Suman] can easily be deleted
for its acts as a speed-breaker in the narrative.
Milind Gunaji makes
an attempt to infuse life in his character. He succeeds
partly. Suman Ranganathan looks alluring, but her diction
is faulty. A professional dubbing artiste would've only
enhanced the overall performance. Deepak Jethi does
a fine job. Kashmira Shah is competent. Shehzad Khan
leaves a mark.
On the whole,
ISHQ QAYAMAT is an ordinary fare. At the box-office,
a reasonable price-tag coupled with some 'hot' scenes
should ensure good revenue from smaller centres.
Courtesy
: Indiafm.com
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