|  Paap
Movie Review :
When the Rimpoche - the religious head from a serene
monastery in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, gets a vision
about his Master's reincarnation in New Delhi as a six-year-old
boy, it is left to a young, educated girl from the town
Kaya (Udita Goswami) to bring the six-year-old child
Llahmo (Madan) back to the monastery. Although Kaya
has been brought up in the quiet but disciplined environment
of Spiti and has been conditioned by her stern Father
(Dr. Mohan Agashe) to believe that denial is the only
route to higher truth, her heart wanders into territories
common for a girl her age. She yearns for love and waits
for its arrival during her private moments. As fate
would have it, Llahmo gets involved with the murder
of a key police officer in New Delhi and becomes a key
witness to the case. Investigating the murder is a righteous
police officer Shiven (John Abraham), who is tough,
honest and with a very distinct and practical notion
of life. Although Kaya resents his philosophy and clashes
with him on several occasions owing to his views on
reincarnation, sacrifice and higher truth; she finds
herself strangely drawn to him too.
The murder case complicates further
till there is no option for Shiven except to reach Kaya
and Llahmo to their own safe surroundings. Injured in
the process of this escape, he still manages to take
them safely to Spiti. His injury is serious and he is
forced by the elders and Kaya to stay in the village
amongst the monks, a village life, a bitter father and
his growing attraction for Kaya till he is healed. During
his stay he manages to evoke several suppressed feelings
in Kaya and this causes concern to her father who has
already chalked a path that she must take.
As the danger from the city, in the
form of the actual murderers comes closer and closer
to Spiti threatening to break the silence in the valley
with blood and gunshots, Kaya has to make up her mind
whether she wants to follow her heart that will give
her happiness in this birth or follow a path of sacrifice
to secure joy in her future births...
'Paap' was scheduled to release on January
16, but is now scheduled to release on January 30, this
year. |
