The story revolves around the life of Sophia (Urvashi Sharma) who lives in Goa. When she is stalked and then attacked by a rapist named Rakesh, Sophia re-locates to Dubai. Here she rents a room in a villa near Jumeirah Beach, owned by wealthy star Karan Oberoi (Bobby Deol). Six months later he proposes to her, and she accepts. Shortly before the marriage, she meets with an unemployed actor, Vicky Malhotra (Akshay Khanna), and is attracted to him, but decides to go ahead and marry Karan. At the altar, she changes her mind, ditches him and decides to move in with Vicky. But things take a turn for the worse.
Direction
Abbas-Mustan milking every twist for maximum melodrama.
Writing
Script that thinks it's cleverer than it is — delicious.
Director
Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Abbas-Mustan shot the Goa and Dubai portions back-to-back to maintain visual continuity despite drastic location changes.
The film rode the mid-2000s wave of Bollywood neo-noir thrillers inspired by Hollywood's 'unreliable narrator' boom — but with mandatory song sequences.
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