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PAAP
Cert 12A, 116 mins
Directed by : Pooja Bhatt
Produced by: Sujit Kumar Singh & Pooja Bhaat
Lyrics by: Sayeed Quadri
Starring: John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Dr Mohan Agashe, Gulshan
Grover, Sandeep Mehta, Denzil Smith, Anahita Uberoi, Madan
Bhiku
UK Release: 30 January 2004 |
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 help Kaya and Llahmo to reach 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
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