Post by nikki on Mar 11, 2006 16:31:33 GMT 5.5
A profusely bleeding guy walks through the crowded streets of Bangkok. Screen fades.
A happy troika of man, woman and best friend share life and laughter. Screen fades.
A delighted wife rushes through a wooden boardwalk to give her other half some good news. Screen fades.
A man begs for his freedom. Desperation reaches its peak as he abuses and apologises in turns. Screen fades.
Locked up in solitude, without any explanation whatsoever, life becomes unbearable for software engineer Balajeet Roy (Sanjay Dutt). Reflecting the mood and the murkiness to the viewer, everything visible wears a shade of black. The walls, the bed sheet, the pillow cover, the crockery and even Bala's confinement uniform. The same monotony is maintained in his meal too -- fried wantons, fried wantons, more fried wantons and still more.
Framed of murdering his wife Nisha, Bala's only touch with the outside world is a television set which reports tragedies through the years, from Princess Diana's death, the Kargil War, 9/11, America's war on Iraq, Saddam Hussain's capture, the tsunami and other natural disasters.
Bottomline: Bala has completed 14 years in the black hole.
One fine day of the 14th year, Bala is let loose. And a seething Bala wants to hunt down the man responsible for his ruin and ask him the million-dollar question: 'Why?'
He makes a deal with cabbie Jenny Singh (Lara Dutta) to show him around Bangkok and every single restaurant that serves wantons. Wantons are his only link to the unknown enemy. Every person Bala lays his hands on finds himself either drilled, maybe axed, or toothless -- but mostly dead.
The nameless and faceless tormentor finally reveals himself to Bala. What roused a filthy rich business baron like Rohit Chopra (John Abraham) to take upon himself to send Bala to hell and back? That's what the second half of the film deals with.
A happy troika of man, woman and best friend share life and laughter. Screen fades.
A delighted wife rushes through a wooden boardwalk to give her other half some good news. Screen fades.
A man begs for his freedom. Desperation reaches its peak as he abuses and apologises in turns. Screen fades.
Locked up in solitude, without any explanation whatsoever, life becomes unbearable for software engineer Balajeet Roy (Sanjay Dutt). Reflecting the mood and the murkiness to the viewer, everything visible wears a shade of black. The walls, the bed sheet, the pillow cover, the crockery and even Bala's confinement uniform. The same monotony is maintained in his meal too -- fried wantons, fried wantons, more fried wantons and still more.
Framed of murdering his wife Nisha, Bala's only touch with the outside world is a television set which reports tragedies through the years, from Princess Diana's death, the Kargil War, 9/11, America's war on Iraq, Saddam Hussain's capture, the tsunami and other natural disasters.
Bottomline: Bala has completed 14 years in the black hole.
One fine day of the 14th year, Bala is let loose. And a seething Bala wants to hunt down the man responsible for his ruin and ask him the million-dollar question: 'Why?'
He makes a deal with cabbie Jenny Singh (Lara Dutta) to show him around Bangkok and every single restaurant that serves wantons. Wantons are his only link to the unknown enemy. Every person Bala lays his hands on finds himself either drilled, maybe axed, or toothless -- but mostly dead.
The nameless and faceless tormentor finally reveals himself to Bala. What roused a filthy rich business baron like Rohit Chopra (John Abraham) to take upon himself to send Bala to hell and back? That's what the second half of the film deals with.