Monday, December 17, 2007

Awarapan

Awarapan is the story of man called Shivam, who searched for joy but found nothing but pain and loneliness. It is the journey of a frustrated heartbroken lover who in order to escape from the haunting memories of his tragic past dedicates himself to serve his gangster boss Malik who runs a chain of hotels in Hong Kong.

One day Malik asks him to do an unusual job for him. He asks him to keep an eye on his young mistress Reema while he is away on a brief business trip. Reema is a young Pakistani girl who is a victim of human trafficking and whom Malik has bought in the flesh market in Bangkok. Shivam has instructions that if Reema is found to be cheating behind his back then he should kill her.

Shivam's heart melts on seeing her innocence and vulnerability. The atheist turns into a believer, as he begins smiling and responding to life. Reema gives Shivam reason to believe that she likes him. Existence begins to blush for Shivam but only till the reality dawns on him that Reema has a secret lover tucked away and was planning to elope with him. Her game was merely a smoke- screen created to gain freedom.

A shattered Shivam is in a dilemma on realizing that he has been heartlessly used - does he inform his boss or does he earn his wrath by helping his unrequited love to achieve the freedom she yearns for?

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