Been on my mind to watch this movie and finally found it on Eros. It's the tale of a childhood romance that goes all the way - which means death to one or both parties. In this case the boy dies because he is the one who is in love (to love obviously is not good for health) while the girl who is merely amused with him (she slaps him 16 times for no reason and this fool suffers it all), uses him for whatever stuff she needs to get out of, rejects his marriage proposal because he is a Hindu (and more because he is an illiterate fellow), falls in love with a Hindu student leader (with big dreams of becoming PM one day) posing as a Muslim and when that fellow dies picks up his cause which is to form a national party and then realises that the fellow from Benares has taken over the leadership from her just because he wants to be near her. Benares babu also goes to die because she tells him to but he obviously does not listen to her when she says their marriage won't work.
Anyway Dhanush is a revelation with such nuanced acting, Sonam is pretty, Zeeshan Ayub and Swara Bhasker perfect for their roles. Abhay Deol is just himself - never looked like he would make a CM - not with the kind of stuff he does - posing as a Muslim to get married to her. Dude, what were you thinking?
In the end everyone gets what they wanted subconsciously - Sonam Kapoor gets failed love and failed leadership and most likely ends up as a Prof in some college, Dhanush does not get love but gets a lot of drama and dies, Abhay Deol gets nothing, Swara Bhasker gets nothing. Love is a dangerous thing my friend. Especially if you fall in love with this Sonam Kapoor's character which I realised killed two good guys.
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