Aashayein (2010) * 1/2

Nagesh Kukunoor is an impressive story teller, His movies has an image which are feel good and had substance. With an impressive cast John Abraham Sonal Sehgal, Girish Karnad, Farida Jalal one would expect a interesting movie from Nagesh.But the movie becomes a boredom at a point ,and you find it very difficult to sail along with the movie.

What went wrong? The whole plot shot in Hospice gives a very depressed though it aims at bringing a feel good factor.Rahul ( John Abraham ) finds himself with Lung cancer on the day he wins three crores in a betting.Rahul flees from his lover Nafisa ( Sonal ) leaving quite a lot of money to a Hospice in search of peace .He meets many people at the verge of death who openly accepts their state of being. Rahul among the people searches his cure before his death which basically ends meaningless for himself and for us.

Nagesh has tried the world of fantasies to bring a different outlook but sadly his intentions gets lost with a very sick story line.The predictable and lousy story line starts of some how very impressively.The initial moments of color and frames gives the hope of an interesting feel good movie,but sadly the movie turns upside down the moment Rahul discovers about the hospice.Nagesh has an impressive technical team who can lift the movie but when the screen play is down ,you have no mood for enjoying .But still Sudeep Chatterjee brings the beauty of my favourite Pondy.

John Abraham has matured over the years and its good to see him over come his initial hitches in acting.Its amazing to see the pair of John Ab and Sonia Sehgal .But it’s the chak de India girl Anaitha Nair who steals the show at the later part of the movie as the cancer patient.The movie puts a platform for them,they have proved it but some how the screen play looks pathetically weak and Nagesh has to take the credit for it.

Some how the movie refuses to get in to your mind or heart ,The beautifully shot visuals gives the treat but where is Kukunoor ? Ashaiyein just tells us how the melodramatic movies can be made with the typical Dying hero and bunch of old people .But movies have moved far off and the interest have traveled so far .Even if you are telling a story in a hospice its much needed that you have to have a credible screenplay to bring emotions ,Gone are the days where audience felt pity for the cancer patients on screen.It was sad to know Nagesh Kukunoor didn’t realize it.