A
thought can sometimes be murderous.
That's what Sushen Bhatnagar's
Soch tries to convey.
With the trend of thrillers,
the intellect-appealing ones,
catching up, he dares to make
a film on the theme.
Soch
is the latest in the line of
successful thrillers like Kasoor,
Ajnabee, Raaz and Aankhen,
written and directed by Sushen,
a graduate from FTII.
Soch
is a psychological thriller,
a story of extreme passions,
love and hate, though produced
by physicians and not psychiatrists.
The doctors are Wijahat Kareem,
Surheeta Kareem and the associate
producer is Rizwan Ullah, an
academic.
The
film has the kind of slick look
that we find in Vikram Bhatt
films, which is a compliment
to a debut ante director. The
characters are sharply etched
and are identifiable by the
audience. There is a stamp of
intellectualism in the entire
treatment. If a film made in
this mould succeeds, a new genre
of Bollywood films would be
born.
The tie-ups are very interesting.
Sanjay Kapoor plays a film star
(Raj Mathew) married happily
to Madhulika (Aditi Gowitrikar).
Problems arise in their cool
marital life when enters a woman
who Sanjay can't avoid. She
is Priti Sardesai (Raveena Tandon),
a choreographer who has turned
to direction. Sanjay has to
interact and work with her.
But Aditi does not like it;
she suaspects the relationship.
Raveena's
feelings for Sanjay are genuine,
but she is sagacious enough
not to intrude into and ruin
the marital life of the hero.
She keeps a distance and if
Aditi remains suspicious, Raveena
is not to blame. Despite her
restraint, things do get worse,
particularly after the induction
of Arbaaz Khan.
Arbaaz breaks into the virtual
love triangle formed by Sanjay,
Aditi and Raveena. His interactions
with them lead him to a certain
conclusion and solution: he
must set right the situation,
he decides and goes ahead to
carry out what he thinks is
best.
Choreography
by Ganesh Acharya is enjoyable.
He makes Sanjay and Raveena
dance beautifully to music by
Jatin-Lalit
