Shabd

Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Zyed Khan, Sadia Siddiqui, Kamini Khanna, Susheel Chabra, Imran Hasny, Brajendra Kala, Lou Lou, Akash Pandey, Lalit Parashar, Rucha Pathak, Happy Sharma

Debutante director Leena Yadav chooses to write and direct a daring and unconventional subject for her first film, faintly reminiscent of Lars von Trier's Breaking The Waves and Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind. Read More

Yes, SHABD is a love triangle, but in this film the husband (Sanjay Dutt) encourages his wife (Aishwarya Rai) to have an extra marital affair with her colleague [Zayed Khan], so that the husband could incorporate life like, realistic situations in his current novel. Read More

Two years after winning a Booker Prize, famed Indian novelist Shaukat Vashisht is suffering from writer's block. But instead of retreating to a log cabin high in the mountains or drowning his sorrows in alcohol like any normal writer, he decides to use his beautiful young wife Antara as inspiration. Read More

There's quite a lot of admire about Leena Yadav's debut effort the daring concept, the striking visuals, the skilled filmmaking, and the accomplished acting from Dutt and Rai. Read More

Fortunately, PNC has opted for a varied and dearer star cast this time, which should help the movie and the music sail through at least for a few good initial days, weeks, months Oh! Is that hoping for too much? Read More

All in all, Shabd makes for an interesting watch because of its bold and unusual story. The portions between Dutt and Ash are the highpoints of the movie. The cinematic presentation of the story is stylish but the songs are mediocre. And the much talked about exposure by Ash in the movie is decent. Read More