Producer & Director: Ambrish Sangal
*ing : Jeetendra, Somy Ali, Avinash Wadhavan, Om Puri, Mohan Joshi
Musical Theme : Keshav Rathod
Reviewed by: Tanmeet Kumar
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If only movies like CHUPP were made in Bollywood repeatedly... CHUPP has an excellent plot, good acting, and excellent directing by Ambrish Sangal. The plot revolves around the escaped convict Ashok, (JEETENDRA), who seeks solace in the flat of a rich woman named Asha (SOMY ALI) who has just killed her husband, Keshup (OM PURI). Since both of them know each others terrifying secrets, they both decide to help one another. Ashok helps Asha get rid of the body and then asks her why she killed her husband. Asha tells the tale of her being forced to marry Keshup and of being abused, raped, and molested after marriage. Her parents ignore her cries for help so she turns to her previous lover (AVINASH WADHAVAN) for help. Keshup then becomes suspicious about Asha's loyalty to him so he spies on her. His plans are altered, though, when work takes him to Madras. After Keshup leaves, Asha calls Avinash to her house and tells him her story of the rotten marriage. It is then that Keshup realizes that he forgot something and heads back to their flat. He catches Avinash and Asha together and flies into a rage. He tries to kill Asha and Avinash escapes to inform the police. How Keshup dies remains a mystery until the end of the movie. Asha claims that she escaped him and ran into another room. When she ran back out, Keshup was lying dead on the floor. Avinash never returns. Asha then asks Ashok his story but as she asks, the phone rings. The phone call is from an anonymous person who claims that he saw Asha and Ashok bury Keshup's body and in blackmailing them for money. Asha and Ashok are then pulled into an unfathomable mystery where their lives are in grave danger unless they find out who the caller was. In the meanwhile, Asha learns that the plane her husband was supposed to leave on crashed half way to Madras. The police are searching for bodies and it is only time before they discover that Keshup was not on the plane... Also, there is a search party for Ashok. What is Ashok's terrifying story? What will happen to Ashok and Asha??? Where is Avinash??? Find out the answers to these questions. Watch CHUPP.
CHUPP is an excellent movie that is one of the years best. It is very different from the typical Bollywood masala movie. There are no songs in the film because Sangal felt that they would hinder the plot. The screenplay is very well written. Hats off to the brilliant award caliber cast. Even Somy Ali, who is still recovering from the traumatic TEESRA KAUN? experience, did excellent as the battered wife. An excellent suspense/mystery movie. What a thriller!
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