UTTHAAN

Producer: Kumar Sanu Communications Pvt. Ltd. Director: Ujjwal Chatterjee Starring: Priyanshu Chatterjee and Neha Dhupia Music: Kumar Sanu Lyrics: Sudhakar Sharma Genre: Drama Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance Approximate Running Time: 2hrs 17mins Film Released on: 13 October 2006 Reviewed by: Aakash Gandhi

Kumar Sanu makes his foray into the producer's chair with a hush-hush film, Utthaan. Directed By Ujjwal Chatterjee, Utthaan stars Priyanshu Chatterjee and Neha Dhupia in lead roles.

Prashant Bharati is a sweet talking always-has-the-right-answer journalist, who has a strong ambition in life. After befriending Kiran Talreja, an upcoming model, his ambition only seems to strengthen as the two's friendship, unsurprisingly, fruitions into blissful love – filled with song and dance of the like. However, as Prashant's thirst strengthens…the plot begins to thicken. Utthaan is a film that fails to establish any sort of goal. Visionless cinema is no cinema at all, and this is a perfect example. With the opening shot, one gets the sense of yet another 'Page 3.' However, as we progress through the chaotic, meaningless events that follow; we're left clueless as to what Ujjwal Chatterjee is trying to portray. The horrendously crafted script not only makes for uneven segments in the film, it severely hampers the character development. Firstly, there is no basis created for such a "relationship" between the leads to arise. The script allows for zero insight into the characters' personalities, leaving us to take what's portrayed as fact. Secondly, the flawed writing tends to blur the motives of the protagonist, played by Priyanshu Chatterjee. Clearly the character himself is confused as to where he belongs in the script; how can the audience begin to follow? And please, we have a Beauty Queen cum Model leading an undercover team of investigative journalists on a secret mission to expose the Home Minister! Such writing is truly an insult to the viewer's intelligence. Apart from a segmented, opposed to a complete, screenplay, the characters themselves are misconstrued. Prashant's character is so over-worked that he is completely detached from reality. Apart from a sincere effort, Priyanshu fails to leave a lasting impact solely due to the lack of ingenuity contained in his lines. Neha Dhupia's performance is worth some improvement. Although her character was much more etched out than Priyanshu's, her performance appeared to be rehearsed. Moreover, there was no spark or chemistry while these two appeared on screen together, leaving us to revert to the screenplay itself (which was non-engaging). Also, the lack of a supporting-cast only further strained the existence of the two leads.

If there is a light at the end of a tunnel (more like a small twinkle), then it's the unpredictable climax. Now, whether you feel such a climax is worth 2+hours of your time is for you to decide. I, however, strongly suggest you save your time and money without ruining your day over this unbalanced, unsubstantiated piece of cinema.

Edited by Qwest - 17 years ago

Friday October 13, 10:48 AM

Utthaan

*ing: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Neha Dhupia and Avtar Gill.
Director: Ujjwal Chatterjee.
Storyline: Prashant Bharati (Priyanshu Chatterjee) is a journalist, who wants to expose corrupt politicians and the dark side of the media. He becomes friendly with Kiran Talreja (Neha Dhupia), a model whom he met at the fashion show. But but both of them abandon their principles to achieve their ambitions.

USP: Kumar Sanu turns producer with Utthaan.

Masala maar ke...

Actor Priyanshu Chatterjee makes his comeback with this film. "Post Julie, I was not getting the kind of roles I wanted. Thus, I chose to stay away," he said.

Nehu Dhupia in her glam avatar, yet again.

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Neha Dhupia in Utthaan


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After belting out hit after hit over the years, singer Kumar Sanu has turned producer with the film Utthaan. The film will star the sex siren turned serious actress Neha Dhupia along with Priyanshu Chatterjee. Another singer to have turned producer in recent times is Udit Narayan who produced a Bhojpuri film. Although it is too soon to say what Utthaan is about, we will let you know as soon as we do! In the meantime, here's wishing Kumar Sanu all the very best for this venture.

Edited by Qwest - 17 years ago

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Starring : Priyanshu Chatterjee, Neha Dhupia, Saroj Khan, Kumar Sanu
Supporting Cast : Anang Desai
Not Rated
Sound : Dolby Digital
Subtitle : English
Year : 2006
Playtime : 135 Minutes
Lang : Hindi
Format : Wide Screen
Genre : Drama


The story of Utthaan relates to the generation of today's youth who want to reach the top by any means but they do not have any direction. They are engrossed in reaching to the top and getting the maximum facilities with the maximum monetary benefit in the shortest time. The glitter of money and the glamour of the chair is all that counts to enter the elite society. To achieve this they will use any means at the cost of their principles and self-respect. This story depicts characters that employ these methods. The story is set in today's world destroyed by corruption. Politics of today has become such a corrupt business that people enter it to achieve power, money and influence.

The story brings out the dirty role of the media. The media plays as important role in this corrupt system. The media plays an important part to elevate somebody or destroy somebody. The youth of today therefore enter the media in order to achieve their unlimited selfish ambition. They forget their honesty, origin and indulge in hypocrisy. The result is that they are instrumental in destroying the value and principles of the country. The story raises some burning issues of how the youth can contribute to the upliftment of the country but actually they are destroying the country because of their selfish ideology. Judging the present situation, what will be the situation tomorrow?
The hero of the story Prashant Bharati (Priyanshu Chatterjee) is a media man from Mumbai who wants to expose corrupt politicians and the dark side of the media. He is a graduate from Lucknow University who won the post of president of the student union twice and his aim is to get to the top for which he becomes friendly with Kiran Talreja (Neha Dhupia), a beautiful hi-fy life styled model whom he met at the Lakme Fashion Show who also wants to reach the top by hook or by cook. Kiran does not want to take any advice from her mother, which will alter her life style. The hero realizes that Kiran is the right person to help him achieve his ambition, for that reason he encourages her and introduces her to his social circle and his superiors who are helping him.

The story exposes how both of them have abandoned all principles to achieve their ambitions and in this process they have become enemies to each other and want to kill each other.

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