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Starring: Prashant
Narayanan, Aruna Shields, Naved Aslam, Lucy Hassan
Directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj
Extramarital affairs are like accidents that you keep
reading in the newspapers. You only get a jolt when it
actually happens to you. A lot of people are of the
opinion that just because they are married does not mean
they are dead. A lot of people think that if you have a
married woman you love, you are really safe...A lot of
people think that having an affair with a married man is
cool… A lot of people think a whole lot of things.. Mr
Singh Mrs Mehta is for all of them.
Set in London, Mr Singh Mrs Mehta is a story of two
people – Ashwin and Neera who find their spouses are
having an affair. Drawn together by shame and anger,
they find comfort in their growing friendship even as
they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates.
Karan Singh (Naved Aslam) is a high flying advertising
executive who believes that it is his prerogative to flirt. He is married to
Neera (Aruna Shields), a small town girl. Karan Singh is a ladies man. He is
pretty confident that his wife will not even get a whiff of his affairs.
Neera Singh is a young innocent, naive girl who has recently got married and is
besotted by her husband. As she discovers he is cheating on her, her world is
shattered and her journey of self-discovery begins.
Credits & Crew:
Presented By Medient, Tarlac & Crossover Ventures
Produced By Tutu J Sharma, Manu S Kumaran
Written & Directed By Pravesh Bhardwaj
Cinematographer - Mahendra Pradhan
Editor - Pranav V Dhiwar
Music - Shujaat Husain Khan, Shaarang Dev
Lyrics - Amitabh Varma
Production Design - Narendra Rahurikar
Associate Producers - Pankaj Kapoor, Dinesh B Panicker, K Venkatraman
Executive Producers - Nigel G Davis, Noor Fatima, Mukund Venkatraman
Costumes Designed by Darshan Jalan, Isha Ahluwalia
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Prashant Narayanan is Mr Ashwin Mehta, Lucy Hasan is Mrs
Sakhi Mehta and the other ‘officially wed’ couple is Naved
Aslam as Mr Karan Singh and Aruna Shields (who debuted in
Prince), is Mrs Neera Singh.
Mr. Singh (Naved Aslam) and Mrs. Mehta (Lucy Hassan) are
having an extramarital affair without the slightest pang
of guilt.
Ashwin is a talented painter still waiting for the world
to discover him. His wife however has full faith that one
day he will be a very rich and famous painter. While he is
confident as a painter, in his personal life Ashwin is
unable to stand up for himself and is being taken care off
by his wife Sakhi who is a high flying executive.
Mrs.Singh is obviously agonized upon discovering her
husband’s infidelity. But she doesn’t confront him with
the truth. On the other hand, Mr. Ashwin Mehta, is
blissfully blasé about his wife sleeping around with
another man. He knows if he confronts her, she will
confess to the affair and he will not be able to live with
it.
Things become interesting when Mrs. Singh and Mr. Mehta
meet, as both of them are cheated by their partners. They
come close and have quite a few intimate moments, also a
time when Mrs Singh drops all inhibitions and poses for
the painter Mr Mehta.
It is a film about relationships and explores the issue of
adultery. With time the institution of marriage has
changed. In our society we still attach stigma to broken
marriages/ separations/ divorces. The director has simply
presented the characters as any other set of people like
us caught in a situation. The characters are not shown as
the custodian of virtues.
The director leaves an open end for the viewers to draw
their own conclusions. This story of adultery and
extramarital affairs is only for those who are fond of art
cinema and a have a lot of patience.
- Aniz Filmvala
Cast:
Prashant Narayanan - Ashwin Mehta
Lucy Hassan – Sakhi Mehta
Naved Aslam – Karan Singh
Aruna Shields – Neera Singh
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