| Banaras: A Mystic Love Story | Pankaj Parashar | Urmila Matondkar, Dimple Kapadia, Ashmit Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar | Drama, Social |
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A girl who hails from an upper caste family falls in love with a boy belonging to a lower caste. Because of the social disparities, only time will tell if the star-crossed lovers unite.
Release date: 7 April 2006 (India)
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Banaras: A Mystic Love Story is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar released in 2006. The film takes place in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi (the city, once known as Banaras, serves as a destination for the pilgrimage of millions of Hindu worshippers annually) and is centered on the ...| Banaras: A Mystic Love Story | |
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| Directed by | Pankaj Parashar |
| Produced by | L.C. Singh |
| Written by | Javed Siddiqui L.C. Singh |
| Starring | Urmila Matondkar Dimple Kapadia Raj Babbar Ashmit Patel |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
Release date
| 7 April 2006 |
Running time
| 122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi, Bhojpuri |
Banaras: A Mystic Love Story is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar released in 2006. The film takes place in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi (the city, once known as Banaras, serves as a destination for the pilgrimage of millions of Hindu worshippers annually) and is centered on the relationship of a young woman with her parents and her lover. The storyline also has a strong religious dimension. Most of the film was shot in Varanasi, with some scenes shot in Mauritius.
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A young woman, Shwetambari is the daughter to wealthy parents, Mahendranath and Gayatri Devi respectively and studies at university in the city. She falls in love with a low-caste mystic named Soham (played by Ashmit Patel). Soham, after one meditative session, is illumined by Babaji, his mentor (played by Naseeruddin Shah) and decides there is no harm in falling in love with the girl from the high-caste Brahmin family. This creates a citywide scandal. Shwetambari's parents initially object but eventually support the relationship, despite the objections of orthodox elements. The orthodox elements of the society discourage the relationship actively, driving Shwetambari to depression. She eventually finds salvation in her religious beliefs. Eventually, when she discovers her own mother caused the murder of her fiance, a disheartened Shwetambari leaves the city.
17 years later, Shwetambari, now a philosopher and religious scholar, is torn between returning to her beloved city of Varanasi to see her dying father, and avoiding all the unpleasantness associated with her inter-caste liaison of the past. She returns, which creates turbulence in the mindscape of her so-called self-realized being.
Reviews[edit]
The film, essentially a love story, makes frequent allusions to Dharmic mysticism and philosophy, with references to Buddha, Kabir, Tulsidas and Adi Shankara. Some reviewers praised this concept, while others criticized it as superficial, presenting a facade of religious piety over what is a standard Bollywood romance. Urmila Matondkar was generally praised for her performance.[1] The film was praised for being rich in human emotions. The acting was received well, and the cinematography was praised with respect to the portrayal of the beauty of the holy city of Varanasi. [2]
Soundtrack[edit]
- Rang Daalo - Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam
- Yeh Hai Shaan Banaras Ki - Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar.
- Kitna Pyar Kartein Hain - Alka Yagnik
- Ishq Mein Dilko - Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Nigam (Part 1)
- Baajuband Khul Khul Jaaye - Pranab Kumar Biswas
- Purab Se - Shreya Ghoshal
- Ishq Mein Dilko - Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Nigam (Part 2)
- Kitna Pyar Kartein Hain - Himesh Reshammiya
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A mystic love story... between two people of different castes... set in the oldest living city on Earth...
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Gayatri
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Mahendra Nath
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Babaji
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Gunjan Juari
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Mahamaya
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Storyline
Shwetambri Nath lives a wealthy lifestyle in the holy city of Banaras in
India with her mom, Gayetri, and dad, Mahendra. She is now of
marriageable age and has a young man, Satpal Shukla, who is also the
Police Inspector in the area, who would like to marry her. But
Shwetambri is attracted to an orphan, Soham, of a lower caste who lives
with a woman called Dadi who is a sweeper by profession. Nevertheless,
Shwetambri continues to meet with Soham on the pretext of learning
music, and introduces him to her parents, who instantly disapprove of
him. When Shwetambri refuses to marry anyone else, her parents relent
and get her formally engaged to Soham, especially after learning that he
may not be of a lower caste but of an unknown caste and has no blood
relationship with Dadi. Shortly before the marriage takes place,
Shwetambri's life is turned upside down when Satpal informs her that
Soham has been killed. In her grief, she loses her mind and becomes a
loner. Her dad asks a childhood ... Written by
rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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Early in the movie, Babaji changes Soham's name from Sohan (a fairly common name that means "handsome") to Soham. Soham has been called the universal mantra, and translates "I am that". Babaji later teaches Soham from the Upanishads about "Tat tvam asi" ("Thou art that") a major principle of Vedantic Hinduism. See more »Goofs
The "grandmother" tells Soham that Kabir was an orphan found on the banks of Ganges river. In reality, Kabir was found by a water-well in Lahartara, a suburb of Varanasi. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Ek Dhun Banaras Kee.
I've been looking forward to see this movie. This movie is not just about a man meets a woman en they fall in love. No, Soham (Ashmit Patel) falls in love with Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar). Sweta is from a higher class in society and Soham is an orphan from the lowest class. The outcome of this relationship is predictable. The outcome is predictable. Sweta's brother finds out Soham's background and tells this to her father (Raj Babbar). He gets angry and doesn't want Sweta to meet Soham anymore. She gets angry to and explains why she loves Soham. Soham is a student of Babba (Naseeruddin Shah) and she believes Soham is more than a man. Then the parents of Sweta agree with a engagement and a wedding. But then the night before the wedding Soham gets a weird feeling. He gets killed that night.
Police tries to find out who the killer is, and tries to get in touch with Babba via Sweta. But Babba seems not to be someone Sweta thinks he is! The way to find the killer seems almost impossible. This movie is almost refreshing. There was a similar line you could pull with the movie Mohabbatein in the relationship between Sharukh and Aishwaria. The songs were beautiful. Ashmit is a very bad actor, so is Urmila. When she dances she makes movements with her head and her mouth I have seen in a lot of her movies before. Only the words 'what the hell is she doing?' come into my mind. Naseeruddin had a very small role to make things up with the other bad performances.
In the beginning you can see Raj Babbar on his death bed. This gives a lot away from the story. That is a pity. Even though it was worth watching.
I've been looking forward to see this movie. This movie is not just about a man meets a woman en they fall in love. No, Soham (Ashmit Patel) falls in love with Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar). Sweta is from a higher class in society and Soham is an orphan from the lowest class. The outcome of this relationship is predictable. The outcome is predictable. Sweta's brother finds out Soham's background and tells this to her father (Raj Babbar). He gets angry and doesn't want Sweta to meet Soham anymore. She gets angry to and explains why she loves Soham. Soham is a student of Babba (Naseeruddin Shah) and she believes Soham is more than a man. Then the parents of Sweta agree with a engagement and a wedding. But then the night before the wedding Soham gets a weird feeling. He gets killed that night.
Police tries to find out who the killer is, and tries to get in touch with Babba via Sweta. But Babba seems not to be someone Sweta thinks he is! The way to find the killer seems almost impossible. This movie is almost refreshing. There was a similar line you could pull with the movie Mohabbatein in the relationship between Sharukh and Aishwaria. The songs were beautiful. Ashmit is a very bad actor, so is Urmila. When she dances she makes movements with her head and her mouth I have seen in a lot of her movies before. Only the words 'what the hell is she doing?' come into my mind. Naseeruddin had a very small role to make things up with the other bad performances.
In the beginning you can see Raj Babbar on his death bed. This gives a lot away from the story. That is a pity. Even though it was worth watching.
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