Waqt: The Race Against Time
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Director Vipul Amrutlal Shah Writer Aatish Kapadia Duration Language Hindi | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical Release date April 20, 2005 (India) Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 22 April 2005 Songs Subah Hogee Cast Amitabh Bachchan (Ishwarchand Thakur), Akshay Kumar (Aditya Thakur), Priyanka Chopra (Pooja 'Mitali'), Shefali Shah (Sumitra Thakur (as Shefali Shah)), Boman Irani (Natu), Rajpal Yadav (Laxman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waqt (Hindi: वक़्त, Urdu: وقت, English: Time) is a 2005 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Vipul Shah starring Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan and Shefali Shah in lead roles. Waqt is loaded with family drama and comedy. It has its comic element in the form of the bumbling servant Laxman, who misunderstands the most simple requests made of him in a style reminiscent of certain Shakespearian comic relief characters. The drama comes from the conflict between the father Ishwarchand and son Aditya. More comes from knowing critical facts that other characters don't know which would completely change their perspectives. The film collected Rs:23 crores and was considered as one of Priyanka Chopra's biggest box office hits.
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Priyanka Chopra electrocuted herself during the song "Do Me A Favour Let's Play Holi". She spent a day in hospital.
Plot
Ishwarchand Thakur (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra Thakur (Shefali Shah) are a married couple who run a toy factory together. They have a son named Aditya Thakur (Akshay Kumar) who does not have any interest in responsibility or what he wants to do in life. It gets even worse when he elopes with his girlfriend, Pooja (Priyanka Chopra), the daughter of Natu (Boman Irani).
When Pooja gets pregnant, both Ishwar and Sumitra decide to make Aditya realise his responsibilities, as he will have to take care of his wife and child. They take drastic measures and throw Aditya out of the house along with Pooja. As a result, Aditya and Pooja live in a room at the back of the house in the garden. The force becomes so bad that Aditya begins to hate his father and they do not speak to each other for a long time. At the same time Aditya becomes aware of his role in life.
However, Ishwar has done all this for a reason and is hiding something. Ishwar is trying to make sure that his son is secure but because he is suffering from lung cancer and he wants his son to be responsible. Aditya succeeds in becoming a responsible man and also finds out the truth about his father when his father comes for his performance on the stage. He steps on the stage but instead he asks the audience to pray to god to give a minute of their lives to keep his father alive until his son's birth. His father is alive until his son is born and he names the baby boy 'Ishwar' after himself and he dies. The movie reaches its climax with Aditya welcoming children at his father's toy factory and playing with an alone, disabled boy like Ishwar did at the start of the film with his family there including his toddler Ishwar. The spirit of Ishwar touches Sumitra's flowers in her hair and it reminds her of the old times.
Cast
Box office
The film rated hit by trade analyst Taran Adarsh, but box office India classified as above average with a net gross of ₹205,000,000 and a distributors share of ₹127,500,000. However internationally the film was a 'Hit' and grossed ₹70,000,000 in the UK, ₹45,000,000 in North America, and a total of ₹145,000,000.
Awards
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics are penned by Sameer and Aatish Kapadia.
References
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