Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke Explained

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke
Director:Birendra Nath Tiwari
Screenplay:Nagesh Bharadwaj
Story:Anirudh Tiwari
Starring:Shah Rukh Khan
Raveena Tandon
Mohnish Behl
Navneet Nishan
Music:Nikhil-Vinay
Cinematography:Manish Bhatt
Masood Quereshi
Distributor:R G Nayyar Films
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Runtime:188 minutes

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke (translation: "The Moments of Separation") is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic mystery film directed by Birendra Nath Tiwari. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon, Navneet Nishan, Divya Desai, Mohnish Behl and Kiran Kumar.

Written by Anirudh Tiwari, this film completed most of its filming in 1994 but was not released until 9 April 2004. It was an incomplete film whose production halted in 1994, but it was revived using different body doubles for scenes shot in 2004 to complete the film.

Plot

Dushant, Jaya, Sujit and Nisha are childhood friends. Dushant aspires to become a successful singer but has little money. Jaya helps him to realize his ambitions. As Dushant achieves success, a rift is created between the two of them. Sujit and Nisha take undue advantage of this to get close to Dushant and create a misunderstanding between him and Jaya. Kamlesh Dhingra, Nisha's father, approaches Dushant for financial assistance for his business venture but is turned down by Rajpal, Dushant's mentor. Dhingra and Sujit plot to amass Dushant's wealth by luring Dushant to marry Nisha and getting rid of Rajpal. Dushant learns of this plot. When Sujit is murdered, Rahul, a police officer, comes to investigate the murder. Nisha is also murdered under mysterious circumstances and Dhingra is also murdered in the same way. In the end it is revealed that it was Jaya's father who committed the murders in vengeance for the murder of his daughter.

Cast

Production

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke was initially started in 1994 under the title Jaadoo with Shahrukh Khan and Raveena Tandon selected to portray lead roles. However, the film was stalled after shooting few scenes.[1] The film was revived in 2004 with a different title and reshot the film with different actors altering the storyline completely.[2]

Soundtrack

Song Singer
"Yeh Dil Hai"Kumar Sanu
"Yaadein Teri" (Sad)Kumar Sanu
"Yaadein Teri" (Happy) Kumar Sanu
"Tera Naam Lene"Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
"Tum Paas Ho"Kumar Sanu, Asha Bhosle
"Mere Dil Ko Kare"Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle
"Teriyan Mohabattan"Asha Bhosle
"Ram Kasam"Shaan, Alka Yagnik

Critical reception

Planet Bollywood wrote "There is no point. Let me just tell you how desperate the filmmaker was to make this movie. The voices of the actors are so horrendous that you feel like crying. The actors look so jaded that they aren’t acting at all. The plot moves so slowly that you can actually predict the very next scene and solve the murder mystery too."[3] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1 out of 5, writing, "Frankly, watching YEH LAMHE JUDAAI KE is akin to watching two films within one film. If the film begins with the SRK - Raveena track, the other track crops up from nowhere and that involves a bunch of newcomers, all non-actors."[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.glamsham.com/movies/news/04/apr/08masti.asp A forgotten Shah Rukh-starrer versus 'Masti'
  2. Web site: Shahrukh Khan's 20 year old secret out in open - Bollywood Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com. 9 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke - movie review by Shruti Bhasin - Planet Bollywood. www.planetbollywood.com.
  4. Web site: Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke Review - Bollywood Hungama. https://web.archive.org/web/20131122025920/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/510941. dead. 22 November 2013. Bollywood. Hungama. Bollywood Hungama.